From ab1520b872821414c6ce4a15fb85d471ac2a2b03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yorik van Havre <yorik@uncreated.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:07:13 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Arch: Fixed compatibility with 0.17

---
 src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
index 7b2a8e5e25..18ef57593c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
@@ -468,7 +468,10 @@ class Component:
 
     def __getstate__(self):
 
-        return None
+        # for compatibility with 0.17
+        if hasattr(self,"Type"):
+            return self.Type
+        return "Component"
 
     def __setstate__(self,state):