diff --git a/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/custom_elements/truss_elements/linear_truss_element.cpp b/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/custom_elements/truss_elements/linear_truss_element.cpp
index cef754dd87d..ddd4889e609 100644
--- a/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/custom_elements/truss_elements/linear_truss_element.cpp
+++ b/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/custom_elements/truss_elements/linear_truss_element.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void LinearTrussElement<TDimension, TNNodes>::GetShapeFunctionsValuesZ(
         rN.resize(SystemSize, false);
 
     rN.clear();
-    
+
     if constexpr (Dimension == 3) {
         array_1d<double, NNodes> base_N;
         noalias(base_N) = GetBaseShapeFunctions(xi);
@@ -862,18 +862,12 @@ void LinearTrussElement<TDimension, TNNodes>::load(Serializer& rSerializer)
 /***********************************************************************************/
 
 template <SizeType TDimension, SizeType TNNodes>
-array_1d<double, TNNodes> LinearTrussElement<TDimension, TNNodes>::GetBaseShapeFunctions(const double xi) const
+Vector LinearTrussElement<TDimension, TNNodes>::GetBaseShapeFunctions(const double xi) const
 {
-    array_1d<double, TNNodes> N;
-
-    if constexpr (NNodes == 2) {
-        N[0] = 0.5 * (1.0 - xi);
-        N[1] = 0.5 * (1.0 + xi);
-    } else {
-        N[0] = 0.5 * xi * (xi - 1.0);
-        N[1] = 0.5 * xi * (xi + 1.0);
-        N[2] = (1.0 - std::pow(xi, 2));
-    }
+    Vector coord(3), N(NNodes);
+    coord.clear();
+    coord[0] = xi;
+    N = GetGeometry().ShapeFunctionsValues(N, coord);
     return N;
 }
 
diff --git a/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/custom_elements/truss_elements/linear_truss_element.h b/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/custom_elements/truss_elements/linear_truss_element.h
index 9b5d8ec66d5..a64549ee2ad 100644
--- a/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/custom_elements/truss_elements/linear_truss_element.h
+++ b/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/custom_elements/truss_elements/linear_truss_element.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class KRATOS_API(STRUCTURAL_MECHANICS_APPLICATION) LinearTrussElement
     /**
      * @brief This method returns the base shape functions in a reduced size vector (2 or 3 entries)
      */
-    array_1d<double, TNNodes> GetBaseShapeFunctions(const double xi) const;
+    Vector GetBaseShapeFunctions(const double xi) const;
 
     /**
      * @brief Returns a n component vector including the values of the DoFs
diff --git a/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/structural_mechanics_application.cpp b/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/structural_mechanics_application.cpp
index 19030d6cce1..ea5e0292d16 100644
--- a/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/structural_mechanics_application.cpp
+++ b/applications/StructuralMechanicsApplication/structural_mechanics_application.cpp
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ KratosStructuralMechanicsApplication::KratosStructuralMechanicsApplication()
       mCableElement3D2N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line3D2<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(2)))),
       mLinearTrussElement2D2N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line2D2<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(2)))),
       mLinearTrussElement2D3N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line2D3<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(3)))),
-      mLinearTrussElement3D2N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line2D2<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(2)))),
-      mLinearTrussElement3D3N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line2D3<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(3)))),
+      mLinearTrussElement3D2N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line3D2<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(2)))),
+      mLinearTrussElement3D3N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line3D3<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(3)))),
       // Adding the beam elements
       mCrBeamElement3D2N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line3D2<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(2)))),
       mCrLinearBeamElement3D2N(0, Element::GeometryType::Pointer(new Line3D2<NodeType >(Element::GeometryType::PointsArrayType(2)))),