diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchSectionPlane.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchSectionPlane.py
index 9aa8818b2e..afa607c1dc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchSectionPlane.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchSectionPlane.py
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def getSVG(source,
            lineColor=(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
            fontsize=1,
            showFill=False,
-           fillColor=(1.0, 1.0, 1.0),
+           fillColor=(0.8, 0.8, 0.8),
            techdraw=False,
            fillSpaces=False,
            cutlinewidth=0,
@@ -400,10 +400,10 @@ def getSVG(source,
     svgSymbolLineWidth = str(linewidth * yt)
     hiddenPattern = archUserParameters.GetString("archHiddenPattern","30,10")
     svgHiddenPattern = hiddenPattern.replace(" ","")
-    #fillpattern = '<pattern id="sectionfill" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse" patternTransform="matrix(5,0,0,5,0,0)"'
-    #fillpattern += ' x="0" y="0" width="10" height="10">'
-    #fillpattern += '<g>'
-    #fillpattern += '<rect width="10" height="10" style="stroke:none; fill:#ffffff" /><path style="stroke:#000000; stroke-width:1" d="M0,0 l10,10" /></g></pattern>'
+    fillpattern = '<pattern id="sectionfill" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse" patternTransform="matrix(5,0,0,5,0,0)"'
+    fillpattern += ' x="0" y="0" width="10" height="10">'
+    fillpattern += '<g>'
+    fillpattern += '<rect width="10" height="10" style="stroke:none; fill:#ffffff" /><path style="stroke:#000000; stroke-width:1" d="M0,0 l10,10" /></g></pattern>'
     svgLineColor = Draft.getrgb(lineColor)
     svg = ''
     # reading cached version
@@ -444,16 +444,11 @@ def getSVG(source,
                 render.cut(cutplane,showHidden)
             else:
                 render.cut(cutplane)
-            g = '<g transform="scale(1,-1)">\n'
-            if hasattr(source.ViewObject,"RotateSolidRender"):
-                if (source.ViewObject.RotateSolidRender.Value != 0):
-                    g = '<g transform="scale(1,-1) rotate('
-                    g += str(source.ViewObject.RotateSolidRender.Value)
-                    g += ')">\n'
-            svgcache += g
+            svgcache += '<g transform="scale(1,-1)">\n'
             svgcache += render.getViewSVG(linewidth="SVGLINEWIDTH")
-            #svgcache += fillpattern
-            svgcache += render.getSectionSVG(linewidth="SVGCUTLINEWIDTH",fillpattern="#ffffff")
+            svgcache += fillpattern
+            svgcache += render.getSectionSVG(linewidth="SVGCUTLINEWIDTH",
+                                        fillpattern="sectionfill")
             if showHidden:
                 svgcache += render.getHiddenSVG(linewidth="SVGLINEWIDTH")
             svgcache += '</g>\n'
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/dialog_AnnotationStyleEditor.ui b/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/dialog_AnnotationStyleEditor.ui
index 0f26a64de1..2df87d5e94 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/dialog_AnnotationStyleEditor.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/dialog_AnnotationStyleEditor.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>266</width>
-    <height>691</height>
+    <width>453</width>
+    <height>424</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@
      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
       <item>
        <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBoxStyles">
-        <property name="sizePolicy">
-         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
-          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-         </sizepolicy>
-        </property>
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>60</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
         <property name="toolTip">
          <string>The name of your style. Existing style names can be edited.</string>
         </property>
@@ -58,17 +46,11 @@
          <bool>false</bool>
         </property>
         <property name="sizePolicy">
-         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
          </sizepolicy>
         </property>
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>60</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
         <property name="maximumSize">
          <size>
           <width>110</width>
@@ -89,17 +71,11 @@
          <bool>false</bool>
         </property>
         <property name="sizePolicy">
-         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
          </sizepolicy>
         </property>
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>60</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
         <property name="maximumSize">
          <size>
           <width>110</width>
@@ -132,9 +108,9 @@
       <property name="geometry">
        <rect>
         <x>0</x>
-        <y>-58</y>
-        <width>233</width>
-        <height>624</height>
+        <y>-290</y>
+        <width>420</width>
+        <height>589</height>
        </rect>
       </property>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
@@ -176,18 +152,6 @@
           </item>
           <item row="0" column="1">
            <widget class="QFontComboBox" name="FontName">
-            <property name="sizePolicy">
-             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
-              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-             </sizepolicy>
-            </property>
-            <property name="minimumSize">
-             <size>
-              <width>60</width>
-              <height>0</height>
-             </size>
-            </property>
             <property name="toolTip">
              <string>The font to use for texts and dimensions</string>
             </property>
@@ -436,18 +400,6 @@
           </item>
           <item row="4" column="1">
            <widget class="QComboBox" name="ArrowType">
-            <property name="sizePolicy">
-             <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
-              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-             </sizepolicy>
-            </property>
-            <property name="minimumSize">
-             <size>
-              <width>60</width>
-              <height>0</height>
-             </size>
-            </property>
             <property name="toolTip">
              <string>The type of arrows or markers to use at the end of dimension lines</string>
             </property>
@@ -521,30 +473,6 @@
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item>
-        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
-         <item>
-          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonImport">
-           <property name="toolTip">
-            <string>Import styles from json file</string>
-           </property>
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>Import...</string>
-           </property>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
-         <item>
-          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonExport">
-           <property name="toolTip">
-            <string>Export styles to json file</string>
-           </property>
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>Export...</string>
-           </property>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
-        </layout>
-       </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
     </widget>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/draftguitools/gui_annotationstyleeditor.py b/src/Mod/Draft/draftguitools/gui_annotationstyleeditor.py
index 5057e0c30d..ffeaca51b4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/draftguitools/gui_annotationstyleeditor.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/draftguitools/gui_annotationstyleeditor.py
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ class AnnotationStyleEditor(gui_base.GuiCommandSimplest):
         self.form.pushButtonRename.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(":/icons/accessories-text-editor.svg"))
         self.form.pushButtonDelete.resize(self.form.pushButtonDelete.sizeHint())
         self.form.pushButtonRename.resize(self.form.pushButtonRename.sizeHint())
-        self.form.pushButtonImport.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(":/icons/Std_Import.svg"))
-        self.form.pushButtonExport.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(":/icons/Std_Export.svg"))
 
         # fill the styles combo
         self.styles = self.read_meta()
@@ -123,8 +121,6 @@ class AnnotationStyleEditor(gui_base.GuiCommandSimplest):
         self.form.comboBoxStyles.currentIndexChanged.connect(self.on_style_changed)
         self.form.pushButtonDelete.clicked.connect(self.on_delete)
         self.form.pushButtonRename.clicked.connect(self.on_rename)
-        self.form.pushButtonImport.clicked.connect(self.on_import)
-        self.form.pushButtonExport.clicked.connect(self.on_export)
         for attr in DEFAULT.keys():
             control = getattr(self.form, attr)
             for signal in ("clicked", "textChanged",
@@ -284,36 +280,6 @@ class AnnotationStyleEditor(gui_base.GuiCommandSimplest):
                 self.styles[newname] = value
                 self.renamed[style] = newname
 
-
-    def on_import(self):
-        """imports styles from a json file"""
-        filename = QtGui.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(
-            QtGui.QApplication.activeWindow(),
-            _tr("Draft","Open styles file"),
-            None,
-            _tr("Draft","JSON file (*.json)"))
-        if filename:
-            nstyles = json.load(filename[1])
-            if nstyles:
-                self.styles.update(nstyles)
-                self.form.comboBoxStyles.clear()
-                for style in self.styles.keys():
-                    self.form.comboBoxStyles.addItem(style)
-                print("Styles updated from "+filename[0])
-
-
-    def on_export(self):
-        """exports styles to a json file"""
-        filename = QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(
-            QtGui.QApplication.activeWindow(),
-            _tr("Draft","Save styles file"),
-            None,
-            _tr("Draft","JSON file (*.json)"))
-        if filename:
-            json.dump(self.styles,filename[1])
-            print("Styles saved to "+filename[0])
-
-
     def fill_editor(self, style):
         """Fill the editor fields with the contents of a style."""
         if style is None: