diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
index 13ad37204..5e0206fe9 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
@@ -308,16 +308,23 @@ class ViewProviderComponent:
         return False
 
 class ArchSelectionObserver:
-    def __init__(self,origin,watched):
+    def __init__(self,origin,watched,hide=True,nextCommand=None):
         self.origin = origin
         self.watched = watched
+        self.hide = hide
+        self.nextCommand = nextCommand
     def addSelection(self,document, object, element, position):
         if object == self.watched.Name:
             if not element:
                 print "closing Sketch edit"
-                self.origin.ViewObject.Transparency = 0
-                self.origin.ViewObject.Selectable = True
-                self.watched.ViewObject.hide()
+                if self.hide:
+                    self.origin.ViewObject.Transparency = 0
+                    self.origin.ViewObject.Selectable = True
+                    self.watched.ViewObject.hide()
                 FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench("ArchWorkbench")
                 FreeCADGui.Selection.removeObserver(FreeCAD.ArchObserver)
+                if self.nextCommand:
+                    FreeCADGui.Selection.clearSelection()
+                    FreeCADGui.Selection.addSelection(self.watched)
+                    FreeCADGui.runCommand(self.nextCommand)
                 del FreeCAD.ArchObserver
diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchSectionPlane.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchSectionPlane.py
index ea9fac7dc..aa1d8bb99 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchSectionPlane.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchSectionPlane.py
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ class _ArchDrawingView:
                         svgf = Drawing.projectToSVG(base,DraftVecUtils.neg(direction))
                         if svgf:
                             svgf = svgf.replace('stroke-width="0.35"','stroke-width="' + str(linewidth) + 'px"')
+                            svgf = svgf.replace('stroke-width:0.01','stroke-width:' + str(linewidth) + 'px')
                         svg += svgf
 
                     result = ''
diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchVRM.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchVRM.py
index 2de8ad0b3..2eefd8f27 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchVRM.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchVRM.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class Renderer:
             svg += '" '
             svg += 'stroke="#000000" '
             svg += 'stroke-width="' + str(linewidth) + '" '
-            svg += 'style="stroke-width:0.01;'
+            svg += 'style="stroke-width:' + str(linewidth) + ';'
             svg += 'stroke-miterlimit:1;'
             svg += 'stroke-linejoin:round;'
             svg += 'stroke-dasharray:none;'
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ class Renderer:
             svg += '" '
             svg += 'stroke="#000000" '
             svg += 'stroke-width="' + str(linewidth) + '" '
-            svg += 'style="stroke-width:0.01;'
+            svg += 'style="stroke-width:' + str(linewidth) + ';'
             svg += 'stroke-miterlimit:1;'
             svg += 'stroke-linejoin:round;'
             svg += 'stroke-dasharray:none;'
diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWall.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWall.py
index a6e1cc1f7..25fb891ee 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWall.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWall.py
@@ -256,7 +256,10 @@ class _Wall(ArchComponent.Component):
                         str(translate("Arch","The alignment of this wall on its base object, if applicable")))
         obj.addProperty("App::PropertyVector","Normal","Base",
                         str(translate("Arch","The normal extrusion direction of this object (keep (0,0,0) for automatic normal)")))
+        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyBool","ForceWire","Base",
+                        str(translate("Arch","If True, if this wall is based on a face, it will use its border wire as trace, and disconsider the face.")))
         obj.Align = ['Left','Right','Center']
+        obj.ForceWire = False
         self.Type = "Wall"
         obj.Width = 0.1
         obj.Height = 0
@@ -265,7 +268,6 @@ class _Wall(ArchComponent.Component):
         self.createGeometry(obj)
         
     def onChanged(self,obj,prop):
-        print prop
         if prop in ["Base","Height","Width","Align","Additions","Subtractions"]:
             self.createGeometry(obj)
 
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ class _Wall(ArchComponent.Component):
                 base = obj.Base.Shape.copy()
                 if base.Solids:
                     pass
-                elif base.Faces:
+                elif base.Faces and (not obj.ForceWire):
                     if height:
                         norm = normal.multiply(height)
                         base = base.extrude(norm)
@@ -372,6 +374,13 @@ class _Wall(ArchComponent.Component):
                         else:
                             temp = sh
                     base = temp
+                elif base.Edges:
+                    wire = Part.Wire(base.Edges)
+                    sh = getbase(wire)
+                    if sh:
+                        base = sh
+                else:
+                    FreeCAD.Console.PrintError(str(translate("Arch","Error: Invalid base object")))
 
         for app in obj.Additions:
             if hasattr(app,"Shape"):
@@ -399,7 +408,7 @@ class _Wall(ArchComponent.Component):
                 try:
                     base = base.removeSplitter()
                 except:
-                    print "Wall: Error removing splitter"
+                    FreeCAD.Console.PrintError(str(translate("Arch","Error removing splitter from wall shape")))
                 obj.Shape = base
                 if not DraftGeomUtils.isNull(pl):
                     obj.Placement = pl
diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWindow.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWindow.py
index 2c20b03ca..2f593257f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWindow.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWindow.py
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ class _CommandWindow:
             if Draft.getType(sel[0]) == "Wall":
                 FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench("SketcherWorkbench")
                 FreeCADGui.runCommand("Sketcher_NewSketch")
+                FreeCAD.ArchObserver = ArchComponent.ArchSelectionObserver(sel[0],FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Objects[-1],hide=False,nextCommand="Arch_Window")
+                FreeCADGui.Selection.addObserver(FreeCAD.ArchObserver)
             else:
                 FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.openTransaction(str(translate("Arch","Create Window")))
                 FreeCADGui.doCommand("import Arch")