diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy.xml b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy.xml
index 6be8f4ed26..5901cddf18 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy.xml
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy.xml
@@ -24,5 +24,11 @@
 			</Documentation>
 			<Parameter Name="Object" Type="Object" />
 		</Attribute>
+		<Attribute Name="Document" ReadOnly="true">
+			<Documentation>
+				<UserDocu>Return the document the view provider is part of</UserDocu>
+			</Documentation>
+			<Parameter Name="Document" Type="Object" />
+		</Attribute>
 	</PythonExport>
 </GenerateModel>
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectPyImp.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
index 4bdddb291e..603b19997a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 # include <sstream>
 #endif
 
-#include "Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObject.h"
+#include <Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObject.h>
+#include <Gui/Document.h>
 #include <App/DocumentObject.h>
 
 // inclusion of the generated files (generated out of ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy.xml)
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ Py::Object ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy::getObject(void) const
     return Py::Object(obj->getPyObject(), true); // do not inc'ref twice
 }
 
+Py::Object ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy::getDocument(void) const
+{
+    Document* doc = getViewProviderDocumentObjectPtr()->getDocument();
+    return Py::asObject(doc->getPyObject()); // do not inc'ref twice
+}
+
 PyObject *ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/) const
 {
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPy.xml b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPy.xml
index 84147f9e64..1da524c702 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPy.xml
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPy.xml
@@ -65,21 +65,6 @@
 				<UserDocu>Return a string representation of the Inventor node</UserDocu>
 			</Documentation>
 		</Methode>
-		<Methode Name="startEditing">
-			<Documentation>
-				<UserDocu>Start the editing mode (default=0)</UserDocu>
-			</Documentation>
-		</Methode>
-		<Methode Name="finishEditing">
-			<Documentation>
-				<UserDocu>Finish editing mode</UserDocu>
-			</Documentation>
-		</Methode>
-		<Methode Name="isEditing">
-			<Documentation>
-				<UserDocu>Returns True if the view provider is in editing mode, False otherwise</UserDocu>
-			</Documentation>
-		</Methode>
 		<Methode Name="setTransformation">
 			<Documentation>
 				<UserDocu>Set a transformation on the Inventor node</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPyImp.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPyImp.cpp
index 90a59b6372..009b5db440 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPyImp.cpp
@@ -203,33 +203,6 @@ PyObject*  ViewProviderPy::toString(PyObject *args)
     } PY_CATCH;
 }
 
-PyObject* ViewProviderPy::startEditing(PyObject *args)
-{
-    int mode=0;
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|i", &mode))     // convert args: Python->C 
-        return NULL;                     // NULL triggers exception 
-    bool edit = getViewProviderPtr()->startEditing(mode);
-    Py::Boolean ok(edit);
-    return Py::new_reference_to(ok);
-}
-
-PyObject* ViewProviderPy::finishEditing(PyObject *args)
-{
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))     // convert args: Python->C 
-        return NULL;                     // NULL triggers exception 
-    getViewProviderPtr()->finishEditing();
-    Py_Return;
-}
-
-PyObject* ViewProviderPy::isEditing(PyObject *args)
-{
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))     // convert args: Python->C 
-        return NULL;                     // NULL triggers exception 
-    bool edit = getViewProviderPtr()->isEditing();
-    Py::Boolean ok(edit);
-    return Py::new_reference_to(ok);
-}
-
 PyObject*  ViewProviderPy::setTransformation(PyObject *args)
 {
     PyObject* p;