diff --git a/src/lay/lay/doc/about/25d_screenshot.png b/src/lay/lay/doc/about/25d_screenshot.png
index 4515ae722..1796a0573 100644
Binary files a/src/lay/lay/doc/about/25d_screenshot.png and b/src/lay/lay/doc/about/25d_screenshot.png differ
diff --git a/src/lay/lay/doc/about/25d_view.xml b/src/lay/lay/doc/about/25d_view.xml
index f112260b7..a23667f30 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/doc/about/25d_view.xml
+++ b/src/lay/lay/doc/about/25d_view.xml
@@ -143,5 +143,38 @@ end
     <li> Up/down/left/right keys: move the pivot on the horizontal plane </li>
   </ul>
 
+  <p>
+  Note: if the Shift key does not switch to top level view, click into the 
+  scene view once.
+  </p>
+
+  <h2>Colors in the 2.5d View</h2>
+
+  <p>
+  While the 2.5d view window is open, the layout view is still active. Layer 
+  colors are applied also to the 2.5d view. Changing the fill color will change
+  the 2.5d view's face color. The frame color will be applied to the wire frame.
+  If a hollow stipple is selected, only the wire frame is shown. If a layer is
+  made invisible in the layout view, the corresponding blocks will also be
+  made invisible in the 2.5d view.
+  </p>
+
+  <h2>Other controls</h2>
+
+  <p>
+  The left zoom slider changes the overall scale factor. The right slider only changes the z (height) axis zoom factor.
+  This is useful as in many cases, the real height profile will result in a rather flat arrangement. Increasing the 
+  z zoom factor will exaggerate the vertical axis hence making height variations more pronounced.
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
+  The edit boxes next to the scale sliders allow entering the scale factors manually.
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
+  The button bar at the top right side holds the view presets. Use them to reset the window to 
+  front view, top view etc.
+  </p>
+
 </doc>
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/tools/view_25d/lay_plugin/layD25ViewWidget.cc b/src/plugins/tools/view_25d/lay_plugin/layD25ViewWidget.cc
index 6fab0152e..f83b57214 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tools/view_25d/lay_plugin/layD25ViewWidget.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/tools/view_25d/lay_plugin/layD25ViewWidget.cc
@@ -657,8 +657,6 @@ D25ViewWidget::prepare_view ()
       double z0 = zi->zstart ();
       double z1 = zi->zstop ();
 
-      lay::color_t color = lp->fill_color (true);
-
       m_vertex_chunks.push_back (triangle_chunks_type ());
       m_line_chunks.push_back (line_chunks_type ());
 
@@ -667,7 +665,7 @@ D25ViewWidget::prepare_view ()
       info.vertex_chunk = &m_vertex_chunks.back ();
       info.line_chunk = &m_line_chunks.back ();
 
-      m_layer_to_info [std::make_pair (lp->cellview_index (), lp->layer_index ())] = m_layers.size ();
+      m_layer_to_info.insert (std::make_pair (std::make_pair (lp->cellview_index (), lp->layer_index ()), m_layers.size ()));
       m_layers.push_back (info);
 
       const lay::CellView &cv = mp_view->cellview ((unsigned int) lp->cellview_index ());
@@ -698,12 +696,17 @@ D25ViewWidget::refresh_view ()
   }
 
   for (lay::LayerPropertiesConstIterator lp = mp_view->begin_layers (); ! lp.at_end (); ++lp) {
-    std::map<std::pair<size_t, size_t>, size_t>::const_iterator l = m_layer_to_info.find (std::make_pair (lp->cellview_index (), lp->layer_index ()));
-    if (l != m_layer_to_info.end ()) {
+
+    std::pair<size_t, size_t> key = std::make_pair (lp->cellview_index (), lp->layer_index ());
+
+    std::multimap<std::pair<size_t, size_t>, size_t>::const_iterator l = m_layer_to_info.find (key);
+    while (l != m_layer_to_info.end () && l->first == key) {
       if (l->second < m_layers.size ()) {
         lp_to_info (*lp, m_layers [l->second]);
       }
+      ++l;
     }
+
   }
 
   refresh ();
diff --git a/src/plugins/tools/view_25d/lay_plugin/layD25ViewWidget.h b/src/plugins/tools/view_25d/lay_plugin/layD25ViewWidget.h
index 3975c1913..bf98f147f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tools/view_25d/lay_plugin/layD25ViewWidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/tools/view_25d/lay_plugin/layD25ViewWidget.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ private:
   };
 
   std::vector<LayerInfo> m_layers;
-  std::map<std::pair<size_t, size_t>, size_t> m_layer_to_info;
+  std::multimap<std::pair<size_t, size_t>, size_t> m_layer_to_info;
 
   void initializeGL ();
   void paintGL ();