diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGTracker.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGTracker.cpp
index 244cc62ed0..0fddf9f0e3 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGTracker.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGTracker.cpp
@@ -257,11 +257,12 @@ void QGTracker::onMousePress(QPointF pos)
                 break;
         }
     } else if (m_points.size() == 1) {   //first point selected  
+        //just return pos to caller
         getPickedQGIV(pos);
-        setCursor(Qt::CrossCursor);
+        setCursor(Qt::CrossCursor);  //why cross??
 //        Q_EMIT qViewPicked(pos, m_qgParent);   //not in use yet.
         if (mode == TrackerMode::Point) {
-            setPoint(m_points);
+            setPoint(m_points);  //first point is mouse click scene pos
             terminateDrawing();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskCosVertex.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskCosVertex.cpp
index 09a7f548ff..e43b095ac5 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskCosVertex.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskCosVertex.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #include <Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.h>
 #include <Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h>
 #include <Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h>
+#include <Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjGroup.h>
+#include <Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjGroupItem.h>
 #include <Mod/TechDraw/App/Cosmetic.h>
 
 #include <Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ui_TaskCosVertex.h>
@@ -218,28 +220,40 @@ void TaskCosVertex::startTracker(void)
 void TaskCosVertex::onTrackerFinished(std::vector<QPointF> pts, QGIView* qgParent)
 {
 //    Base::Console().Message("TCV::onTrackerFinished()\n");
+    (void) qgParent;
     if (pts.empty()) {
         Base::Console().Error("TaskCosVertex - no points available\n");
         return;
     }
-    if (qgParent != nullptr) {
-        m_qgParent = qgParent;
-    } else {
-        //if vertex is outside of baseFeat, qgParent will be nullptr
-        QGVPage* qgvp = m_mdi->getQGVPage();
-        QGIView* qgiv = qgvp->findQViewForDocObj(m_baseFeat);
-        m_qgParent = qgiv;
-        Base::Console().Message("TaskCosVertex - qgParent is nullptr\n");
-//        return;
-    }
 
-    //save point unscaled. 
+    QPointF dragEnd = pts.front();            //scene pos of mouse click
+
     double scale = m_baseFeat->getScale();
-    QPointF temp = pts.front();
-    QPointF temp2 = m_qgParent->mapFromScene(temp) / scale;
-    m_savePoint = Rez::appX(temp2);
+    double x = Rez::guiX(m_baseFeat->X.getValue());
+    double y = Rez::guiX(m_baseFeat->Y.getValue());
+
+    DrawViewPart* dvp = m_baseFeat;
+    DrawProjGroupItem* dpgi = dynamic_cast<DrawProjGroupItem*>(dvp);
+    if (dpgi != nullptr) {
+        DrawProjGroup* dpg = dpgi->getPGroup();
+        if (dpg == nullptr) {
+            Base::Console().Message("TCV:onTrackerFinished - projection group is confused\n");
+            //TODO::throw something.
+            return;
+        }
+        x += Rez::guiX(dpg->X.getValue());
+        y += Rez::guiX(dpg->Y.getValue());
+    }
+    //x,y are scene pos of dvp/dpgi
+
+    QPointF basePosScene(x, -y);                 //base position in scene coords
+    QPointF displace = dragEnd - basePosScene;
+    QPointF scenePosCV = displace / scale;
+
+    m_savePoint = Rez::appX(scenePosCV);
     pointFromTracker = true;
     updateUi();
+
     m_tracker->sleep(true);
     m_inProgressLock = false;
     ui->pbTracker->setEnabled(false);