diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/AttachEnginePy.xml b/src/Mod/Part/App/AttachEnginePy.xml
index 3c4c3edad5..ac06a8d60b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/AttachEnginePy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/AttachEnginePy.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@
         <UserDocu>getTypeRank(type): returns rank of shape type. Rank is how many times the type can be downgraded, before it becomes 'Any'.</UserDocu>
       </Documentation>
     </Methode>
+    <Methode Name="getTypeInfo">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>getTypeInfo(type): returns information (dict) on shape type. Keys:'UserFriendlyName', 'TypeIndex'.</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
     <Methode Name="copy" Const="true">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>copy(): returns a new instance of AttachEngine.</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/AttachEnginePyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/AttachEnginePyImp.cpp
index a670b6f056..5765488956 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/AttachEnginePyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/AttachEnginePyImp.cpp
@@ -257,6 +257,37 @@ PyObject* AttachEnginePy::getModeInfo(PyObject* args)
         Py::Dict ret;
         ret["ReferenceCombinations"] = pyListOfCombinations;
         ret["ModeIndex"] = Py::Int(mmode);
+
+        try {
+            Py::Module module(PyImport_ImportModule("PartGui"),true);
+            if (!module.hasAttr("AttachEngineResources")) {
+                // in v0.14+, the GUI module can be loaded in console mode (but doesn't have all its document methods)
+                throw Py::RuntimeError("Gui is not up");//DeepSOIC: wanted to throw ImportError here, but it's not defined, so I don't know...
+            }
+            Py::Object submod(module.getAttr("AttachEngineResources"));
+            Py::Callable method(submod.getAttr("getModeStrings"));
+            Py::Tuple arg(2);
+            arg.setItem(0, Py::String(this->getAttachEnginePtr()->getTypeId().getName()));
+            arg.setItem(1, Py::Int(mmode));
+            Py::List strs = method.apply(arg);
+            assert(strs.size() == 2);
+            ret["UserFriendlyName"] = strs[0];
+            ret["BriefDocu"] = strs[1];
+        } catch (Py::Exception& e) {
+            if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_ImportError)) {
+                // the GUI is not up.
+                Base::Console().Warning("AttachEngine: Gui not up, so no gui-related entries in getModeInfo.\n");
+                e.clear();
+            } else {
+                Base::Console().Warning("AttachEngine.getModeInfo: error obtaining GUI strings\n");
+                e.clear();
+            }
+        } catch (Base::Exception &e){
+            Base::Console().Warning("AttachEngine.getModeInfo: error obtaining GUI strings:");
+            Base::Console().Warning(e.what());
+            Base::Console().Warning("\n");
+        }
+
         return Py::new_reference_to(ret);
     } ATTACHERPY_STDCATCH_METH;
 }
@@ -313,6 +344,49 @@ PyObject* AttachEnginePy::getTypeRank(PyObject* args)
 
 }
 
+PyObject* AttachEnginePy::getTypeInfo(PyObject* args)
+{
+    char* typeName;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &typeName))
+        return 0;
+
+    try {
+        AttachEngine &attacher = *(this->getAttachEnginePtr());
+        eRefType rt = attacher.getRefTypeByName(typeName);
+        Py::Dict ret;
+        ret["TypeIndex"] = Py::Int(rt);
+
+        try {
+            Py::Module module(PyImport_ImportModule("PartGui"),true);
+            if (!module.hasAttr("AttachEngineResources")) {
+                // in v0.14+, the GUI module can be loaded in console mode (but doesn't have all its document methods)
+                throw Py::RuntimeError("Gui is not up");//DeepSOIC: wanted to throw ImportError here, but it's not defined, so I don't know...
+            }
+            Py::Object submod(module.getAttr("AttachEngineResources"));
+            Py::Callable method(submod.getAttr("getRefTypeUserFriendlyName"));
+            Py::Tuple arg(1);
+            arg.setItem(0, Py::Int(rt));
+            Py::String st = method.apply(arg);
+            ret["UserFriendlyName"] = st;
+        } catch (Py::Exception& e) {
+            if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_ImportError)) {
+                // the GUI is not up.
+                Base::Console().Warning("AttachEngine: Gui not up, so no gui-related entries in getModeInfo.\n");
+                e.clear();
+            } else {
+                Base::Console().Warning("AttachEngine.getTypeInfo: error obtaining GUI strings\n");
+                e.clear();
+            }
+        } catch (Base::Exception &e){
+            Base::Console().Warning("AttachEngine.getTypeInfo: error obtaining GUI strings:");
+            Base::Console().Warning(e.what());
+            Base::Console().Warning("\n");
+        }
+
+        return Py::new_reference_to(ret);
+    } ATTACHERPY_STDCATCH_METH;
+}
+
 PyObject* AttachEnginePy::copy(PyObject* args)
 {
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))