diff --git a/cura/PlatformPhysics.py b/cura/PlatformPhysics.py
index b00c5a632c..464e9682a6 100755
--- a/cura/PlatformPhysics.py
+++ b/cura/PlatformPhysics.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from UM.Scene.Iterator.BreadthFirstIterator import BreadthFirstIterator
 from UM.Math.Vector import Vector
 from UM.Scene.Selection import Selection
 from UM.Preferences import Preferences
+from UM.Logger import Logger
 
 from cura.ConvexHullDecorator import ConvexHullDecorator
 
@@ -67,10 +68,18 @@ class PlatformPhysics:
 
             # Move it downwards if bottom is above platform
             move_vector = Vector()
-            if Preferences.getInstance().getValue("physics/automatic_drop_down") and not (node.getParent() and node.getParent().callDecoration("isGroup")) and node.isEnabled(): #If an object is grouped, don't move it down
+
+            # Check if this is the first time a project file node was loaded (disable auto drop in that case), defaults to True
+            should_auto_drop = node.getSetting("auto_drop", True)
+
+            # If a node is grouped or it's loaded from a project file (auto-drop disabled), don't move it down
+            if Preferences.getInstance().getValue("physics/automatic_drop_down") and not (node.getParent() and node.getParent().callDecoration("isGroup")) and node.isEnabled() and should_auto_drop:
                 z_offset = node.callDecoration("getZOffset") if node.getDecorator(ZOffsetDecorator.ZOffsetDecorator) else 0
                 move_vector = move_vector.set(y=-bbox.bottom + z_offset)
 
+            # Enable auto-drop after processing the project file node for the first time
+            node.setSetting("auto_drop", False)
+
             # If there is no convex hull for the node, start calculating it and continue.
             if not node.getDecorator(ConvexHullDecorator):
                 node.addDecorator(ConvexHullDecorator())
diff --git a/plugins/3MFReader/ThreeMFReader.py b/plugins/3MFReader/ThreeMFReader.py
index d473ecaa8b..66dfb6130e 100755
--- a/plugins/3MFReader/ThreeMFReader.py
+++ b/plugins/3MFReader/ThreeMFReader.py
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ class ThreeMFReader(MeshReader):
 
         return temp_mat
 
-
-    ##  Convenience function that converts a SceneNode object (as obtained from libSavitar) to a Uranium scenenode.
-    #   \returns Uranium Scenen node.
+    ##  Convenience function that converts a SceneNode object (as obtained from libSavitar) to a Uranium SceneNode.
+    #   \returns Uranium SceneNode.
     def _convertSavitarNodeToUMNode(self, savitar_node):
         um_node = SceneNode()
+        um_node.setSetting("auto_drop", False)  # Disable the auto-drop feature when loading a project file and processing the nodes for the first time
         transformation = self._createMatrixFromTransformationString(savitar_node.getTransformation())
         um_node.setTransformation(transformation)
         mesh_builder = MeshBuilder()