diff --git a/org.simantics.plant3d/src/org/simantics/plant3d/scenegraph/controlpoint/PipeControlPoint.java b/org.simantics.plant3d/src/org/simantics/plant3d/scenegraph/controlpoint/PipeControlPoint.java
index 0ad1f021aa22522530a22f6cf0bc7bf10452fc61..25adccbec5c168b251c9640285a2e3a20174a82c 100644
--- a/org.simantics.plant3d/src/org/simantics/plant3d/scenegraph/controlpoint/PipeControlPoint.java
+++ b/org.simantics.plant3d/src/org/simantics/plant3d/scenegraph/controlpoint/PipeControlPoint.java
@@ -502,11 +502,13 @@ public class PipeControlPoint extends G3DNode implements IP3DNode {
 	}
 
 	public Vector3d getSizeChangeOffsetVector() {
-		Quat4d q;
-		if (rotationAngle == null)
-			q = getControlPointOrientationQuat(0.0);
-		else
-			q = getControlPointOrientationQuat(rotationAngle);
+//		Note : recalculating orientation from offset component without path leg vector did not work at all.
+//		Quat4d q;
+//		if (rotationAngle == null)
+//			q = getControlPointOrientationQuat(0.0);
+//		else
+//			q = getControlPointOrientationQuat(rotationAngle);
+		Quat4d q = getOrientation();
 		Vector3d v = new Vector3d(0.0,-offset,0.0);
 		Vector3d offset = new Vector3d();
 		MathTools.rotate(q, v, offset);
@@ -549,6 +551,7 @@ public class PipeControlPoint extends G3DNode implements IP3DNode {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	@Deprecated //calculating orientation from offset component without path leg vector did not work at all.
 	public Quat4d getControlPointOrientationQuat(double angle) {
 		Vector3d dir = getPathLegDirection();
 		if (turnAxis == null) {
@@ -657,7 +660,7 @@ public class PipeControlPoint extends G3DNode implements IP3DNode {
 		//q1.set(m); MathTools contains more stable conversion
 		MathTools.getQuat(m, q1);
 
-		//			if (DEBUG) System.out.println("PipingTools.getPipeComponentOrientationQuat() " + dir+ " " + up + " " + right);
+		//if (DEBUG) System.out.println("PipingTools.getPipeComponentOrientationQuat() " + dir+ " " + up + " " + right + " " + q1);
 
 		Quat4d q2 = new Quat4d();
 		q2.set(new AxisAngle4d(front, angle));