Index: ../trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/ModelProcessorx/ModelProcessorx.cpp
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--- ../trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/ModelProcessorx/ModelProcessorx.cpp	(revision 26387)
+++ ../trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/ModelProcessorx/ModelProcessorx.cpp	(revision 26388)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	for(int i = 0;i<nummodels;i++) nodes[i]       = new Nodes();
 
 	/*Partition Elements and Nodes*/
-	ElementsAndVerticesPartitioning(iomodel);
+	if (iomodel->numberofelements > 0) ElementsAndVerticesPartitioning(iomodel);
 
 	/*Create elements, vertices and materials, independent of analysis_enum: */
 	CreateElements(elements,iomodel,nummodels);