diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/App/FemMesh.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/App/FemMesh.cpp
index de70811f6..a0779b5e7 100755
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/App/FemMesh.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/App/FemMesh.cpp
@@ -752,21 +752,28 @@ unsigned int FemMesh::getMemSize (void) const
 
 void FemMesh::Save (Base::Writer &writer) const
 {
-    //See SaveDocFile(), RestoreDocFile()
-    writer.Stream() << writer.ind() << "<FemMesh file=\"" ;
-    writer.Stream() << writer.addFile("FemMesh.unv", this) << "\"";
-    writer.Stream() << " a11=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][0] << "\" a12=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][1] << "\" a13=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][2] << "\" a14=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][3] << "\"";
-    writer.Stream() << " a21=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][0] << "\" a22=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][1] << "\" a23=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][2] << "\" a24=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][3] << "\"";
-    writer.Stream() << " a31=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][0] << "\" a32=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][1] << "\" a33=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][2] << "\" a34=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][3] << "\"";
-    writer.Stream() << " a41=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][0] << "\" a42=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][1] << "\" a43=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][2] << "\" a44=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][3] << "\"";
-    writer.Stream() << "/>" << std::endl;
-
-
+    if (!writer.isForceXML()) {
+        //See SaveDocFile(), RestoreDocFile()
+        writer.Stream() << writer.ind() << "<FemMesh file=\"" ;
+        writer.Stream() << writer.addFile("FemMesh.unv", this) << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << " a11=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][0] << "\" a12=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][1] << "\" a13=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][2] << "\" a14=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][3] << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << " a21=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][0] << "\" a22=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][1] << "\" a23=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][2] << "\" a24=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][3] << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << " a31=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][0] << "\" a32=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][1] << "\" a33=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][2] << "\" a34=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][3] << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << " a41=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][0] << "\" a42=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][1] << "\" a43=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][2] << "\" a44=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][3] << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << "/>" << std::endl;
+    }
+    else {
+        writer.Stream() << writer.ind() << "<FemMesh file=\"\"" ;
+        writer.Stream() << " a11=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][0] << "\" a12=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][1] << "\" a13=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][2] << "\" a14=\"" <<  _Mtrx[0][3] << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << " a21=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][0] << "\" a22=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][1] << "\" a23=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][2] << "\" a24=\"" <<  _Mtrx[1][3] << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << " a31=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][0] << "\" a32=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][1] << "\" a33=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][2] << "\" a34=\"" <<  _Mtrx[2][3] << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << " a41=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][0] << "\" a42=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][1] << "\" a43=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][2] << "\" a44=\"" <<  _Mtrx[3][3] << "\"";
+        writer.Stream() << "/>" << std::endl;
+    }
 }
 
 void FemMesh::Restore(Base::XMLReader &reader)
 {
-
     reader.readElement("FemMesh");
     std::string file (reader.getAttribute("file") );