diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPartPy.xml b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPartPy.xml
index f6921ae78a..3abc3c44f4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPartPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPartPy.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
       <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="WandererFan" EMail="wandererfan@gmail.com" />
       <UserDocu>Feature for creating and manipulating Technical Drawing Part Views</UserDocu>
     </Documentation>
+    <Methode Name="getVisibleEdges">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>getVisibleEdges() - get the visible edges in the View as Part::TopoShapeEdges</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
+   <Methode Name="getHiddenEdges">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>getHiddenEdges() - get the hidden edges in the View as Part::TopoShapeEdges</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
     <Methode Name="makeCosmeticVertex">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>makeCosmeticVertex(p1) - add a CosmeticVertex at p1 (View coordinates). Returns index of created vertex.</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPartPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPartPyImp.cpp
index 403fd0fbfe..0f35ba67d6 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPartPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPartPyImp.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,38 @@ std::string DrawViewPartPy::representation(void) const
 }
 //TODO: gets & sets for geometry
 
+PyObject* DrawViewPartPy::getVisibleEdges(PyObject *args)
+{
+    (void) args;
+    DrawViewPart* dvp = getDrawViewPartPtr();
+    PyObject* pEdgeList = PyList_New(0);
+    std::vector<TechDraw::BaseGeom*> geoms = dvp->getEdgeGeometry();
+    for (auto& g: geoms) {
+        if (g->hlrVisible) {
+            PyObject* pEdge = new Part::TopoShapeEdgePy(new Part::TopoShape(g->occEdge));
+            PyList_Append(pEdgeList, pEdge);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return pEdgeList;
+}
+
+PyObject* DrawViewPartPy::getHiddenEdges(PyObject *args)
+{
+    (void) args;
+    DrawViewPart* dvp = getDrawViewPartPtr();
+    PyObject* pEdgeList = PyList_New(0);
+    std::vector<TechDraw::BaseGeom*> geoms = dvp->getEdgeGeometry();
+    for (auto& g: geoms) {
+        if (!g->hlrVisible) {
+            PyObject* pEdge = new Part::TopoShapeEdgePy(new Part::TopoShape(g->occEdge));
+            PyList_Append(pEdgeList, pEdge);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return pEdgeList;
+}
+
 PyObject* DrawViewPartPy::clearCosmeticVertices(PyObject *args)
 {
     (void) args;
@@ -238,7 +270,7 @@ PyObject* DrawViewPartPy::makeCosmeticCircleArc(PyObject *args)
     // right result, but ugly:
     // Qt angles are cw, OCC angles are CCW
     // Qt -y is up, OCC -y is down
-    
+
     TopoDS_Edge edge = aMakeEdge.Edge();
     int idx = dvp->addCosmeticEdge(edge);
     TechDraw::CosmeticEdge* ce = dvp->getCosmeticEdgeByIndex(idx);
@@ -314,7 +346,7 @@ PyObject* DrawViewPartPy::getCosmeticEdgeByGeom(PyObject *args)
         throw Py::TypeError("expected (index)");
     }
     DrawViewPart* dvp = getDrawViewPartPtr();
-    
+
     TechDraw::BaseGeom* bg = dvp->getGeomByIndex(idx);
     if (bg == nullptr) {
         Base::Console().Error("DVPPI::getCEbyGeom - geom: %d not found\n",idx);
@@ -502,7 +534,7 @@ PyObject* DrawViewPartPy::formatGeometricEdge(PyObject *args)
                                  visible);
         TechDraw::GeomFormat* newGF = new TechDraw::GeomFormat(idx,
                                                                fmt);
-//                    int idx = 
+//                    int idx =
         dvp->addGeomFormat(newGF);
     }
     return Py_None;