diff --git a/src/Gui/Selection.cpp b/src/Gui/Selection.cpp
index f75d3402ec..752ff07667 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Selection.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Selection.cpp
@@ -865,9 +865,9 @@ std::array<std::pair<double, std::string>, 3> schemaTranslatePoint(double x, dou
     double yuser = fabs(y) > precision ? y / yfactor : 0.0;
     double zuser = fabs(z) > precision ? z / zfactor : 0.0;
 
-    std::array<std::pair<double, std::string>, 3> ret = {std::make_pair(xuser, xunit.toStdString()),
-                                                         std::make_pair(yuser, yunit.toStdString()),
-                                                         std::make_pair(zuser, zunit.toStdString())};
+    std::array<std::pair<double, std::string>, 3> ret = {std::make_pair(xuser, xunit.toUtf8().constBegin()),
+                                                         std::make_pair(yuser, yunit.toUtf8().constBegin()),
+                                                         std::make_pair(zuser, zunit.toUtf8().constBegin())};
     return ret;
 }
 }
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ void SelectionSingleton::setPreselectCoord( float x, float y, float z)
                     ,pts[2].first, pts[2].second.c_str());
 
     if (getMainWindow())
-        getMainWindow()->showMessage(QString::fromLatin1(buf));
+        getMainWindow()->showMessage(QString::fromUtf8(buf));
 }
 
 void SelectionSingleton::rmvPreselect(bool signal)
diff --git a/src/Gui/SoFCSelection.cpp b/src/Gui/SoFCSelection.cpp
index 46fcca4e67..67ed645963 100644
--- a/src/Gui/SoFCSelection.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/SoFCSelection.cpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ SoFCSelection::handleEvent(SoHandleEventAction * action)
                                 ,pts[1].first, pts[1].second.c_str()
                                 ,pts[2].first, pts[2].second.c_str());
                 
-                getMainWindow()->showMessage(QString::fromLatin1(buf));
+                getMainWindow()->showMessage(QString::fromUtf8(buf));
             }
             else { // picked point
                 if (highlighted) {
diff --git a/src/Gui/SoFCUnifiedSelection.cpp b/src/Gui/SoFCUnifiedSelection.cpp
index a098e6bc1a..8c67e4c966 100644
--- a/src/Gui/SoFCUnifiedSelection.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/SoFCUnifiedSelection.cpp
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ bool SoFCUnifiedSelection::setHighlight(SoFullPath *path, const SoDetail *det,
                 ,pts[1].first,pts[1].second.c_str()
                 ,pts[2].first,pts[2].second.c_str());
 
-        getMainWindow()->showMessage(QString::fromLatin1(buf));
+        getMainWindow()->showMessage(QString::fromUtf8(buf));
 
         int ret = Gui::Selection().setPreselect(docname,objname,element,x,y,z);
         if(ret<0 && currenthighlight)