diff --git a/crlcore/src/ccore/crlcore/RoutingLayerGauge.h b/crlcore/src/ccore/crlcore/RoutingLayerGauge.h
index 0caab67a..c9414e4c 100644
--- a/crlcore/src/ccore/crlcore/RoutingLayerGauge.h
+++ b/crlcore/src/ccore/crlcore/RoutingLayerGauge.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ namespace CRL {
       inline  DbU::Unit                 getTrackPosition ( DbU::Unit start, DbU::Unit stop, DbU::Unit position, unsigned mode ) const;
               DbU::Unit                 getTrackPosition ( DbU::Unit start, long index ) const;
       inline  void                      setPWireWidth    ( DbU::Unit );
+      inline  void                      setType          ( uint32_t );
     // Hurricane Managment.             
               void                      toJson           ( JsonWriter* ) const;
       virtual string                    _getTypeName     () const;
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ namespace CRL {
   inline  DbU::Unit                 RoutingLayerGauge::getTrackPosition ( DbU::Unit start, DbU::Unit stop, DbU::Unit position, unsigned mode ) const
                                                                         { return getTrackPosition( start, getTrackIndex(start,stop,position,mode) ); }
   inline  void                      RoutingLayerGauge::setPWireWidth    ( DbU::Unit pwidth ) { _pwireWidth = pwidth; }
+  inline  void                      RoutingLayerGauge::setType          ( uint32_t type ) { _type = (Constant::LayerGaugeType)type; }
 
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/crlcore/src/pyCRL/PyRoutingLayerGauge.cpp b/crlcore/src/pyCRL/PyRoutingLayerGauge.cpp
index 434af99a..d02b5799 100644
--- a/crlcore/src/pyCRL/PyRoutingLayerGauge.cpp
+++ b/crlcore/src/pyCRL/PyRoutingLayerGauge.cpp
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ extern "C" {
   DirectGetLongAttribute  (PyRoutingLayerGauge_getHalfViaWidth ,getHalfViaWidth ,PyRoutingLayerGauge,RoutingLayerGauge)
   DirectGetLongAttribute  (PyRoutingLayerGauge_getObstacleDw   ,getObstacleDw   ,PyRoutingLayerGauge,RoutingLayerGauge)
   DirectSetLongAttribute  (PyRoutingLayerGauge_setPWireWidth   ,setPWireWidth   ,PyRoutingLayerGauge,RoutingLayerGauge)
+  DirectSetLongAttribute  (PyRoutingLayerGauge_setType         ,setType         ,PyRoutingLayerGauge,RoutingLayerGauge)
 
 
   // Standart Destroy (Attribute).
@@ -321,6 +322,8 @@ extern "C" {
                                 , "Compute the position of track number <depth>." }
     , { "setPWireWidth"         , (PyCFunction)PyRoutingLayerGauge_setPWireWidth   , METH_VARARGS
                                 , "Sets the perpandicular wire width (same layer)." }
+    , { "setType"               , (PyCFunction)PyRoutingLayerGauge_setType         , METH_VARARGS
+                                , "Sets the kind of gauge." }
   //, { "destroy"               , (PyCFunction)PyRoutingLayerGauge_destroy         , METH_VARARGS
   //                            , "Destroy the associated hurricane object. The python object remains." }
     , {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}     /* sentinel */