diff --git a/src/ASM/LR/ASMu2Dmx.C b/src/ASM/LR/ASMu2Dmx.C
index d167777c..ec28eae4 100644
--- a/src/ASM/LR/ASMu2Dmx.C
+++ b/src/ASM/LR/ASMu2Dmx.C
@@ -668,3 +668,22 @@ bool ASMu2Dmx::refine (const LR::RefineData& prm,
 
   return true;
 }
+
+
+Vec3 ASMu2Dmx::getCoord (size_t inod) const
+{
+  size_t b = 0;
+  size_t nbb = 0;
+  while (nbb + nb[b] < inod && b < nb.size())
+    nbb += nb[b++];
+  ++b;
+
+  const LR::Basisfunction* basis = this->getBasis(b)->getBasisfunction(inod-nbb-1);
+  if (!basis) {
+    std::cerr << "Asked to get coordinate for node " << inod
+              << ", but only have " << this->getBasis(b)->nBasisFunctions()
+              << " nodes in basis " << b << std::endl;
+    return Vec3();
+  }
+  return Vec3(&(*basis->cp()),nsd);
+}
diff --git a/src/ASM/LR/ASMu2Dmx.h b/src/ASM/LR/ASMu2Dmx.h
index 5b7e48c9..df3bebc1 100644
--- a/src/ASM/LR/ASMu2Dmx.h
+++ b/src/ASM/LR/ASMu2Dmx.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ public:
   //! \brief Returns the classification of a node.
   //! \param[in] inod 1-based node index local to current patch
   virtual char getNodeType(size_t inod) const;
+  //! \brief Returns the global coordinates for the given node.
+  //! \param[in] inod 1-based node index local to current patch
+  virtual Vec3 getCoord(size_t inod) const;
 
   //! \brief Initializes the patch level MADOF array for mixed problems.
   virtual void initMADOF(const int* sysMadof);