diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Command.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Command.cpp
index 46bb733a52..6c03b3c232 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Command.cpp
@@ -1673,7 +1673,9 @@ void prepareTransformed(Gui::Command* cmd, const std::string& which,
         }
         str << "]";
 
-        Gui::Command::openCommand((std::string("Make ") + which + " feature").c_str());
+        std::string msg("Make ");
+        msg += which;
+        Gui::Command::openCommand(msg.c_str());
         Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.newObject(\"PartDesign::%s\",\"%s\")",
                                 PartDesignGui::getBody(false)->getNameInDocument(), which.c_str(), FeatName.c_str());
         // FIXME: There seems to be kind of a race condition here, leading to sporadic errors like
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskLinearPatternParameters.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskLinearPatternParameters.cpp
index 338b3ca3d7..532936310b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskLinearPatternParameters.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskLinearPatternParameters.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ void TaskLinearPatternParameters::updateUI()
 
     if (dirLinks.setCurrentLink(pcLinearPattern->Direction) == -1){
         //failed to set current, because the link isn't in the list yet
-        dirLinks.addLink(pcLinearPattern->Direction, getRefStr(pcLinearPattern->Direction.getValue(),pcLinearPattern->Direction.getSubValues()));
+        dirLinks.addLink(pcLinearPattern->Direction, getRefStr(pcLinearPattern->Direction.getValue(),
+                                                               pcLinearPattern->Direction.getSubValues()));
         dirLinks.setCurrentLink(pcLinearPattern->Direction);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskMultiTransformParameters.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskMultiTransformParameters.cpp
index 57044cde9b..1fe452a593 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskMultiTransformParameters.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskMultiTransformParameters.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "Utils.h"
 #include <App/Application.h>
 #include <App/Document.h>
+#include <App/Origin.h>
 #include <Gui/Application.h>
 #include <Gui/Document.h>
 #include <Gui/BitmapFactory.h>
@@ -281,17 +282,30 @@ void TaskMultiTransformParameters::onTransformAddMirrored()
 
 void TaskMultiTransformParameters::onTransformAddLinearPattern()
 {
+    // See CmdPartDesignLinearPattern
+    //
     closeSubTask();
     std::string newFeatName = TransformedView->getObject()->getDocument()->getUniqueObjectName("LinearPattern");
 
-    Gui::Command::openCommand("LinearPattern");
+    Gui::Command::openCommand("Make LinearPattern");
     Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.newObject(\"PartDesign::LinearPattern\",\"%s\")",
                             PartDesignGui::getBody(false)->getNameInDocument(), newFeatName.c_str());
     //Gui::Command::updateActive();
     App::DocumentObject* sketch = getSketchObject();
-    if (sketch)
+    if (sketch) {
         Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.Direction = (App.activeDocument().%s, [\"H_Axis\"])",
                                 newFeatName.c_str(), sketch->getNameInDocument());
+    }
+    else {
+        // set Direction value before filling up the combo box to avoid creating an empty item
+        // inside updateUI()
+        PartDesign::Body* body = static_cast<PartDesign::Body*>(Part::BodyBase::findBodyOf(getObject()));
+        if (body) {
+            Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.Direction = (App.activeDocument().%s, [\"\"])",
+                                    newFeatName.c_str(), body->getOrigin()->getX()->getNameInDocument());
+        }
+    }
+
     Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.Length = 100", newFeatName.c_str());
     Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.Occurrences = 2", newFeatName.c_str());