diff --git a/Qt/Core/pqPipelineRepresentation.cxx b/Qt/Core/pqPipelineRepresentation.cxx
index 3c0819d..07ed590 100644
--- a/Qt/Core/pqPipelineRepresentation.cxx
+++ b/Qt/Core/pqPipelineRepresentation.cxx
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include "pqSettings.h"
 #include "pqSMAdaptor.h"
 #include "pqUndoStack.h"
+#include "vtkPVXMLElement.h"
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -318,6 +318,34 @@ void pqPipelineRepresentation::setDefaultPropertyValues()
   vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* attrInfo;
   vtkPVArrayInformation* arrayInfo;
 
+    // Get the Representation hints and set it
+    pqPipelineSource* source = this->getOutputPortFromInput()->getSource();
+    vtkPVXMLElement* hints = source->getHints();
+
+    // flag value is true when representation type is set.
+    // This avoids setting it once again to a different representation type.
+    bool representationIsSet = false;
+
+    if (hints)
+    {
+        for (unsigned int cc=0; cc < hints->GetNumberOfNestedElements(); cc++)
+        {
+            vtkPVXMLElement* child = hints->GetNestedElement(cc);
+            if (child && child->GetName())
+            {
+                if (strcmp(child->GetName(), "Representation") == 0)
+                {
+                    if (child->GetAttribute("type"))
+                    {
+                        pqSMAdaptor::setEnumerationProperty(repr->GetProperty("Representation"),
+                                                            child->GetAttribute("type"));
+                        representationIsSet = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
   // Get the time that this representation is going to use.
   vtkPVDataInformation* dataInfo = 0;
 
@@ -325,7 +353,7 @@ void pqPipelineRepresentation::setDefaultPropertyValues()
 
   // get data set type
   // and set the default representation
-  if (dataInfo && repr->IsA("vtkSMPVRepresentationProxy"))
+    if (dataInfo && repr->IsA("vtkSMPVRepresentationProxy") && !(representationIsSet))
     {
     int dataSetType = dataInfo->GetDataSetType();
     if(dataSetType == VTK_POLY_DATA ||