diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TechDrawTools/TDToolsUtil.py b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TechDrawTools/TDToolsUtil.py
index b837418a2f..08ef0361a9 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TechDrawTools/TDToolsUtil.py
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TechDrawTools/TDToolsUtil.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 """Provides utility functions for TD Tools."""
 
 import FreeCAD as App
+import FreeCADGui as Gui
+from PySide.QtCore import QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP
+from PySide import QtGui
+from PySide.QtGui import QMessageBox
 
 def havePage():
     objs = App.ActiveDocument.Objects
@@ -36,3 +40,54 @@ def haveView():
             return True
     return False
 
+def displayMessage(title,message):
+    '''
+    displayMessage('Title','Messagetext')
+    '''
+    msgBox = QtGui.QMessageBox()
+    msgBox.setText(message)
+    msgBox.setWindowTitle(title)
+    msgBox.exec_()
+
+
+def getSelView():
+    '''
+    view = getSelView()
+    Return selected view, otherwise return False
+    '''
+    if not Gui.Selection.getSelection():
+        displayMessage('TechDraw_Utils','No view selected')
+    else:
+        view = Gui.Selection.getSelection()[0]
+        return view
+
+def getSelVertexes(nVertex=1):
+    '''
+    vertexes = getSelVertexes(nVertex)
+    nVertex ... min. number of selected vertexes
+    Return a list of selected vertexes if at least nVertex vertexes are selected, otherwise return False
+    '''
+    if getSelView():
+        view = getSelView()
+    else:
+        return False
+    if not Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx():
+        displayMessage('TechDraw_Utils',
+                        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP('TechDraw_Utils','No vertex selected'))
+        return False
+    objectList = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubElementNames
+
+    vertexes = []
+    for objectString in objectList:
+        if objectString[0:6] == 'Vertex':
+            vertexes.append(view.getVertexBySelection(objectString))
+
+    if (len(vertexes) < nVertex):
+        displayMessage('TechDraw_Utils',
+                        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP('TechDraw_Utils','Select at least ')+
+                        str(nVertex)+
+                        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP('TechDraw_Utils',' vertexes'))
+        return False
+    else:
+        return vertexes
+
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TechDrawTools/__init__.py b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TechDrawTools/__init__.py
index d9cde184b8..88b1e13dfd 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TechDrawTools/__init__.py
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TechDrawTools/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ from .TDToolsUtil import *
 from .CommandShareView import CommandShareView
 from .CommandMoveView import CommandMoveView
 from .CommandAxoLengthDimension import CommandAxoLengthDimension
+from .CommandVertexCreations import CommandVertexCreationGroup
 from .CommandHoleShaftFit import CommandHoleShaftFit
 from .TaskShareView import TaskShareView
 from .TaskMoveView import TaskMoveView
 from .TaskHoleShaftFit import TaskHoleShaftFit
+from .TaskAddOffsetVertex import TaskAddOffsetVertex