diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/DlgSettingsFemElmer.ui b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/DlgSettingsFemElmer.ui
index de8da1844e..598048f7d0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/DlgSettingsFemElmer.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/DlgSettingsFemElmer.ui
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>400</width>
-    <height>203</height>
+    <width>350</width>
+    <height>259</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Elmer</string>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-   <item>
+  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
+   <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="gb_gmsh_param">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
@@ -39,6 +39,46 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="3" column="1">
+       <widget class="Gui::PrefFileChooser" name="fc_elmer_binary_path">
+        <property name="enabled">
+         <bool>false</bool>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizePolicy">
+         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+         </sizepolicy>
+        </property>
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>0</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeIncrement">
+         <size>
+          <width>0</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="baseSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>0</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave blank to use default Elmer elmer binary file&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Note:&lt;/span&gt; To use multithreading you must specify here&lt;br&gt; the executable variant with the suffix &amp;quot;_mpi&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>elmerBinaryPath</cstring>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>Mod/Fem/Elmer</cstring>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
       <item row="0" column="1">
        <widget class="Gui::PrefCheckBox" name="cb_grid_binary_std">
         <property name="text">
@@ -55,22 +95,6 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="1" column="0">
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="l_grid_binary_path">
-        <property name="enabled">
-         <bool>false</bool>
-        </property>
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>100</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>ElmerGrid binary path</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
       <item row="1" column="1">
        <widget class="Gui::PrefFileChooser" name="fc_grid_binary_path">
         <property name="enabled">
@@ -134,6 +158,22 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="1" column="0">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="l_grid_binary_path">
+        <property name="enabled">
+         <bool>false</bool>
+        </property>
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>100</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>ElmerGrid binary path</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
       <item row="3" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="l_elmer_binary_path">
         <property name="enabled">
@@ -150,54 +190,23 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="3" column="1">
-       <widget class="Gui::PrefFileChooser" name="fc_elmer_binary_path">
-        <property name="enabled">
-         <bool>false</bool>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizePolicy">
-         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
-          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-         </sizepolicy>
-        </property>
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>0</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizeIncrement">
-         <size>
-          <width>0</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="baseSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>0</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave blank to use default Elmer elmer binary file&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Note:&lt;/span&gt; To use multithreading you must specify here&lt;br&gt; the executable variant with the suffix &amp;quot;_mpi&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
-         <cstring>elmerBinaryPath</cstring>
-        </property>
-        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
-         <cstring>Mod/Fem/Elmer</cstring>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="4" column="0">
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="l_elmer_binary_std_2">
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="1" column="0">
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="gb_elmer_options">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Options</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
+      <item row="0" column="0">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="l_elmer_multithreading">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Multithreading:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="4" column="1">
+      <item row="0" column="1">
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
         <item>
          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_cores">
@@ -246,10 +255,37 @@
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
+      <item row="1" column="0">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="l_elmer_multiCPU">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Multi-CPU core support:</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="1">
+       <widget class="Gui::PrefCheckBox" name="cb_elmer_filtering">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>The mesh volume regions processed by each CPU core
+will be merged to make the volume boundaries invisible.</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Filter results</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="checked">
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>FilterMultiCPUResults</cstring>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>Mod/Fem/Elmer</cstring>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item>
+   <item row="2" column="0">
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/DlgSettingsFemElmerImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/DlgSettingsFemElmerImp.cpp
index 40110f59d7..201bbe3f24 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/DlgSettingsFemElmerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/DlgSettingsFemElmerImp.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ void DlgSettingsFemElmerImp::saveSettings()
     ui->fc_grid_binary_path->onSave();
 
     ui->sb_elmer_num_cores->onSave();
+    ui->cb_elmer_filtering->onSave();
 }
 
 void DlgSettingsFemElmerImp::loadSettings()
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ void DlgSettingsFemElmerImp::loadSettings()
     ui->fc_grid_binary_path->onRestore();
 
     ui->sb_elmer_num_cores->onRestore();
+    ui->cb_elmer_filtering->onRestore();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
index 7f664962ff..7e0ac35dde 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
@@ -706,9 +706,14 @@ void ViewProviderFemPostObject::filterArtifacts(vtkDataObject* data)
     m_wireframe->SetInputData(data);
     m_points->SetInputData(data);
 
-    // filter artifacts
-    // only necessary for the surface filter
-    filterArtifacts(data);
+    // filtering artifacts is only necessary for the surface filter
+    auto hGrp = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath(
+        "User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Fem/Elmer");
+    bool FilterMultiCPUResults = hGrp->GetBool("FilterMultiCPUResults", 1);
+    if (FilterMultiCPUResults)
+        filterArtifacts(data);
+    else
+        m_surface->SetInputData(data);
 
     return true;
 }