diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjectSplit.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjectSplit.cpp
index f5276b2cfb..0b473df30e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjectSplit.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjectSplit.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ std::string edgeSortItem::dump(void)
 /*static*/bool edgeSortItem::edgeLess(const edgeSortItem& e1, const edgeSortItem& e2)
 {
     bool result = false;
-    if (e1.start != e2.start) {
+    if ((e1.start - e2.start).Length() < Precision::Confusion()) {
         if ( DrawUtil::vectorLess(e1.start, e2.start)) {
             result = true;
         }
@@ -501,8 +501,11 @@ std::string edgeSortItem::dump(void)
 /*static*/bool edgeSortItem::edgeEqual(const edgeSortItem& e1, const edgeSortItem& e2)
 {
     bool result = false;
-    if ( (e1.start == e2.start) &&
-         (e1.end   == e2.end)   &&
+    double startDif = (e1.start - e2.start).Length();
+    double endDif   = (e1.end   - e2.end).Length();
+    
+    if ( (startDif < Precision::Confusion()) &&
+         (endDif   < Precision::Confusion())   &&
          (DrawUtil::fpCompare(e1.startAngle,e2.startAngle)) &&
          (DrawUtil::fpCompare(e1.endAngle,e2.endAngle)) ) {
         result = true;
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp
index f8a3e8952c..685824bbae 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ std::string DrawUtil::formatVector(const Base::Vector3d& v)
 bool DrawUtil::vectorLess(const Base::Vector3d& v1, const Base::Vector3d& v2)  
 {
     bool result = false;
-    if (v1 != v2) {
+    if ((v1 - v2).Length() > Precision::Confusion()) {      //ie v1 != v2
         if (!DrawUtil::fpCompare(v1.x,v2.x)) {
             result = v1.x < v2.x;
         } else if (!DrawUtil::fpCompare(v1.y,v2.y)) {