diff --git a/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster.cpp b/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster.cpp
index 9d59d4ab8773748521cc1a3b2ddc494cb3ab0fb4..8a4a0fc467fa24b4fbad5ff8a4cfc79f2f613eae 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster.cpp
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@
 #include "MeshLib/MeshEditing/Mesh2MeshPropertyInterpolation.h"
 #include "MeshLib/MeshEnums.h"
 
-void scaleMeshPropertyVector(MeshLib::Mesh & mesh,
-                             std::string const& property_name,
-                             double factor)
-{
-    boost::optional<MeshLib::PropertyVector<double> &> pv(
-        mesh.getProperties().getPropertyVector<double>(property_name));
-
-    for (auto & v : *pv)
-        v *= factor;
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     ApplicationsLib::LogogSetup logo_setup;
diff --git a/MeshLib/Mesh.cpp b/MeshLib/Mesh.cpp
index f1308e6e3a20a1cddf8db6bb6895a2c353e38126..d205f39fbf3cb47481d759986256728c53384f18 100644
--- a/MeshLib/Mesh.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/Mesh.cpp
@@ -253,5 +253,15 @@ void Mesh::setNodesConnectedByElements()
     }
 }
 
+void scaleMeshPropertyVector(MeshLib::Mesh & mesh,
+                             std::string const& property_name,
+                             double factor)
+{
+    boost::optional<MeshLib::PropertyVector<double> &> pv(
+        mesh.getProperties().getPropertyVector<double>(property_name));
+
+    for (auto & v : *pv)
+        v *= factor;
+}
 
 }
diff --git a/MeshLib/Mesh.h b/MeshLib/Mesh.h
index bb43ae634ae6816f318ebf81765afd9b0da7ea40..0fc14924a85da63e4fa935f7f5a1bd448bbbff3c 100644
--- a/MeshLib/Mesh.h
+++ b/MeshLib/Mesh.h
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ protected:
     Properties _properties;
 }; /* class */
 
+
+
+/// Scales the mesh property with name \c property_name by given \c factor.
+/// \note The property must be a "double" property.
+void scaleMeshPropertyVector(MeshLib::Mesh& mesh,
+                             std::string const& property_name,
+                             double factor);
+
 } /* namespace */
 
 #endif /* MESH_H_ */