diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp
index 856c517c15..e161145994 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,32 @@ bool MeshInput::LoadAny(const char* FileName)
     }
 }
 
+bool  MeshInput::LoadFormat(std::istream &str, MeshIO::Format fmt)
+{
+    switch (fmt) {
+    case MeshIO::BMS:
+        _rclMesh.Read(str);
+        return true;
+    case MeshIO::APLY:
+    case MeshIO::PLY:
+        return LoadPLY(str);
+    case MeshIO::ASTL:
+        return LoadAsciiSTL(str);
+    case MeshIO::BSTL:
+        return LoadBinarySTL(str);
+    case MeshIO::OBJ:
+        return LoadOBJ(str);
+    case MeshIO::OFF:
+        return LoadOFF(str);
+    case MeshIO::IV:
+        return LoadInventor(str);
+    case MeshIO::NAS:
+        return LoadNastran(str);
+    default:
+        throw Base::FileException("Not supported file format");
+    }
+}
+
 /** Loads an STL file either in binary or ASCII format. 
  * Therefore the file header gets checked to decide if the file is binary or not.
  */
@@ -1662,6 +1688,42 @@ bool MeshOutput::SaveAny(const char* FileName, MeshIO::Format format) const
     return true;
 }
 
+bool MeshOutput::SaveFormat(std::ostream &str, MeshIO::Format fmt) const
+{
+    switch (fmt) {
+    case MeshIO::BMS:
+        _rclMesh.Write(str);
+        return true;
+    case MeshIO::ASTL:
+        return SaveAsciiSTL(str);
+    case MeshIO::BSTL:
+        return SaveBinarySTL(str);
+    case MeshIO::OBJ:
+        return SaveOBJ(str);
+    case MeshIO::OFF:
+        return SaveOFF(str);
+    case MeshIO::IV:
+        return SaveInventor(str);
+    case MeshIO::X3D:
+        return SaveX3D(str);
+    case MeshIO::VRML:
+        return SaveVRML(str);
+    case MeshIO::WRZ:
+        // it's up to the client to create the needed stream
+        return SaveVRML(str);
+    case MeshIO::NAS:
+        return SaveNastran(str);
+    case MeshIO::PLY:
+        return SaveBinaryPLY(str);
+    case MeshIO::APLY:
+        return SaveAsciiPLY(str);
+    case MeshIO::PY:
+        return SavePython(str);
+    default:
+        throw Base::FileException("Not supported file format");
+    }
+}
+
 /** Saves the mesh object into an ASCII file. */
 bool MeshOutput::SaveAsciiSTL (std::ostream &rstrOut) const
 {
diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.h b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.h
index b3b20e7f69..ea0b3a3153 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ public:
 
     /// Loads the file, decided by extension
     bool LoadAny(const char* FileName);
+    /// Loads from a stream and the given format
+    bool LoadFormat(std::istream &str, MeshIO::Format fmt);
     /** Loads an STL file either in binary or ASCII format. 
      * Therefore the file header gets checked to decide if the file is binary or not.
      */
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ public:
     static void SetSTLHeaderData(const std::string&);
     /// Saves the file, decided by extension if not explicitly given
     bool SaveAny(const char* FileName, MeshIO::Format f=MeshIO::Undefined) const;
+    /// Saves to a stream and the given format
+    bool SaveFormat(std::ostream &str, MeshIO::Format fmt) const;
 
     /** Saves the mesh object into an ASCII STL file. */
     bool SaveAsciiSTL (std::ostream &rstrOut) const;
diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.cpp
index 924db294a0..b29cdf595b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.cpp
@@ -344,9 +344,15 @@ void MeshObject::save(const char* file, MeshCore::MeshIO::Format f,
     aWriter.SaveAny(file, f);
 }
 
-void MeshObject::save(std::ostream& out) const
+void MeshObject::save(std::ostream& str, MeshCore::MeshIO::Format f,
+                      const MeshCore::Material* mat,
+                      const char* objectname) const
 {
-    _kernel.Write(out);
+    MeshCore::MeshOutput aWriter(this->_kernel, mat);
+    if (objectname)
+        aWriter.SetObjectName(objectname);
+    aWriter.Transform(this->_Mtrx);
+    aWriter.SaveFormat(str, f);
 }
 
 bool MeshObject::load(const char* file, MeshCore::Material* mat)
@@ -356,6 +362,23 @@ bool MeshObject::load(const char* file, MeshCore::Material* mat)
     if (!aReader.LoadAny(file))
         return false;
 
+    swapKernel(kernel);
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool MeshObject::load(std::istream& str, MeshCore::MeshIO::Format f, MeshCore::Material* mat)
+{
+    MeshCore::MeshKernel kernel;
+    MeshCore::MeshInput aReader(kernel, mat);
+    if (!aReader.LoadFormat(str, f))
+        return false;
+
+    swapKernel(kernel);
+    return true;
+}
+
+void MeshObject::swapKernel(MeshCore::MeshKernel& kernel)
+{
     _kernel.Swap(kernel);
     // Some file formats define several objects per file (e.g. OBJ).
     // Now we mark each object as an own segment so that we can break
@@ -403,8 +426,11 @@ bool MeshObject::load(const char* file, MeshCore::Material* mat)
         Base::Console().Log("Check for defects in mesh data structure failed\n");
     }
 #endif
+}
 
-    return true;
+void MeshObject::save(std::ostream& out) const
+{
+    _kernel.Write(out);
 }
 
 void MeshObject::load(std::istream& in)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.h b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.h
index a38b10859e..878f463096 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.h
@@ -155,8 +155,13 @@ public:
     void save(const char* file,MeshCore::MeshIO::Format f=MeshCore::MeshIO::Undefined,
         const MeshCore::Material* mat = 0,
         const char* objectname = 0) const;
-    void save(std::ostream&) const;
+    void save(std::ostream&,MeshCore::MeshIO::Format f,
+        const MeshCore::Material* mat = 0,
+        const char* objectname = 0) const;
     bool load(const char* file, MeshCore::Material* mat = 0);
+    bool load(std::istream&, MeshCore::MeshIO::Format f, MeshCore::Material* mat = 0);
+    // Save and load in internal format
+    void save(std::ostream&) const;
     void load(std::istream&);
     //@}
 
@@ -371,6 +376,7 @@ private:
     void deletedFacets(const std::vector<unsigned long>& remFacets);
     void updateMesh(const std::vector<unsigned long>&);
     void updateMesh();
+    void swapKernel(MeshCore::MeshKernel& m);
 
 private:
     Base::Matrix4D _Mtrx;