diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/LayoutDataUtils.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/LayoutDataUtils.java
index 41010784efa5362ddcc4800714bbef8f010f853f..73850c9631e423e7113f78d4f300a86836c4488a 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/LayoutDataUtils.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/LayoutDataUtils.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import static org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.AngleUtils.setAngle;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.DimensionUtils.getDimension;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.DimensionUtils.setDimension;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.LayoutModelElementFactory.createAngle;
+import static org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.LayoutModelElementFactory.createDimension;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.LayoutModelElementFactory.createOffsetOrientation;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.LayoutModelElementFactory.createPoint;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.LayoutModelElementFactory.createPoints;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.base.utils.LayoutModelElementFactory;
  * @author hummel
  * @author $Author$
  * @version $Rev$
- * @ConQAT.Rating GREEN Hash: 8E566392E23F3AC734D13D27DD3D1057
+ * @ConQAT.Rating YELLOW Hash: B28D9B7FDEEEEF8D1C65392D75AC362B
  */
 public class LayoutDataUtils {
 
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ public class LayoutDataUtils {
 		setPoint(layouted, CONNECTOR_POSITION, x, y);
 	}
 
-	/** Returns the layouted connector's orientation. */
+	/** Returns the layouted connector's offset-orientation. */
 	public static OffsetOrientation getConnectorOffsetOrientation(
 			ILayoutedModelElement layouted) {
 		OffsetOrientation oo = getOffsetOrientation(layouted,
@@ -207,6 +208,13 @@ public class LayoutDataUtils {
 		return oo;
 	}
 
+	/** Returns the layouted connector's orientation. */
+	public static EOrientation getConnectorOrientation(
+			ILayoutedModelElement layouted) {
+		return getOffsetOrientation(layouted, CONNECTOR_OFFSET_ORIENTATION)
+				.getOrientation();
+	}
+
 	/** Sets the layouted connector's offset and orientation. */
 	public static void setConnectorOffsetOrientation(
 			ILayoutedModelElement layouted, OffsetOrientation orientation) {
@@ -244,7 +252,21 @@ public class LayoutDataUtils {
 		return getConnectorAngle(lobject).getAngle();
 	}
 
-	/** Return the absolute position for a given offset, orientation and insets. */
+	/**
+	 * Return the absolute position for a given offset, orientation, size of the
+	 * parent and insets.
+	 */
+	public static Point getAbsolute(OffsetOrientation oo,
+			Rectangle parentBounds, int parentInsets) {
+		Dimension d = createDimension(parentBounds.width, parentBounds.height,
+				"");
+		return getAbsolute(oo, d, parentInsets);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the absolute position for a given offset, orientation, size of the
+	 * parent and insets.
+	 */
 	public static Point getAbsolute(OffsetOrientation oo, Dimension parentSize,
 			int parentInsets) {
 		Point pos = createPoint(0, 0, null);