diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
index 827a2cc1da..e6eea03205 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ DrawView::~DrawView()
 {
 }
 
+App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DrawView::recompute(void)
+{
+    try {
+        return App::DocumentObject::recompute();
+    }
+    catch (Standard_Failure& e) {
+        App::DocumentObjectExecReturn* ret = new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn(e.GetMessageString());
+        if (ret->Why.empty())
+            ret->Why = "Unknown OCC exception";
+        return ret;
+    }
+}
+
 App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DrawView::execute(void)
 {
 //    Base::Console().Message("DV::execute() - %s touched: %d\n", getNameInDocument(), isTouched());
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
index 170ad493ab..1768e06f8d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public:
     /** @name methods override Feature */
     //@{
     /// recalculate the Feature
+    virtual App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *recompute() override;
     virtual App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *execute(void) override;
     virtual void onDocumentRestored() override;
     virtual short mustExecute() const override;
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.cpp
index 3c1aeea98c..658b194c04 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,13 @@ short DrawViewPart::mustExecute() const
 
 void DrawViewPart::onChanged(const App::Property* prop)
 {
+    // If the user has set PropertyVector Direction to zero, set it along the default value instead (Front View).
+    // Otherwise bad things will happen because there'll be a normalization for direction calculations later.
+    Base::Vector3d dir = Direction.getValue();
+    if (DrawUtil::fpCompare(dir.Length(), 0.0)) {
+        Direction.setValue(Base::Vector3d(0.0, -1.0, 0.0));
+    }
+
     DrawView::onChanged(prop);
 
 //TODO: when scale changes, any Dimensions for this View sb recalculated.  DVD should pick this up subject to topological naming issues.