diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
index 150fca9219..b7112c6eba 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ DrawView::DrawView(void):
     mouseMove(false)
 {
     static const char *group = "Base";
-    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(X, (0.0), group, (App::PropertyType)(App::Prop_None | App::Prop_NoRecompute), "X position");
-    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(Y, (0.0), group, (App::PropertyType)(App::Prop_None | App::Prop_NoRecompute), "Y position");
+    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(X, (0.0), group, (App::PropertyType)(App::Prop_Output), "X position");
+    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(Y, (0.0), group, (App::PropertyType)(App::Prop_Output), "Y position");
     ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(LockPosition, (false), group, App::Prop_Output, "Lock View position to parent Page or Group");
     ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(Rotation, (0.0), group, App::Prop_Output, "Rotation in degrees counterclockwise");
 
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DrawView::execute(void)
         return App::DocumentObject::execute();
     }
     handleXYLock();
-    requestPaint();
-    //documentObject::recompute causes an infinite loop.
     //should not be necessary to purgeTouched here, but it prevents a superfluous feature recompute
     purgeTouched();                           //this should not be necessary!
     return App::DocumentObject::execute();
@@ -159,10 +157,7 @@ void DrawView::onChanged(const App::Property* prop)
             requestPaint();
         } else if ((prop == &X) ||
             (prop == &Y)) {
-//            Base::Console().Message("DV::onChanged(X or Y)\n");
-            DrawView::execute();
-            X.purgeTouched();
-            Y.purgeTouched();
+            //X,Y changes are only interesting to DPGI and Gui side
         }
     }
     App::DocumentObject::onChanged(prop);
@@ -417,8 +412,14 @@ void DrawView::setPosition(double x, double y, bool force)
 //    Base::Console().Message("DV::setPosition(%.3f,%.3f) - \n",x,y,getNameInDocument());
     if ( (!isLocked()) ||
          (force) ) {
-        X.setValue(x);
-        Y.setValue(y);
+        double currX = X.getValue();
+        double currY = X.getValue();
+        if (!DrawUtil::fpCompare(currX, x, 0.001)) {    // 0.001mm tolerance
+            X.setValue(x);
+        }
+        if (!DrawUtil::fpCompare(currY, y, 0.001)) {
+            Y.setValue(y);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
index 49d6fb3112..e9727cc373 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@ void QGIView::toggleCache(bool state)
 void QGIView::draw()
 {
 //    Base::Console().Message("QGIV::draw()\n");
-    double x, y;
+    double xFeat, yFeat;
     if (getViewObject() != nullptr) {
-        x = Rez::guiX(getViewObject()->X.getValue());
-        y = Rez::guiX(getViewObject()->Y.getValue());
+        xFeat = Rez::guiX(getViewObject()->X.getValue());
+        yFeat = Rez::guiX(getViewObject()->Y.getValue());
         if (!getViewObject()->LockPosition.getValue()) {
-            setPosition(x, y);
+            setPosition(xFeat, yFeat);
         }
     }
     if (isVisible()) {
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp
index a576e62855..dedaf2802f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp
@@ -214,15 +214,23 @@ void ViewProviderDrawingView::finishRestoring()
 
 void ViewProviderDrawingView::updateData(const App::Property* prop)
 {
-    if (prop == &(getViewObject()->Rotation) ||
-        prop == &(getViewObject()->X)  ||
-        prop == &(getViewObject()->Y) ) {
+    //redrawn the whole view on Rotation change
+    if (prop == &(getViewObject()->Rotation)) {
         QGIView* qgiv = getQView();
         if (qgiv) {
             qgiv->updateView(true);
         }
     }
 
+    //only move the view on X,Y change
+    if (prop == &(getViewObject()->X)  ||
+        prop == &(getViewObject()->Y) ){
+        QGIView* qgiv = getQView();
+        if (qgiv) {
+            qgiv->QGIView::updateView(true);
+        }
+    }
+
     Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObject::updateData(prop);
 }
 
@@ -257,7 +265,7 @@ Gui::MDIView *ViewProviderDrawingView::getMDIView() const
 
 void ViewProviderDrawingView::onGuiRepaint(const TechDraw::DrawView* dv) 
 {
-//   Base::Console().Message("VPDV::onGuiRepaint(%s)\n", dv->getNameInDocument());
+//    Base::Console().Message("VPDV::onGuiRepaint(%s)\n", dv->getNameInDocument());
     if (dv == getViewObject()) {
         if (!dv->isRemoving() &&
             !dv->isRestoring()) {