diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/CMakeLists.txt
index 375c63112..2125ce6bb 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ generate_from_xml(DrawTemplatePy)
 generate_from_xml(DrawParametricTemplatePy)
 generate_from_xml(DrawSVGTemplatePy)
 generate_from_xml(DrawViewSymbolPy)
+generate_from_xml(DrawViewClipPy)
 
 SET(Draw_SRCS
     DrawPage.cpp
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ SET(Python_SRCS
     DrawParametricTemplatePyImp.cpp
     DrawSVGTemplatePy.xml
     DrawSVGTemplatePyImp.cpp
+    DrawViewClipPy.xml
+    DrawViewClipPyImp.cpp
 )
 
 SOURCE_GROUP("Mod" FILES ${TechDraw_SRCS})
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.cpp
index 315943d79..b0f12c194 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 PROPERTY_SOURCE(TechDraw::DrawViewClip, TechDraw::DrawView)
 
-DrawViewClip::DrawViewClip(void) 
+DrawViewClip::DrawViewClip(void)
 {
     static const char *group = "Clip Group";
     //App::PropertyType hidden = (App::PropertyType)(App::Prop_Hidden);
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ DrawViewClip::DrawViewClip(void)
     //ScaleType.StatusBits.set(bitReadOnly, true);
     //ScaleType.StatusBits.set(bitHidden, true);
     //Scale.StatusBits.set(bitReadOnly, true);
-    //Scale.StatusBits.set(bitHidden,true);
+    //Scale.StatusBits.set(bitHidden,true);
     ScaleType.setStatus(App::Property::ReadOnly,true);
     ScaleType.setStatus(App::Property::Hidden,true);
     Scale.setStatus(App::Property::ReadOnly,true);
-    Scale.setStatus(App::Property::Hidden,true);
+    Scale.setStatus(App::Property::Hidden,true);
 }
 
 DrawViewClip::~DrawViewClip()
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace App {
 /// @cond DOXERR
 PROPERTY_SOURCE_TEMPLATE(TechDraw::DrawViewClipPython, TechDraw::DrawViewClip)
 template<> const char* TechDraw::DrawViewClipPython::getViewProviderName(void) const {
-    return "TechDrawGui::ViewProviderDrawClip";
+    return "TechDrawGui::ViewProviderViewClip";
 }
 /// @endcond
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h
index 1672433ab..b47a2fb2b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
 
     /// returns the type name of the ViewProvider
     virtual const char* getViewProviderName(void) const {
-        return "TechDrawGui::ViewProviderDrawClip";
+        return "TechDrawGui::ViewProviderViewClip";
     }
     std::vector<std::string> getChildViewNames();
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClipPy.xml b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClipPy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..434524878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClipPy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<GenerateModel xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="generateMetaModel_Module.xsd">
+  <PythonExport
+    Father="DrawViewPy"
+    Name="DrawViewClipPy"
+    Twin="DrawViewClip"
+    TwinPointer="DrawViewClip"
+    Include="Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h"
+    Namespace="TechDraw"
+    FatherInclude="Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPy.h"
+    FatherNamespace="TechDraw">
+    <Documentation>
+      <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="WandererFan" EMail="wandererfan@gmail.com" />
+      <UserDocu>Feature for creating and manipulating Technical Drawing Clip Views</UserDocu>
+    </Documentation>
+    <Methode Name="addView">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>addView(DrawView) - Add a View to this ClipView</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
+    <Methode Name="removeView">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>removeView(DrawView) - Remove specified View to this ClipView</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
+    <Methode Name="getChildViewNames">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>getChildViewNames() - get a list of the DrawViews in this ClipView</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
+    <CustomAttributes />
+  </PythonExport>
+</GenerateModel>
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClipPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClipPyImp.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b68c8424b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClipPyImp.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+#include <App/DocumentObject.h>
+#include <Base/Console.h>
+
+#include "Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h"
+#include "Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h"
+#include "DrawViewPy.h"
+
+// inclusion of the generated files (generated out of DrawViewClipPy.xml)
+#include "DrawViewClipPy.h"
+#include "DrawViewClipPy.cpp"
+
+using namespace TechDraw;
+
+// returns a string which represents the object e.g. when printed in python
+std::string DrawViewClipPy::representation(void) const
+{
+    return std::string("<DrawViewClip object>");
+}
+
+PyObject* DrawViewClipPy::addView(PyObject* args)
+{
+    //this implements iRC = pyClip.addView(pyView)  -or-
+    //doCommand(Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.addView(App.activeDocument().%s)",PageName.c_str(),FeatName.c_str());
+    PyObject *pcDocObj;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &(App::DocumentObjectPy::Type), &pcDocObj)) {
+        Base::Console().Error("Error: DrawViewClipPy::addView - Bad Arg - not DocumentObject\n");
+        return NULL;
+        //TODO: sb PyErr??
+        //PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,"addView expects a DrawView");
+        //return -1;
+    }
+
+    DrawViewClip* clip = getDrawViewClipPtr();                         //get DrawViewClip for pyClip
+    //TODO: argument 1 arrives as "DocumentObjectPy", not "DrawViewPy"
+    //how to validate that obj is DrawView before use??
+    DrawViewPy* pyView = static_cast<TechDraw::DrawViewPy*>(pcDocObj);
+    DrawView* view = pyView->getDrawViewPtr();                 //get DrawView for pyView
+
+    clip->addView(view);
+    Py_Return;
+}
+
+PyObject* DrawViewClipPy::removeView(PyObject* args)
+{
+    //this implements iRC = pyClip.removeView(pyView)  -or-
+    //doCommand(Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.removeView(App.activeDocument().%s)",PageName.c_str(),FeatName.c_str());
+    PyObject *pcDocObj;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &(App::DocumentObjectPy::Type), &pcDocObj)) {
+        Base::Console().Error("Error: DrawViewClipPy::removeView - Bad Arg - not DocumentObject\n");
+        return NULL;
+        //TODO: sb PyErr??
+        //PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,"removeView expects a DrawView");
+        //return -1;
+    }
+
+    DrawViewClip* clip = getDrawViewClipPtr();                         //get DrawViewClip for pyClip
+    //TODO: argument 1 arrives as "DocumentObjectPy", not "DrawViewPy"
+    //how to validate that obj is DrawView before use??
+    DrawViewPy* pyView = static_cast<TechDraw::DrawViewPy*>(pcDocObj);
+    DrawView* view = pyView->getDrawViewPtr();                 //get DrawView for pyView
+
+    clip->removeView(view);
+    Py_Return;
+}
+
+//    std::vector<std::string> getChildViewNames();
+PyObject* DrawViewClipPy::getChildViewNames(PyObject* args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
+        return 0;
+
+    DrawViewClip* clip = getDrawViewClipPtr();
+    std::vector<std::string> strings = clip->getChildViewNames();
+    int stringSize = strings.size();
+
+    PyObject* result = PyList_New(stringSize);
+
+    std::vector<std::string>::iterator it = strings.begin();
+    for( ; it != strings.end(); it++) {
+        PyObject* pString = PyString_FromString(it->c_str());           //TODO: unicode & py3
+        int rc = PyList_Append(result, pString);
+    }
+
+//    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NotImplementedError, "Not yet implemented");
+    return result;
+}
+
+PyObject *DrawViewClipPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* attr) const
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int DrawViewClipPy::setCustomAttributes(const char* attr, PyObject *obj)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDimension.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDimension.h
index 90c3b947c..e16c3fd0b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDimension.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDimension.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public:
     App::PropertyBool    CentreLines;
     App::PropertyString  FormatSpec;
 
+    //TODO: do we need a property for the actual dimension value? how else to access from Py?
+
     short mustExecute() const;
     bool hasReferences(void) const;
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h
index f33ee7496..507c7b25a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ public:
     //int removeHatch(App::DocumentObject *docObj);
     std::vector<TechDraw::DrawHatch*> getHatches(void) const;
 
+    //TODO: are there use-cases for Python access to TechDrawGeometry???
+
     const std::vector<TechDrawGeometry::Vertex *> & getVertexGeometry() const;
     const std::vector<TechDrawGeometry::BaseGeom  *> & getEdgeGeometry() const;
     const std::vector<TechDrawGeometry::Face *> & getFaceGeometry() const;
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPy.xml b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPy.xml
index 224650122..750819f6b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPy.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     FatherNamespace="App">
     <Documentation>
       <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="WandererFan" EMail="wandererfan@gmail.com" />
-      <UserDocu>Feature for creating and manipulating Drawing Views</UserDocu>
+      <UserDocu>Feature for creating and manipulating Technical Drawing Views</UserDocu>
     </Documentation>
     <CustomAttributes />
   </PythonExport>
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewSymbol.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewSymbol.cpp
index 12177784a..950564edd 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewSymbol.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewSymbol.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DrawViewSymbol::execute(void)
 {
     std::string svg = Symbol.getValue();
     const std::vector<std::string>& editText = EditableTexts.getValues();
-    
+
     if (!editText.empty()) {
         boost::regex e1 ("<text.*?freecad:editable=\"(.*?)\".*?<tspan.*?>(.*?)</tspan>");
         string::const_iterator begin, end;
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DrawViewSymbol::execute(void)
         newsvg.insert(newsvg.end(), begin, end);
         svg = newsvg;
     }
-    
+    //TODO: shouldn't there be a Symbol.setValue(svg) here??? -wf
+#if 0
     std::stringstream result;
     result  << "<g transform=\"translate(" << X.getValue() << "," << Y.getValue() << ")"
             << " rotate(" << Rotation.getValue() << ")"
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DrawViewSymbol::execute(void)
     // Apply the resulting fragment
     // no more ViewResult! Need to xlate SVG to Geometry object???
     //ViewResult.setValue(result.str().c_str());
+#endif
 
     //return App::DocumentObject::StdReturn;
     return DrawView::execute();
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/AppTechDrawGui.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/AppTechDrawGui.cpp
index b1418c2b7..31563427c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/AppTechDrawGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/AppTechDrawGui.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void TechDrawGuiExport initTechDrawGui()
     TechDrawGui::ViewProviderProjGroupItem::init();
     TechDrawGui::ViewProviderProjGroup::init();
     TechDrawGui::ViewProviderViewSection::init();
-    TechDrawGui::ViewProviderDrawingClip::init();
+    TechDrawGui::ViewProviderViewClip::init();
     TechDrawGui::ViewProviderAnnotation::init();
     TechDrawGui::ViewProviderSymbol::init();
     TechDrawGui::ViewProviderHatch::init();
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewClip.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewClip.cpp
index 0826ae17e..2642bffe5 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewClip.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewClip.cpp
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 
 using namespace TechDrawGui;
 
-PROPERTY_SOURCE(TechDrawGui::ViewProviderDrawingClip, TechDrawGui::ViewProviderDrawingView)
+PROPERTY_SOURCE(TechDrawGui::ViewProviderViewClip, TechDrawGui::ViewProviderDrawingView)
 
-ViewProviderDrawingClip::ViewProviderDrawingClip()
+ViewProviderViewClip::ViewProviderViewClip()
 {
     sPixmap = "actions/techdraw-clip";
 
@@ -59,29 +59,29 @@ ViewProviderDrawingClip::ViewProviderDrawingClip()
     DisplayMode.setStatus(App::Property::ReadOnly,true);
 }
 
-ViewProviderDrawingClip::~ViewProviderDrawingClip()
+ViewProviderViewClip::~ViewProviderViewClip()
 {
 }
 
-void ViewProviderDrawingClip::attach(App::DocumentObject *pcFeat)
+void ViewProviderViewClip::attach(App::DocumentObject *pcFeat)
 {
     // call parent attach method
     ViewProviderDocumentObject::attach(pcFeat);
 }
 
-void ViewProviderDrawingClip::setDisplayMode(const char* ModeName)
+void ViewProviderViewClip::setDisplayMode(const char* ModeName)
 {
     ViewProviderDocumentObject::setDisplayMode(ModeName);
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> ViewProviderDrawingClip::getDisplayModes(void) const
+std::vector<std::string> ViewProviderViewClip::getDisplayModes(void) const
 {
     // get the modes of the father
     std::vector<std::string> StrList;
     return StrList;
 }
 
-std::vector<App::DocumentObject*> ViewProviderDrawingClip::claimChildren(void) const
+std::vector<App::DocumentObject*> ViewProviderViewClip::claimChildren(void) const
 {
     // Collect any child views
     // for Clip, valid children are any View in Views
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ std::vector<App::DocumentObject*> ViewProviderDrawingClip::claimChildren(void) c
     return views;
 }
 
-void ViewProviderDrawingClip::show(void)
+void ViewProviderViewClip::show(void)
 {
     ViewProviderDrawingView::show();
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void ViewProviderDrawingClip::show(void)
     }
 }
 
-void ViewProviderDrawingClip::hide(void)
+void ViewProviderViewClip::hide(void)
 {
     ViewProviderDrawingView::hide();
 
@@ -123,26 +123,26 @@ void ViewProviderDrawingClip::hide(void)
     }
 }
 
-bool ViewProviderDrawingClip::isShow(void) const
+bool ViewProviderViewClip::isShow(void) const
 {
     return Visibility.getValue();
 }
 
-void ViewProviderDrawingClip::startRestoring()
+void ViewProviderViewClip::startRestoring()
 {
     // do nothing
 }
 
-void ViewProviderDrawingClip::finishRestoring()
+void ViewProviderViewClip::finishRestoring()
 {
     // do nothing
 }
 
-void ViewProviderDrawingClip::updateData(const App::Property*)
+void ViewProviderViewClip::updateData(const App::Property*)
 {
 }
 
-TechDraw::DrawViewClip* ViewProviderDrawingClip::getObject() const
+TechDraw::DrawViewClip* ViewProviderViewClip::getObject() const
 {
     return dynamic_cast<TechDraw::DrawViewClip*>(pcObject);
 }
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewClip.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewClip.h
index d832b6b31..d9006e092 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewClip.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderViewClip.h
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ namespace TechDraw{
 
 namespace TechDrawGui {
 
-class TechDrawGuiExport ViewProviderDrawingClip : public ViewProviderDrawingView
+class TechDrawGuiExport ViewProviderViewClip : public ViewProviderDrawingView
 {
-    PROPERTY_HEADER(TechDrawGui::ViewProviderDrawingClip);
+    PROPERTY_HEADER(TechDrawGui::ViewProviderViewClip);
 
 public:
     /// constructor
-    ViewProviderDrawingClip();
+    ViewProviderViewClip();
     /// destructor
-    virtual ~ViewProviderDrawingClip();
+    virtual ~ViewProviderViewClip();
 
 
     virtual void attach(App::DocumentObject *);
@@ -70,4 +70,3 @@ public:
 
 
 #endif // DRAWINGGUI_VIEWPROVIDERCLIP_H
-