diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp
index d7eee8216..dc2976085 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoCamera.h>
 # include <Inventor/events/SoMouseButtonEvent.h>
 # include <Inventor/events/SoLocation2Event.h>
+# include <Inventor/actions/SoGetMatrixAction.h>
+# include <Inventor/actions/SoSearchAction.h>
 #endif
 
 /// Here the FreeCAD includes sorted by Base,App,Gui......
@@ -379,16 +381,32 @@ PyObject* ViewProvider::getPyObject()
 
 SoPickedPoint* ViewProvider::getPointOnRay(const SbVec2s& pos, const View3DInventorViewer* viewer) const
 {
-    // for convenience make a pick ray action to get the (potentially) picked entity in the provider
+    //first get the path to this node and calculate the current transformation
+    SoSearchAction sa;
+    sa.setNode(pcRoot);
+    sa.setSearchingAll(true);
+    sa.apply(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getSceneGraph());
+    SoGetMatrixAction gm(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getViewportRegion());
+    gm.apply(sa.getPath());
+
+    SoTransform* trans = new SoTransform;
+    trans->setMatrix(gm.getMatrix());
+    trans->ref();
+    
+    // build a temporary scenegraph only keeping this viewproviders nodes and the accumulated 
+    // transformation
     SoSeparator* root = new SoSeparator;
     root->ref();
     root->addChild(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getCamera());
+    root->addChild(trans);
     root->addChild(pcRoot);
 
+    //get the picked point
     SoRayPickAction rp(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getViewportRegion());
     rp.setPoint(pos);
     rp.apply(root);
     root->unref();
+    trans->unref();
 
     SoPickedPoint* pick = rp.getPickedPoint();
     return (pick ? new SoPickedPoint(*pick) : 0);
@@ -398,9 +416,33 @@ SoPickedPoint* ViewProvider::getPointOnRay(const SbVec3f& pos,const SbVec3f& dir
 {
     // Note: There seems to be a  bug with setRay() which causes SoRayPickAction
     // to fail to get intersections between the ray and a line
+    
+    //first get the path to this node and calculate the current setTransformation
+    SoSearchAction sa;
+    sa.setNode(pcRoot);
+    sa.setSearchingAll(true);
+    sa.apply(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getSceneGraph());
+    SoGetMatrixAction gm(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getViewportRegion());
+    gm.apply(sa.getPath());
+    
+    // build a temporary scenegraph only keeping this viewproviders nodes and the accumulated 
+    // transformation
+    SoTransform* trans = new SoTransform;
+    trans->ref();
+    trans->setMatrix(gm.getMatrix());
+    
+    SoSeparator* root = new SoSeparator;
+    root->ref();
+    root->addChild(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getCamera());
+    root->addChild(trans);
+    root->addChild(pcRoot);
+    
+    //get the picked point
     SoRayPickAction rp(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getViewportRegion());
     rp.setRay(pos,dir);
-    rp.apply(pcRoot);
+    rp.apply(root);
+    root->unref();
+    trans->unref();
 
     // returns a copy of the point
     SoPickedPoint* pick = rp.getPickedPoint();
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
index bae6159f2..8834ec5e7 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 #include <Gui/Inventor/MarkerBitmaps.h>
 
 #include <Mod/Part/App/Geometry.h>
+#include <Mod/Part/App/BodyBase.h>
 #include <Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.h>
 #include <Mod/Sketcher/App/Sketch.h>
 
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::getCoordsOnSketchPlane(double &u, double &v,const SbVec
     Base::Vector3d R0(0,0,0),RN(0,0,1),RX(1,0,0),RY(0,1,0);
 
     // move to position of Sketch
-    Base::Placement Plz = getSketchObject()->Placement.getValue();
+    Base::Placement Plz = getPlacement();
     R0 = Plz.getPosition() ;
     Base::Rotation tmp(Plz.getRotation());
     tmp.multVec(RN,RN);
@@ -1869,7 +1870,7 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::doBoxSelection(const SbVec2s &startPos, const SbVec2s &
     Sketcher::SketchObject *sketchObject = getSketchObject();
     App::Document *doc = sketchObject->getDocument();
 
-    Base::Placement Plm = sketchObject->Placement.getValue();
+    Base::Placement Plm = getPlacement();
 
     int intGeoCount = sketchObject->getHighestCurveIndex() + 1;
     int extGeoCount = sketchObject->getExternalGeometryCount();
@@ -3950,7 +3951,7 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::rebuildConstraintsVisual(void)
         Base::Vector3d RN(0,0,1);
 
         // move to position of Sketch
-        Base::Placement Plz = getSketchObject()->Placement.getValue();
+        Base::Placement Plz = getPlacement();
         Base::Rotation tmp(Plz.getRotation());
         tmp.multVec(RN,RN);
         Plz.setRotation(tmp);
@@ -4145,7 +4146,7 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::onChanged(const App::Property *prop)
 }
 
 void ViewProviderSketch::attach(App::DocumentObject *pcFeat)
-{
+{    
     ViewProviderPart::attach(pcFeat);
 }
 
@@ -4156,6 +4157,19 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::setupContextMenu(QMenu *menu, QObject *receiver, const
 
 bool ViewProviderSketch::setEdit(int ModNum)
 {
+    //find the Part object the feature belongs to, TODO: use GRAPH methods
+    App::DocumentObject* search = getSketchObject();
+    for(Part::BodyBase* b : getSketchObject()->getDocument()->getObjectsOfType<Part::BodyBase>()) {
+        if(b->hasFeature(getSketchObject())) {
+            search = b;
+        }            
+    }    
+    for(App::Part* p : getSketchObject()->getDocument()->getObjectsOfType<App::Part>()) {
+        if(p->hasObject(search)) {
+            parentPart = p;
+        }            
+    }
+    
     // always change to sketcher WB, remember where we come from 
     oldWb = Gui::Command::assureWorkbench("SketcherWorkbench");
 
@@ -4592,7 +4606,7 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::unsetEdit(int ModNum)
 
 void ViewProviderSketch::setEditViewer(Gui::View3DInventorViewer* viewer, int ModNum)
 {
-    Base::Placement plm = getSketchObject()->Placement.getValue();
+    Base::Placement plm = getPlacement();
     Base::Rotation tmp(plm.getRotation());
 
     SbRotation rot((float)tmp[0],(float)tmp[1],(float)tmp[2],(float)tmp[3]);
@@ -4877,3 +4891,14 @@ bool ViewProviderSketch::onDelete(const std::vector<std::string> &subList)
     // if not in edit delete the whole object
     return PartGui::ViewProviderPart::onDelete(subList);
 }
+
+Base::Placement ViewProviderSketch::getPlacement() {
+    //TODO: use GRAPH placement handling, as this function right now only works with one parent 
+    //part object
+    Base::Placement Plz = getSketchObject()->Placement.getValue();
+    if(parentPart)
+        return parentPart->Placement.getValue()*Plz;
+    
+    return Plz;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.h b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.h
index 3a718277d..7238770c0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.h
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
 #include <Inventor/SbImage.h>
 #include <Inventor/SbColor.h>
 #include <Base/Tools2D.h>
+#include <Base/Placement.h>
 #include <Gui/Selection.h>
 #include <Gui/GLPainter.h>
+#include <App/Part.h>
 #include <boost/signals.hpp>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <Gui/Document.h>
@@ -345,6 +347,9 @@ protected:
     void removeSelectPoint(int SelectPoint);
     void clearSelectPoints(void);
 
+    // handle stacked placements of App::Parts
+    Base::Placement getPlacement();
+    
     // modes while sketching
     SketchMode Mode;
 
@@ -381,8 +386,11 @@ protected:
     double xInit,yInit;
     bool relative;
 
-    Gui::Rubberband* rubberband;
     std::string oldWb;
+    int antiAliasing;
+
+    Gui::Rubberband* rubberband;
+    App::Part* parentPart = nullptr;
 };
 
 } // namespace PartGui