diff --git a/data/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/data/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 845af0bc4..56af2d155 100644
--- a/data/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SET(Examples_Files
     PartDesignExample.FCStd
     RobotExample.FCStd
     ArchDetail.FCStd
+    FemCalculixCantilever2D.FCStd
     FemCalculixCantilever3D.FCStd
 )
 
diff --git a/data/examples/FemCalculixCantilever2D.FCStd b/data/examples/FemCalculixCantilever2D.FCStd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1b8bc477
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/examples/FemCalculixCantilever2D.FCStd differ
diff --git a/data/examples/FemCalculixCantilever3D.FCStd b/data/examples/FemCalculixCantilever3D.FCStd
index 60b626ae0..41ea82b7d 100644
Binary files a/data/examples/FemCalculixCantilever3D.FCStd and b/data/examples/FemCalculixCantilever3D.FCStd differ
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt
index 0bd49b7bc..2cf11990b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ if(BUILD_GUI)
         LoadMRU1.py
         LoadMRU2.py
         LoadArchExample.py
-        LoadFemExample.py
+        LoadFemExample2D.py
+        LoadFemExample3D.py
         Mesh.py
         PartDesign.py
         Background.jpg
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadFemExample2D.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadFemExample2D.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9f69a34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadFemExample2D.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#***************************************************************************
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   Copyright (c) 2016                                                    * 
+#*   Bernd Hahnebach <bernd@bimstatik.org>                                 * 
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+#*   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+#*   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+#*   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+#*   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+#*   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+#*   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+#*   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+#*   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+#*   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+#*   USA                                                                   *
+#*                                                                         *
+#***************************************************************************
+
+import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui
+FreeCAD.open(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"examples/FemCalculixCantilever2D.FCStd")
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewFit")
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadFemExample.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadFemExample3D.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadFemExample.py
rename to src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadFemExample3D.py
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
index aad7e5eed..343e9eafc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ text56 = translate("StartPage","http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=T
 text57 = translate("StartPage","http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Power_users_hub")
 text58 = translate("StartPage","Your version of FreeCAD is up to date.")
 text59 = translate("StartPage","There is a new release of FreeCAD available.")
-text60 = translate("StartPage","Load an FEM example analysis")
+text60 = translate("StartPage","Load an FEM 3D example analysis")
 text61 = translate("StartPage","Obtain a development version")
 text62 = translate("StartPage","<b>Development versions</b> are made available by community members from time to time and usually contain the latest changes, but are more likely to contain bugs.")
 text63 = translate("StartPage","See all commits")
+text64 = translate("StartPage","Load an FEM 2D example analysis")
 
 # get FreeCAD version
 
@@ -434,7 +435,8 @@ def getExamples():
         <li><img src="FreeCAD.png" style="width: 16px">&nbsp;<a href="LoadDrawingExample.py">""" + text12 + """</a></li>
         <li><img src="FreeCAD.png" style="width: 16px">&nbsp;<a href="LoadRobotExample.py">""" + text13 + """</a></li>
         <li><img src="FreeCAD.png" style="width: 16px">&nbsp;<a href="LoadArchExample.py">""" + text55 + """</a></li>
-        <li><img src="FreeCAD.png" style="width: 16px">&nbsp;<a href="LoadFemExample.py">""" + text60 + """</a></li>
+        <li><img src="FreeCAD.png" style="width: 16px">&nbsp;<a href="LoadFemExample2D.py">""" + text64 + """</a></li>
+        <li><img src="FreeCAD.png" style="width: 16px">&nbsp;<a href="LoadFemExample3D.py">""" + text60 + """</a></li>
     </ul>"""
       
 def getLinks():