diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py b/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py
index 85dbc06ba..2ae012894 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ if not FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/").HasGroup("Dra
 def translate(context,text):
     "convenience function for Qt translator"
     return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8).toUtf8()
-		
+
 def msg(text=None,mode=None):
     "prints the given message on the FreeCAD status bar"
     if not text: FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("")
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ def msg(text=None,mode=None):
         else:
             FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage(text)
 
+def get3DView():
+    return FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.mdiViewsOfType("Gui::View3DInventor")[0]
+
 def selectObject(arg):
     '''this is a scene even handler, to be called from the Draft tools
     when they need to select an object'''
@@ -1642,7 +1645,7 @@ class Modifier:
             return True
         else:
             return False
-        
+
     def Activated(self,name="None"):
         if FreeCAD.activeDraftCommand:
             FreeCAD.activeDraftCommand.finish()
@@ -1657,7 +1660,7 @@ class Modifier:
             self.finish()
         else:
             FreeCAD.activeDraftCommand = self
-            self.view = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView
+            self.view = get3DView()
             self.ui = FreeCADGui.draftToolBar
             FreeCADGui.draftToolBar.show()
             rot = self.view.getCameraNode().getField("orientation").getValue()
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTrackers.py b/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTrackers.py
index dda22185b..34c4acfdd 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTrackers.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTrackers.py
@@ -60,10 +60,13 @@ class Tracker:
         todo.delay(self._removeSwitch, self.switch)
         self.switch = None
 
+    def get3DView(self):
+        return FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.mdiViewsOfType("Gui::View3DInventor")[0]
+
     def _insertSwitch(self, switch):
         '''insert self.switch into the scene graph.  Must not be called
         from an event handler (or other scene graph traversal).'''
-        sg=FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getSceneGraph()
+        sg=self.get3DView().getSceneGraph()
         if self.ontop:
             sg.insertChild(switch,0)
         else:
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ class Tracker:
     def _removeSwitch(self, switch):
         '''remove self.switch from the scene graph.  As with _insertSwitch,
         must not be called during scene graph traversal).'''
-        sg=FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getSceneGraph()
+        sg=self.get3DView().getSceneGraph()
         sg.removeChild(switch)
 
     def on(self):
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ class Tracker:
     def off(self):
         self.switch.whichChild = -1
         self.Visible = False
-				
+
 class snapTracker(Tracker):
     "A Snap Mark tracker, used by tools that support snapping"
     def __init__(self):
@@ -451,8 +454,8 @@ class PlaneTracker(Tracker):
     "A working plane tracker"
     def __init__(self):
         # getting screen distance
-        p1 = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getPoint((100,100))
-        p2 = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getPoint((110,100))
+        p1 = self.get3DView().getPoint((100,100))
+        p2 = self.get3DView().getPoint((110,100))
         bl = (p2.sub(p1)).Length * (Draft.getParam("snapRange")/2)
         self.trans = coin.SoTransform()
         self.trans.translation.setValue([0,0,0])
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadPartDesignExample.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadPartDesignExample.py
index 9d90f4969..cab24874f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadPartDesignExample.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadPartDesignExample.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui
 FreeCAD.open(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"examples/PartDesignExample.FCStd")
-FreeCADGui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
-FreeCADGui.activeDocument().activeView().viewAxometric()
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewFit")
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewAxo")
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadRobotExample.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadRobotExample.py
index 229552b78..309298c7f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadRobotExample.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadRobotExample.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui
 FreeCAD.open(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"examples/RobotExample.FCStd")
-FreeCADGui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
-FreeCADGui.activeDocument().activeView().viewAxometric()
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewFit")
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewAxo")
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadSchenkel.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadSchenkel.py
index 84aa61276..c79973d01 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadSchenkel.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadSchenkel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,Part
 Part.open(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"examples/Schenkel.stp")
-FreeCADGui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
-Gui.activeDocument().activeView().viewAxometric()
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewFit")
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewAxo")