diff --git a/src/object/box3d.cpp b/src/object/box3d.cpp
index 90222e010d2316565363f0a3880f59ca26d84d8f..59b2493242cd8ca37655be37cc54b9653abf5b9d 100644
--- a/src/object/box3d.cpp
+++ b/src/object/box3d.cpp
@@ -250,6 +250,18 @@ void SPBox3D::position_set()
     }
 }
 
+static void set_transform_box3d_child_item(SPItem *childitem, Geom::Affine const &xform, gdouble scale)
+{
+    // Adjust stroke width. If stroke-width is unset, SPItem::adjust_stroke will create one (typically with value 1*scale)
+    childitem->adjust_stroke(scale);
+
+    // Adjust pattern fill
+    childitem->adjust_pattern(xform);
+
+    // Adjust gradient fill
+    childitem->adjust_gradient(xform);
+}
+
 Geom::Affine SPBox3D::set_transform(Geom::Affine const &xform) {
     // We don't apply the transform to the box directly but instead to its perspective (which is
     // done in sp_selection_apply_affine). Here we only adjust strokes, patterns, etc.
@@ -257,20 +269,15 @@ Geom::Affine SPBox3D::set_transform(Geom::Affine const &xform) {
     Geom::Affine ret(Geom::Affine(xform).withoutTranslation());
     gdouble const sw = hypot(ret[0], ret[1]);
     gdouble const sh = hypot(ret[2], ret[3]);
+    gdouble const scale = sqrt(fabs(sw * sh));
 
     for (auto& child: children) {
         auto childitem = cast<SPItem>(&child);
         if (childitem) {
-            // Adjust stroke width
-            childitem->adjust_stroke(sqrt(fabs(sw * sh)));
-
-            // Adjust pattern fill
-            childitem->adjust_pattern(xform);
-
-            // Adjust gradient fill
-            childitem->adjust_gradient(xform);
+            set_transform_box3d_child_item(childitem, xform, scale);
         }
     }
+    set_transform_box3d_child_item(this, xform, scale);
 
     return Geom::identity();
 }
diff --git a/src/object/sp-item.cpp b/src/object/sp-item.cpp
index 36e91b8383c822ad19518ed54cdfd006247fbcb5..22f30c8e5ccabb5949469bb22c5230309bfb291a 100644
--- a/src/object/sp-item.cpp
+++ b/src/object/sp-item.cpp
@@ -1482,10 +1482,14 @@ void SPItem::adjust_stroke( gdouble ex )
     if (freeze_stroke_width) {
         return;
     }
-
     SPStyle *style = this->style;
 
     if (style && !Geom::are_near(ex, 1.0, Geom::EPSILON) && !style->stroke_extensions.hairline) {
+
+        // If there are any pending attribute updates, SPStyle::read overwrites the new stroke_width when
+        // updateRepr applies those other attributes. Write out any pending updates before adjusting stroke.
+        updateRepr();
+
         style->stroke_width.computed *= ex;
         style->stroke_width.set = TRUE;
 
diff --git a/src/preferences-skeleton.h b/src/preferences-skeleton.h
index b1914f38be3f947244c7d7ea3f6764d9fbe1d4d7..470c3f84d9c3483f920597d5b58a50c9cedf1c7f 100644
--- a/src/preferences-skeleton.h
+++ b/src/preferences-skeleton.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static char const preferences_skeleton[] =
 
     <group id="shapes" style="fill-rule:evenodd;" selcue="1" gradientdrag="1">
       <eventcontext id="rect" style="fill:blue;" usecurrent="rect"/>
-      <eventcontext id="3dbox" style="stroke:none;stroke-linejoin:round;" usecurrent="3dbox">
+      <eventcontext id="3dbox" style="stroke:none;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-width:0" usecurrent="3dbox">
         <side id="XYfront"  style="fill:#8686bf;stroke:none;stroke-linejoin:round;"/>
         <side id="XYrear"   style="fill:#e9e9ff;stroke:none;stroke-linejoin:round;"/>
         <side id="XZtop"    style="fill:#4d4d9f;stroke:none;stroke-linejoin:round;"/>
diff --git a/src/selection-chemistry.cpp b/src/selection-chemistry.cpp
index 2c7e432b135b76b99e67a469ee5f9b6ecaf8a38b..36ac69704c4c15cc2f4dfce7f56a49a0fd87eb94 100644
--- a/src/selection-chemistry.cpp
+++ b/src/selection-chemistry.cpp
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ void ObjectSet::applyAffine(Geom::Affine const &affine, bool set_i2d, bool compe
             if (set_i2d) {
                 item->set_i2d_affine(item->i2dt_affine() * (Geom::Affine)affine);
             }
-            item->doWriteTransform(item->transform, nullptr, compensate);
+            item->doWriteTransform(item->transform, &item->transform, compensate);
         }
 
         if (adjust_transf_center) { // The transformation center should not be touched in case of pasting or importing, which is allowed by this if clause
diff --git a/src/ui/tools/box3d-tool.cpp b/src/ui/tools/box3d-tool.cpp
index 2c9f2b479413780e6b8f89910af36b88d8ccb3dd..8f075c70f0e53c68a5b5c2061f336a2e316ba2e6 100644
--- a/src/ui/tools/box3d-tool.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/tools/box3d-tool.cpp
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void Box3dTool::drag()
         // Create object
         auto newbox3d = SPBox3D::createBox3D(currentLayer());
 
-        // Set style
+        // Set group style. This style isn't visible, since only the faces are visible.
         _desktop->applyCurrentOrToolStyle(newbox3d, "/tools/shapes/3dbox", false);
 
         box3d = newbox3d;
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ void Box3dTool::drag()
             side->updateRepr(); // calls Box3DSide::write() and updates, e.g., the axes string description
         }
 
+        box3d->transform = currentLayer()->i2doc_affine().inverse();
         box3d->set_z_orders();
         box3d->updateRepr();
 
@@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ void Box3dTool::finishItem()
         box3d->orig_corner7 = drag_ptC_proj;
 
         box3d->updateRepr();
+        box3d->doWriteTransform(box3d->transform, nullptr, true);
 
         box3d->relabel_corners();