diff --git a/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp b/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
index 86d7c2abc..1c14ba62f 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
@@ -910,59 +910,36 @@ StdCmdDuplicateSelection::StdCmdDuplicateSelection()
 
 void StdCmdDuplicateSelection::activated(int iMsg)
 {
-    App::Document* act = App::GetApplication().getActiveDocument();
-    if (!act)
-        return; // no active document found
-    Gui::Document* doc = Gui::Application::Instance->getDocument(act);
-    std::vector<Gui::SelectionSingleton::SelObj> sel = Gui::Selection().getCompleteSelection();
+    std::vector<SelectionSingleton::SelObj> sel = Selection().getCompleteSelection();
+    std::vector<App::DocumentObject*> obj;
+    obj.reserve(sel.size());
     for (std::vector<SelectionSingleton::SelObj>::iterator it = sel.begin(); it != sel.end(); ++it) {
-        if (!it->pObject)
-            continue; // should actually not happen
-        // create a copy of the object
-        App::DocumentObject* copy = act->copyObject(it->pObject, false);
-        if (!copy) // continue if no copy could be created
-            continue;
-        // mark all properties of the copy as "touched" which are touched in the original object
-        std::map<std::string,App::Property*> props;
-        it->pObject->getPropertyMap(props);
-        std::map<std::string,App::Property*> copy_props;
-        copy->getPropertyMap(copy_props);
-        for (std::map<std::string,App::Property*>::iterator jt = props.begin(); jt != props.end(); ++jt) {
-            if (jt->second->isTouched()) {
-                std::map<std::string,App::Property*>::iterator kt;
-                kt = copy_props.find(jt->first);
-                if (kt != copy_props.end()) {
-                    kt->second->touch();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Gui::Document* parent = Gui::Application::Instance->getDocument(it->pObject->getDocument());
-        if (!parent || !doc)
-            continue; // should not happen
-        // copy the properties of the associated view providers
-        Gui::ViewProvider* view = parent->getViewProvider(it->pObject);
-        Gui::ViewProvider* copy_view = doc->getViewProvider(copy);
-        copy_view->addDynamicProperties(view);
-        if (!view || !copy_view)
-            continue; // should not happen
-
-        // get the properties of the view provider
-        props.clear();
-        view->getPropertyMap(props);
-        copy_props.clear();
-        copy_view->getPropertyMap(copy_props);
-        for (std::map<std::string,App::Property*>::iterator jt = props.begin(); jt != props.end(); ++jt) {
-            std::map<std::string,App::Property*>::iterator kt;
-            kt = copy_props.find(jt->first);
-            if (kt != copy_props.end()) {
-                std::auto_ptr<App::Property> data(jt->second->Copy());
-                if (data.get()) {
-                    kt->second->Paste(*data);
-                }
-            }
+        if (it->pObject) {
+            obj.push_back(it->pObject);
         }
     }
+
+    if (obj.empty())
+        return;
+
+    Base::FileInfo fi(Base::FileInfo::getTempFileName());
+    {
+        // save stuff to file
+        Base::ofstream str(fi, std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+        App::Document* doc = obj.front()->getDocument();
+        MergeDocuments mimeView(doc);
+        doc->exportObjects(obj, str);
+        str.close();
+    }
+    App::Document* doc = App::GetApplication().getActiveDocument();
+    if (doc) {
+        // restore objects from file and add to active document
+        Base::ifstream str(fi, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
+        MergeDocuments mimeView(doc);
+        mimeView.importObjects(str);
+        str.close();
+    }
+    fi.deleteFile();
 }
 
 bool StdCmdDuplicateSelection::isActive(void)