diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
index b23adfd5fa..31e4b95f83 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ DrawView::DrawView():
 }
 
 
+App::DocumentObjectExecReturn* DrawView::recompute()
+{
+    try {
+        return App::DocumentObject::recompute();
+    }
+    catch (Standard_Failure& e) {
+        auto ret = new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn(e.GetMessageString());
+        if (ret->Why.empty()) {
+            ret->Why = "Unknown OCC exception";
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+}
+
 App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DrawView::execute()
 {
 //    Base::Console().message("DV::execute() - %s touched: %d\n", getNameInDocument(), isTouched());
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
index 092f0a14f4..ee8e3878ed 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public:
 
     /** @name methods override Feature */
     //@{
+    App::DocumentObjectExecReturn* recompute() override;
     /// recalculate the Feature
     App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *execute() override;
     void onDocumentRestored() override;
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.cpp
index 85b91cebc2..f2be301429 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.cpp
@@ -1537,6 +1537,8 @@ void DrawViewPart::handleChangedPropertyType(Base::XMLReader &reader, const char
         }
         return;
     }
+
+    DrawView::handleChangedPropertyType(reader, TypeName, prop);
 }
 
 // true if owner->element is a cosmetic vertex
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewSection.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewSection.cpp
index e9155b7f0a..e2452e5f9e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewSection.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewSection.cpp
@@ -1254,6 +1254,8 @@ void DrawViewSection::handleChangedPropertyType(Base::XMLReader &reader, const c
         }
         return;
     }
+
+    DrawViewPart::handleChangedPropertyType(reader, TypeName, prop);
 }
 
 // checks that SectionNormal and XDirection are perpendicular and that Direction is the same as