diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
index cbee1dda94..d359d9293a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ void View3DInventorPy::init_type()
         "'addFinishCallback','addStartCallback','addMotionCallback','addValueChangedCallback'\n");
     add_varargs_method("setActiveObject", &View3DInventorPy::setActiveObject, "setActiveObject(name,object)\nadd or set a new active object");
     add_varargs_method("getActiveObject", &View3DInventorPy::getActiveObject, "getActiveObject(name)\nreturns the active object for the given type");
+    add_varargs_method("redraw", &View3DInventorPy::redraw, "redraw(): renders the scene on screen (useful for animations)");
 
 }
 
@@ -2242,3 +2243,11 @@ Py::Object View3DInventorPy::getActiveObject(const Py::Tuple& args)
     
     return Py::Object(obj->getPyObject());
 }
+
+Py::Object View3DInventorPy::redraw(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), ""))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+    _view->getViewer()->redraw();
+    return Py::None();
+}
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DPy.h b/src/Gui/View3DPy.h
index cb2ba22b8c..e2e3945ff0 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DPy.h
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DPy.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public:
     Py::Object removeDraggerCallback(const Py::Tuple&);
     Py::Object setActiveObject(const Py::Tuple&);
     Py::Object getActiveObject(const Py::Tuple&);
+    Py::Object redraw(const Py::Tuple&);
 
 private:
     static void eventCallback(void * ud, SoEventCallback * n);