diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
index 0382f91259..3f3e0d35a2 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ using namespace TechDraw;
 //===========================================================================
 
 const char* DrawView::ScaleTypeEnums[]= {"Page",
-                                            "Automatic",
-                                            "Custom",
-                                             NULL};
+                                         "Automatic",
+                                         "Custom",
+                                         NULL};
 App::PropertyFloatConstraint::Constraints DrawView::scaleRange = {Precision::Confusion(),
                                                                   std::numeric_limits<double>::max(),
                                                                   pow(10,- Base::UnitsApi::getDecimals())};
@@ -340,12 +340,12 @@ void DrawView::handleChangedPropertyType(
                 Scale.setValue(1.0);
             }
         } else {
-            // has Scale property that isn't float 
-            Base::Console().Log("DrawPage::Restore - old document Scale is not a float!\n");
+            // has Scale prop that isn't Float! 
+            Base::Console().Log("DrawPage::Restore - old Document Scale is Not Float!\n");
+            // no idea
         }
     } else if (prop->isDerivedFrom(App::PropertyLinkList::getClassTypeId()) 
-            && strcmp(prop->getName(),"Source")==0) 
-    {
+            && strcmp(prop->getName(),"Source")==0)   {
         App::PropertyLinkGlobal glink;
         App::PropertyLink link;
         if (strcmp(glink.getTypeId().getName(),TypeName) == 0) {            //property in file is plg
@@ -363,19 +363,12 @@ void DrawView::handleChangedPropertyType(
                 static_cast<App::PropertyLinkList*>(prop)->setValue(link.getValue());
             }
         }
-    // property X had App::PropertyFloat and was changed to App::PropertyLength
-    // sb PropertyDistance.  some X,Y are relative to existing point on page
-    } else if (prop == &X && strcmp(TypeName, "App::PropertyFloat") == 0) {
-        App::PropertyFloat XProperty;
-        XProperty.setContainer(this);
-        // restore the PropertyFloat to be able to set its value
-        XProperty.Restore(reader);
-        X.setValue(XProperty.getValue());
-    } else if (prop == &Y && strcmp(TypeName, "App::PropertyFloat") == 0) {
-        App::PropertyFloat YProperty;
-        YProperty.setContainer(this);
-        YProperty.Restore(reader);
-        Y.setValue(YProperty.getValue());
+// property Rotation had App::PropertyFloat and was changed to App::PropertyAngle
+    } else if (prop == &Rotation && strcmp(TypeName, "App::PropertyFloat") == 0) {
+        App::PropertyFloat RotationProperty;
+        RotationProperty.setContainer(this);
+        RotationProperty.Restore(reader);
+        Rotation.setValue(RotationProperty.getValue());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
index 34782a662c..84ce5b1350 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public:
     App::PropertyFloatConstraint Scale;
 
     App::PropertyEnumeration ScaleType;
-    App::PropertyFloat Rotation;
+    App::PropertyAngle Rotation;
     App::PropertyString Caption;
 
     /** @name methods override Feature */