From 724e40627e0c53086daab35f2ca6409c63da8695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yorik van Havre <yorikvanhavre@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:41:11 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Small fix in Draft module

---
 src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py b/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
index 8ccca3b12..ab79b3e77 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
@@ -1195,9 +1195,12 @@ def getSVG(obj,scale=1,linewidth=0.35,fontsize=12,fillstyle="shape color",direct
     fontsize = (fontsize/scale)/2
     plane = None
     if direction:
-        if direction != Vector(0,0,0):
-            plane = WorkingPlane.plane()
-            plane.alignToPointAndAxis(Vector(0,0,0),fcvec.neg(direction),0)
+        if isinstance(direction,FreeCAD.Vector):
+            if direction != Vector(0,0,0):
+                plane = WorkingPlane.plane()
+                plane.alignToPointAndAxis(Vector(0,0,0),fcvec.neg(direction),0)
+        elif isinstance(direction,WorkingPlane.plane):
+            plane = direction
 
     def getLineStyle(obj):
         "returns a linestyle pattern for a given object"