diff --git a/Modules/MitkExt/Interactions/mitkAffineInteractor3D.h b/Modules/MitkExt/Interactions/mitkAffineInteractor3D.h
index 1a83deeb3a..652767ac3b 100644
--- a/Modules/MitkExt/Interactions/mitkAffineInteractor3D.h
+++ b/Modules/MitkExt/Interactions/mitkAffineInteractor3D.h
@@ -1,114 +1,117 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 
 #ifndef MITKAFFINEINTERACTOR3D_H_HEADER_INCLUDED
 #define MITKAFFINEINTERACTOR3D_H_HEADER_INCLUDED
 
 #include "mitkInteractor.h"
 #include "MitkExtExports.h"
 #include "mitkCommon.h"
 #include "mitkSurface.h"
 
 #include <vtkPolyData.h>
 #include <vtkType.h>
 
 namespace mitk
 {
 
 class DataNode;
 
 /**
   * \brief Affine interaction with objects in 3D windows.
   *
   * NOTE: The interaction mechanism is similar to that of vtkPlaneWidget
   *
   * \ingroup Interaction
+  * \deprecatedSince{2013_12} mitk::AffineInteractor is deprecated. Use mitk::AffineDataInteractor instead.
+
   */
 class MitkExt_EXPORT AffineInteractor3D : public Interactor
 {
 public:
   enum { INTERACTION_MODE_TRANSLATION, INTERACTION_MODE_ROTATION };
 
   mitkClassMacro(AffineInteractor3D, Interactor);
   mitkNewMacro3Param(Self, const char *, DataNode *, int);
   mitkNewMacro2Param(Self, const char *, DataNode *);
 
 
   void SetInteractionMode( unsigned int interactionMode );
   void SetInteractionModeToTranslation();
   void SetInteractionModeToRotation();
   unsigned int GetInteractionMode() const;
 
   /** \brief Sets the amount of precision */
   void SetPrecision( ScalarType precision );
 
   /**
     * \brief calculates how good the data, this statemachine handles, is hit
     * by the event.
     *
     * overwritten, cause we don't look at the boundingbox, we look at each point
     */
   virtual float CanHandleEvent(StateEvent const *stateEvent) const;
 
 
 protected:
   /**
     * \brief Constructor with Param n for limited Set of Points
     *
     * if no n is set, then the number of points is unlimited*
     */
-  AffineInteractor3D(const char *type,
-    DataNode *dataNode, int n = -1);
+  DEPRECATED(AffineInteractor3D(const char *type,
+    DataNode *dataNode, int n = -1));
 
   /**
     * \brief Default Destructor
     **/
   virtual ~AffineInteractor3D();
 
   virtual bool ExecuteAction( Action* action,
     mitk::StateEvent const* stateEvent );
 
   bool ColorizeSurface( vtkPolyData *polyData, const Point3D &pickedPoint,
     double scalar = 0.0 );
 
 
 private:
 
   /** \brief to store the value of precision to pick a point */
   ScalarType m_Precision;
 
   bool m_InteractionMode;
 
   Point3D m_InitialPickedPoint;
   Point2D m_InitialPickedDisplayPoint;
   vtkFloatingPointType m_InitialPickedPointWorld[4];
 
   Point3D m_CurrentPickedPoint;
   Point2D m_CurrentPickedDisplayPoint;
   vtkFloatingPointType m_CurrentPickedPointWorld[4];
 
   Geometry3D::Pointer m_Geometry;
 
   Geometry3D::Pointer m_OriginalGeometry;
 
   Vector3D m_ObjectNormal;
 
 };
 
+
 }
 
 #endif /* MITKAFFINEINTERACTOR3D_H_HEADER_INCLUDED */