diff --git a/Utils/FileConverter/generateMatPropsFromMatID.cpp b/Utils/FileConverter/generateMatPropsFromMatID.cpp
index 2c7b1611d714f1be993e00ea57490dfef40a476f..90468e982392ede5e8c1b66bf318bd54222232ad 100644
--- a/Utils/FileConverter/generateMatPropsFromMatID.cpp
+++ b/Utils/FileConverter/generateMatPropsFromMatID.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "GridAdapter.h"
-#include "StringTools.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+//#include "GridAdapter.h"
+//#include "StringTools.h"
 
 int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 {
@@ -21,47 +23,49 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 	{
 		std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <msh-file>" << std::endl;
 		std::cout << std::endl;
-		std::cout << "Creates a new file for material properties and sets the material ids in the msh-file to 0." << std::endl;
+		std::cout <<
+		"Creates a new file for material properties and sets the material ids in the msh-file to 0."
+		          << std::endl;
 		return -1;
+	} else {
+		std::cout << "functionality has to be reimplemented in OGS-6" << std::endl;
 	}
 
-	GridAdapter grid(argv[1]);
-	std::vector<GridAdapter::Element*> *elems = const_cast< std::vector<GridAdapter::Element*>* >(grid.getElements());
-	size_t nElems(elems->size());
-
-	// create file
-	std::string filename(argv[1]);
-	std::string name = BaseLib::extractBaseNameWithoutExtension(filename);
-
-	std::string new_matname(name + "_prop");
-	std::ofstream out_prop( new_matname.c_str(), std::ios::out );
-	if (out_prop.is_open())
-	{
-		for (size_t i=0; i<nElems; i++)
-			out_prop << i << "\t" << (*elems)[i]->material << std::endl;
-		out_prop.close();
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		std::cout << "Error: Could not create property file..." << std::endl;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	// set mat ids to 0 and write new msh file
-	for (size_t i=0; i<nElems; i++)
-		(*elems)[i]->material = 0;
-	const MeshLib::CFEMesh* mesh(grid.getCFEMesh());
-	std::string new_mshname(name + "_new.msh");
-	std::cout << "writing mesh to file " << new_mshname << " ... " << std::flush;
-	FileIO::OGSMeshIO mesh_io;
-	mesh_io.setMesh(mesh);
-	mesh_io.writeToFile (new_mshname);
-	std::cout << "ok" << std::endl;
-
-	std::cout << "New files \"" << new_mshname << "\" and \"" << new_matname << "\" written." << std::endl;
-	std::cout << "Conversion finished." << std::endl;
-
-	return 1;
+//	GridAdapter grid(argv[1]);
+//	std::vector<GridAdapter::Element*> *elems = const_cast< std::vector<GridAdapter::Element*>* >(grid.getElements());
+//	size_t nElems(elems->size());
+//
+//	// create file
+//	std::string filename(argv[1]);
+//	std::string name = BaseLib::extractBaseNameWithoutExtension(filename);
+//
+//	std::string new_matname(name + "_prop");
+//	std::ofstream out_prop( new_matname.c_str(), std::ios::out );
+//	if (out_prop.is_open())
+//	{
+//		for (size_t i=0; i<nElems; i++)
+//			out_prop << i << "\t" << (*elems)[i]->material << std::endl;
+//		out_prop.close();
+//	}
+//	else
+//	{
+//		std::cout << "Error: Could not create property file..." << std::endl;
+//		return -1;
+//	}
+//
+//	// set mat ids to 0 and write new msh file
+//	for (size_t i=0; i<nElems; i++)
+//		(*elems)[i]->material = 0;
+//	const MeshLib::CFEMesh* mesh(grid.getCFEMesh());
+//	std::string new_mshname(name + "_new.msh");
+//	std::cout << "writing mesh to file " << new_mshname << " ... " << std::flush;
+//	FileIO::OGSMeshIO mesh_io;
+//	mesh_io.setMesh(mesh);
+//	mesh_io.writeToFile (new_mshname);
+//	std::cout << "ok" << std::endl;
+//
+//	std::cout << "New files \"" << new_mshname << "\" and \"" << new_matname << "\" written." << std::endl;
+//	std::cout << "Conversion finished." << std::endl;
+//
+//	return 1;
 }
-
-