diff --git a/libsrc/visualization/vsmesh.cpp b/libsrc/visualization/vsmesh.cpp
index 23408838..1e050017 100644
--- a/libsrc/visualization/vsmesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/visualization/vsmesh.cpp
@@ -1722,7 +1722,6 @@ namespace netgen
 
   void VisualSceneMesh :: BuildTetList()
   {
-
     if (tettimestamp > mesh->GetTimeStamp () &&
 	tettimestamp > vispar.clipping.timestamp )
       return;
diff --git a/ng/ngpkg.cpp b/ng/ngpkg.cpp
index afc47389..f991e27a 100644
--- a/ng/ngpkg.cpp
+++ b/ng/ngpkg.cpp
@@ -2943,8 +2943,13 @@ void PlayAnimFile(const char* name, int speed, int maxcnt)
       atoi (Tcl_GetVar (interp, "::viewoptions.drawpyramids", TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY));
     vispar.drawhexes =
       atoi (Tcl_GetVar (interp, "::viewoptions.drawhexes", TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY));
+    /*
     vispar.shrink =
       atof (Tcl_GetVar (interp, "::viewoptions.shrink", TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY));
+    */
+    double hshrink = atof (Tcl_GetVar (interp, "::viewoptions.shrink", TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY));
+    if (hshrink != vispar.shrink)
+      { vispar.shrink = hshrink; vispar.clipping.timestamp = NextTimeStamp();}
     vispar.drawidentified =
       atoi (Tcl_GetVar (interp, "::viewoptions.drawidentified", TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY));
     vispar.drawpointnumbers =