diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjGroup.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjGroup.cpp
index 63b561abed..c57917eed4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjGroup.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawProjGroup.cpp
@@ -515,51 +515,57 @@ Base::Vector3d DrawProjGroup::getXYPosition(const char *viewTypeCStr)
             bigRow = bigCol;
         }
 
-        if (viewPtrs[0] && 
+        if (viewPtrs[0] &&                          //iso
             bboxes[0].IsValid()) {
             position[0].x = -bigCol - xSpacing;
             position[0].y = bigRow + ySpacing;
         }
-        if (viewPtrs[1] && 
+        if (viewPtrs[1] &&                         // T/B
             bboxes[1].IsValid()) {
+            position[1].x = 0.0;
             position[1].y = bigRow + ySpacing;
         }
-        if (viewPtrs[2] && 
+        if (viewPtrs[2] &&                         //iso
             bboxes[2].IsValid()) {
             position[2].x = bigCol + xSpacing;
             position[2].y = bigRow + ySpacing;
         }
-        if (viewPtrs[3] && 
+        if (viewPtrs[3] &&                        // L/R
             bboxes[3].IsValid() &&
             bboxes[4].IsValid()) {
             position[3].x = -bigCol - xSpacing;
+            position[3].y = 0.0;
         }
-        if (viewPtrs[5] && 
+        if (viewPtrs[5] &&                       // R/L
             bboxes[5].IsValid() &&
             bboxes[4].IsValid()) {
             position[5].x = bigCol + xSpacing;
+            position[5].y = 0.0;
         }
         if (viewPtrs[6] && 
             bboxes[6].IsValid()) {    //"Rear"
             if (viewPtrs[5] &&
                 bboxes[5].IsValid()) {
                 position[6].x = position[5].x + bigCol + xSpacing;
+                position[6].y = 0.0;
             }else if (viewPtrs[4] &&
                 bboxes[4].IsValid()) {
                 position[6].x = bigCol + xSpacing;
+                position[6].y = 0.0;
             }
         }
         if (viewPtrs[7] && 
-            bboxes[7].IsValid()) {
-            position[7].x = -bigCol - xSpacing;
+            bboxes[7].IsValid()) {             //iso
+            position[7].x = -bigCol - xSpacing; 
             position[7].y = -bigRow - ySpacing;
         }
-        if (viewPtrs[8] && 
+        if (viewPtrs[8] &&                     // B/T
             bboxes[8].IsValid() &&
             bboxes[4].IsValid()) {
+            position[8].x = 0.0;
             position[8].y = -bigRow - ySpacing;
         }
-        if (viewPtrs[9] && 
+        if (viewPtrs[9] &&                    //iso
             bboxes[9].IsValid()) {
             position[9].x = bigCol + xSpacing;
             position[9].y = -bigRow - ySpacing;
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
index 8b0da87bf8..0bae89c18d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.cpp
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ App::PropertyFloatConstraint::Constraints DrawView::scaleRange = {Precision::Con
 PROPERTY_SOURCE(TechDraw::DrawView, App::DocumentObject)
 
 DrawView::DrawView(void)
-  : autoPos(true),
-    mouseMove(false)
 {
     static const char *group = "Base";
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
index 3f09a015f3..0d389b6030 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawView.h
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ public:
     virtual PyObject *getPyObject(void) override;
 
     DrawPage* findParentPage() const;
-    bool allowAutoPos() {return autoPos;}                //sb in DPGI??
-    void setAutoPos(bool state) {autoPos = state;}       //autopos is obsolete
-    bool isMouseMove() {return mouseMove;}
-    void setMouseMove(bool state) {mouseMove = state;}
     virtual QRectF getRect() const;                      //must be overridden by derived class
     virtual double autoScale(double w, double h) const;
     virtual bool checkFit(DrawPage*) const;
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.cpp
index b4f22b0695..8cb45b9844 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ using namespace TechDrawGui;
 
 QGIProjGroup::QGIProjGroup()
 {
-    origin = new QGraphicsItemGroup();
-    origin->setParentItem(this);
+    m_origin = new QGraphicsItemGroup();                  //QGIG added to this QGIG??
+    m_origin->setParentItem(this);
 
     // In place to ensure correct drawing and bounding box calculations
     m_backgroundItem = new QGraphicsRectItem();
@@ -124,18 +124,12 @@ QVariant QGIProjGroup::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant &val
                     updateView();
                 } else if ( type == QString::fromLatin1("Top") ||
                     type == QString::fromLatin1("Bottom")) {
-                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromLatin1("Vertical"));
+                    gView->alignTo(m_origin, QString::fromLatin1("Vertical"));
                 } else if ( type == QString::fromLatin1("Left")  ||
                             type == QString::fromLatin1("Right") ||
                             type == QString::fromLatin1("Rear") ) {
-                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromLatin1("Horizontal"));
-                } else if ( type == QString::fromLatin1("FrontTopRight") ||
-                            type == QString::fromLatin1("FrontBottomLeft") ) {
-                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromLatin1("45slash"));
-                } else if ( type == QString::fromLatin1("FrontTopLeft") ||
-                            type == QString::fromLatin1("FrontBottomRight") ) {
-                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromLatin1("45backslash"));
-                }
+                    gView->alignTo(m_origin, QString::fromLatin1("Horizontal"));
+                } 
             }
          }
     }
@@ -149,7 +143,6 @@ void QGIProjGroup::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * event)
     if(qAnchor) {
         QPointF transPos = qAnchor->mapFromScene(event->scenePos());
         if(qAnchor->shape().contains(transPos)) {
-            //QGIViewCollection::mousePressEvent(event);
             mousePos = event->screenPos();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.h
index bff9d138d9..f52f4cf23f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ private:
     TechDraw::DrawProjGroup * getDrawView(void) const;
 
     QGraphicsRectItem *m_backgroundItem;
-    QGraphicsItem *origin;
+    QGraphicsItem* m_origin;
     QPoint mousePos;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
index aab7f8e14c..b79280a6c8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ QGIView::QGIView()
      locked(false),
      borderVisible(true),
      m_innerView(false)
-     //isAligned(false)
-     //alignMode("")
-     //alignAnchor(nullptr)
 {
     setCacheMode(QGraphicsItem::NoCache);
     setHandlesChildEvents(false);
@@ -114,9 +111,6 @@ QGIView::QGIView()
 
 void QGIView::alignTo(QGraphicsItem*item, const QString &alignment)
 {
-//    isAligned = true;
-//    alignMode  = alignment.toStdString();
-//    alignAnchor = item;
     alignHash.clear();
     alignHash.insert(alignment, item);
 }
@@ -130,7 +124,6 @@ QVariant QGIView::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant &value)
             newPos.setX(pos().x());
             newPos.setY(pos().y());
         }
-
         // TODO  find a better data structure for this
         // this is just a pair isn't it?
         if (getViewObject()->isDerivedFrom(TechDraw::DrawProjGroupItem::getClassTypeId())) {
@@ -140,23 +133,10 @@ QVariant QGIView::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant &value)
                 if(alignHash.size() == 1) {   //if aligned.
                     QGraphicsItem*item = alignHash.begin().value();
                     QString alignMode   = alignHash.begin().key();
-
                     if(alignMode == QString::fromLatin1("Vertical")) {
                         newPos.setX(item->pos().x());
                     } else if(alignMode == QString::fromLatin1("Horizontal")) {
                         newPos.setY(item->pos().y());
-                    } else if(alignMode == QString::fromLatin1("45slash")) {
-                        double dist = ( (newPos.x() - item->pos().x()) +
-                                        (item->pos().y() - newPos.y()) ) / 2.0;
-
-                        newPos.setX( item->pos().x() + dist);
-                        newPos.setY( item->pos().y() - dist );
-                    } else if(alignMode == QString::fromLatin1("45backslash")) {
-                        double dist = ( (newPos.x() - item->pos().x()) +
-                                        (newPos.y() - item->pos().y()) ) / 2.0;
-
-                        newPos.setX( item->pos().x() + dist);
-                        newPos.setY( item->pos().y() + dist );
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -193,7 +173,6 @@ void QGIView::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * event)
 void QGIView::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * event)
 {
     if(!locked && isSelected()) {
-        getViewObject()->setMouseMove(true);
         if (!isInnerView()) {
             double tempX = x(),
                    tempY = getY();
@@ -201,7 +180,6 @@ void QGIView::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * event)
         } else {
             getViewObject()->setPosition(Rez::appX(x()),Rez::appX(getYInClip(y())));
         }
-        getViewObject()->setMouseMove(false);
     }
     QGraphicsItem::mouseReleaseEvent(event);
 }
@@ -214,9 +192,6 @@ void QGIView::hoverEnterEvent(QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent *event)
         m_colCurrent = getSelectColor();
     } else {
         m_colCurrent = getPreColor();
-        //if(shape().contains(event->pos())) {                     // TODO don't like this for determining preselect (MLP)
-        //    m_colCurrent = getPreColor();
-        //}
     }
     drawBorder();
 }
@@ -308,8 +283,6 @@ const std::string QGIView::getViewNameAsString() const
 
 TechDraw::DrawView * QGIView::getViewObject() const
 {
-    //DocumentObject* obj = doc->getObject(viewName.c_str());
-    //TechDraw::DrawView* dv = static_cast<TechDraw::DrawView*>(obj);
     return viewObj;
 }
 
@@ -356,7 +329,7 @@ void QGIView::drawCaption()
     QRectF displayArea = customChildrenBoundingRect();
     m_caption->setDefaultTextColor(m_colCurrent);
     m_font.setFamily(getPrefFont());
-    m_font.setPointSize(getPrefFontSize());     //scene units (mm), not points
+    m_font.setPointSize(getPrefFontSize());     //scene units (0.1 mm), not points
     m_caption->setFont(m_font);
     QString captionStr = QString::fromUtf8(getViewObject()->Caption.getValue());
     m_caption->setPlainText(captionStr);
@@ -391,7 +364,7 @@ void QGIView::drawBorder()
 
     m_label->setDefaultTextColor(m_colCurrent);
     m_font.setFamily(getPrefFont());
-    m_font.setPointSize(getPrefFontSize());     //scene units (mm), not points
+    m_font.setPointSize(getPrefFontSize());     //scene units (0.1 mm), not points
     m_label->setFont(m_font);
     QString labelStr = QString::fromUtf8(getViewObject()->Label.getValue());
     m_label->setPlainText(labelStr);