diff --git a/GuiA2p/Resources/ui/a2p_prefs.ui b/GuiA2p/Resources/ui/a2p_prefs.ui
index ada83b80..72cdce14 100644
--- a/GuiA2p/Resources/ui/a2p_prefs.ui
+++ b/GuiA2p/Resources/ui/a2p_prefs.ui
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="Gui::PrefCheckBox" name="checkBox_3">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>force FixedPosition to all Imports</string>
+           </property>
+           <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+            <cstring>forceFixedPosition</cstring>
+           </property>
+           <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+            <cstring>Mod/A2plus</cstring>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
          <item>
           <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
            <property name="orientation">
diff --git a/a2p_importpart.py b/a2p_importpart.py
index 47df7f8b..ed8e74a4 100644
--- a/a2p_importpart.py
+++ b/a2p_importpart.py
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ def importPartFromFile(_doc, filename, importToCache=False):
     newObj.setEditorMode("timeLastImport",1)
     newObj.timeLastImport = os.path.getmtime( filename )
     newObj.addProperty("App::PropertyBool","fixedPosition","importPart")
-    newObj.fixedPosition = not any([i.fixedPosition for i in doc.Objects if hasattr(i, 'fixedPosition') ])
+    if a2plib.getForceFixedPosition():
+        newObj.fixedPosition = True
+    else:
+        newObj.fixedPosition = not any([i.fixedPosition for i in doc.Objects if hasattr(i, 'fixedPosition') ])
     newObj.addProperty("App::PropertyBool","subassemblyImport","importPart").subassemblyImport = subAssemblyImport
     newObj.setEditorMode("subassemblyImport",1)
     newObj.addProperty("App::PropertyBool","updateColors","importPart").updateColors = True
diff --git a/a2plib.py b/a2plib.py
index 72fabc73..d4ab5318 100644
--- a/a2plib.py
+++ b/a2plib.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 PARTIAL_PROCESSING_ENABLED = preferences.GetBool('usePartialSolver', True)
 AUTOSOLVE_ENABLED = preferences.GetBool('autoSolve', True)
 RELATIVE_PATHES_ENABLED = preferences.GetBool('useRelativePathes',True)
+FORCE_FIXED_POSITION = preferences.GetBool('forceFixedPosition',True)
 
 SAVED_TRANSPARENCY = []
 
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@
 
 PARTIAL_SOLVE_STAGE1 = 1    #solve all rigid fully constrained to tempfixed rigid, enable only involved dep, then set them as tempfixed
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def getForceFixedPosition():
+    preferences = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/A2plus")
+    return preferences.GetBool('forceFixedPosition',False)
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def getUseTopoNaming():
     preferences = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/A2plus")