diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femguiobjects/_ViewProviderFemMeshGmsh.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femguiobjects/_ViewProviderFemMeshGmsh.py
index c7f16c86c1..db07bafaf3 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femguiobjects/_ViewProviderFemMeshGmsh.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femguiobjects/_ViewProviderFemMeshGmsh.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class _ViewProviderFemMeshGmsh:
 
     def setEdit(self, vobj, mode):
         # hide all meshes
-        for o in FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Objects:
+        for o in vobj.Object.Document.Objects:
             if o.isDerivedFrom("Fem::FemMeshObject"):
                 o.ViewObject.hide()
         # show the mesh we like to edit
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class _ViewProviderFemMeshGmsh:
             objs = self.Object.MeshRegionList
             objs.append(incoming_object)
             self.Object.MeshRegionList = objs
-        FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
+        incoming_object.Document.recompute()
 
 
 class _TaskPanel:
@@ -313,13 +313,13 @@ class _TaskPanel:
 
     def accept(self):
         self.set_mesh_params()
-        FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.resetEdit()
-        FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
+        self.mesh_obj.ViewObject.Document.resetEdit()
+        self.mesh_obj.Document.recompute()
         return True
 
     def reject(self):
-        FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.resetEdit()
-        FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
+        self.mesh_obj.ViewObject.Document.resetEdit()
+        self.mesh_obj.Document.recompute()
         return True
 
     def clicked(self, button):
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femmesh/meshtools.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femmesh/meshtools.py
index 7d7dc4c790..23bc864b11 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femmesh/meshtools.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femmesh/meshtools.py
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ def get_force_obj_edge_nodeload_table(
         FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("{}\n".format(len(bad_refedge_nodes)))
         FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("{}\n".format(bad_refedge_nodes))
         # import FreeCADGui
-        # FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.Compound_Mesh.HighlightedNodes = bad_refedge_nodes
+        # frc_obj.Document.Compound_Mesh.HighlightedNodes = bad_refedge_nodes
 
         FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("bad_edge_table\n")
         # bad_edge_table:
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ def get_force_obj_edge_nodeload_table(
         # should be == bad_refedge_nodes
         FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("{}\n".format(sorted(bad_edge_table_nodes)))
         # import FreeCADGui
-        # FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.Compound_Mesh.HighlightedNodes = bad_edge_table_nodes
+        # frc_obj.Document.Compound_Mesh.HighlightedNodes = bad_edge_table_nodes
         # bad_node_length_table:
         #     [ (nodeID, length), ... , (nodeID, length) ]
         # some nodes will have more than one entry
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femresult/resulttools.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femresult/resulttools.py
index a6a2fcdfac..e97c8b6510 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femresult/resulttools.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femresult/resulttools.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def purge_results(analysis):
             if m.Mesh and is_of_type(m.Mesh, "Fem::FemMeshResult"):
                 analysis.Document.removeObject(m.Mesh.Name)
             analysis.Document.removeObject(m.Name)
-    FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
+    analysis.Document.recompute()
     # if analysis typ check is used result mesh
     # without result obj is created in the analysis
     # we could run into trouble in one loop because
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def purge_results(analysis):
     for m in analysis.Group:
         if is_of_type(m, "Fem::FemMeshResult"):
             analysis.Document.removeObject(m.Name)
-    FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
+    analysis.Document.recompute()
 
 
 def reset_mesh_deformation(resultobj):