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-        <file>icons/Sketcher_ViewSection.svg</file>
-        <file>icons/Sketcher_ViewSketch.svg</file>
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+        <file alias="icons/preferences-sketcher.svg">icons/SketcherWorkbench.svg</file>
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+        <file>icons/general/Sketcher_MapSketch.svg</file>
+        <file>icons/general/Sketcher_MergeSketch.svg</file>
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+        <file>icons/general/Sketcher_NewSketch.svg</file>
+        <file>icons/general/Sketcher_ReorientSketch.svg</file>
+        <file>icons/general/Sketcher_SwitchVirtualSpace.svg</file>
+        <file>icons/general/Sketcher_ValidateSketch.svg</file>
+        <file>icons/general/Sketcher_ViewSection.svg</file>
+        <file>icons/general/Sketcher_ViewSketch.svg</file>
+    </qresource>
     <qresource>
         <file>icons/geometry/Sketcher_AlterFillet.svg</file>
         <file>icons/geometry/Sketcher_CarbonCopy.svg</file>
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index fe307e0f47..391f8fd895 100644
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_EditSketch.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_LeaveSketch.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_MapSketch.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_MergeSketch.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_MirrorSketch.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_NewSketch.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_ReorientSketch.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_SwitchVirtualSpace.svg
rename to src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/general/Sketcher_SwitchVirtualSpace.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_ValidateSketch.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_ViewSection.svg
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similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/Resources/icons/Sketcher_ViewSketch.svg
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@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class SketcherWorkbench ( Workbench ):
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         Gui.addIconPath(":/icons/constraints")
         Gui.addIconPath(":/icons/elements")
+        Gui.addIconPath(":/icons/general")
         Gui.addIconPath(":/icons/geometry")
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