diff --git a/processing/pre/gmsh_identifySurfaces.py b/processing/pre/gmsh_identifySurfaces.py
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+import numpy as np
+import re
+
+def func(seq):
+    for x in seq:
+        try:
+          yield float(x)
+        except ValueError:
+          yield x
+
+my_geofile   = 'polyXtal_5grains.geo'
+PointCount                = 0
+LineCount                 = 0
+LineLoopCount             = 0
+PlaneSurfaceCount         = 0
+SurfaceLoopCount          = 0
+point    = []
+line     = []
+lineloop = []
+plane    = []
+surface  = []
+
+f = open(my_geofile,'r')
+lines = f.readlines()
+for eachline in lines:
+  if eachline.startswith('Point', 0, 5):
+    PointCount +=  1
+    r = re.compile('{(.*?)}')
+    m = r.search(eachline)
+    if m:
+     a = m.group(1)
+     point.append(list(func(a.split(","))))
+  
+
+  elif eachline.startswith('Line (', 0, 6):
+    LineCount +=  1
+    r = re.compile('{(.*?)}')
+    m = r.search(eachline)
+    if m:
+     a = m.group(1)
+     line.append(list(func(a.split(","))))
+
+  elif eachline.startswith('Line Loop', 0, 9):
+    LineLoopCount +=  1
+    r = re.compile('{(.*?)}')
+    m = r.search(eachline)
+    if m:
+     a = m.group(1)
+     lineloop.append(list(func(a.split(","))))
+
+  elif eachline.startswith('Plane', 0, len(eachline)):
+    PlaneSurfaceCount +=  1
+    r = re.compile('{(.*?)}')
+    m = r.search(eachline)
+    if m:
+     a = m.group(1)
+     plane.append(list(func(a.split(","))))
+
+  elif eachline.startswith('Surface', 0,len(eachline)):
+    SurfaceLoopCount +=  1
+    r = re.compile('{(.*?)}')
+    m = r.search(eachline)
+    if m:
+     a = m.group(1)
+     surface.append(list(func(a.split(","))))
+
+
+print point
+print line
+print 'll'
+print np.size(lineloop)
+print lineloop
+print 'ss'
+print surface
+
+#for sn, ll in enumerate(lineloop):
+#  for l in ll:
+#    for points in l[abs(int(l))]:
+#      if point[int(points)-1][0] == float(0):
+#       print 'abc'