diff --git a/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp b/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
index e327470ab3..b4c66e66f8 100644
--- a/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
@@ -1,78 +1,82 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision$
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 
 #include "mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.h"
 #include <vtkAbstractTransform.h>
 
 mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry() 
   : m_LandmarkProjector(NULL), m_InterpolatingAbstractTransform(NULL)
 {
 }
 
+mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry(const mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry& other) : Superclass(other)
+{
+  this->SetLandmarkProjector(other.m_LandmarkProjector);
+  this->ComputeGeometry();
+}
+
 mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry::~LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry()
 {
   if(m_InterpolatingAbstractTransform!=NULL)
     m_InterpolatingAbstractTransform->Delete();
 }
 
 void mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry::SetLandmarkProjector(mitk::LandmarkProjector* aLandmarkProjector)
 {
   itkDebugMacro("setting LandmarkProjector to " << aLandmarkProjector );
   if(m_LandmarkProjector != aLandmarkProjector)
   {
     m_LandmarkProjector = aLandmarkProjector;
     if(m_LandmarkProjector.IsNotNull())
     {
       if(m_FrameGeometry.IsNotNull())
         m_LandmarkProjector->SetFrameGeometry(m_FrameGeometry);
 
       if(m_InterpolatingAbstractTransform == NULL)
       {
         itkWarningMacro(<<"m_InterpolatingAbstractTransform not set.");
       }
       m_LandmarkProjector->SetInterpolatingAbstractTransform(GetInterpolatingAbstractTransform());
       
       SetVtkAbstractTransform(m_LandmarkProjector->GetCompleteAbstractTransform());
     }
     Modified();
   }
 }
 
 void mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry::SetFrameGeometry(const mitk::Geometry3D* frameGeometry)
 {
   Superclass::SetFrameGeometry(frameGeometry);
   if(m_LandmarkProjector.IsNotNull())
     m_LandmarkProjector->SetFrameGeometry(frameGeometry);
 }
 
 void mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry::ComputeGeometry()
 {
   if(m_LandmarkProjector.IsNull())
   {
     itkExceptionMacro(<< "m_LandmarkProjector is not set.");
   }
   m_LandmarkProjector->ProjectLandmarks(m_TargetLandmarks);
   SetPlane(m_LandmarkProjector->GetParameterPlane());
 }
-
-void mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry::InitializeGeometry(Self * newGeometry) const
+mitk::AffineGeometryFrame3D::Pointer mitk::LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry::Clone() const
 {
-  Superclass::InitializeGeometry(newGeometry);
-  newGeometry->SetLandmarkProjector(m_LandmarkProjector);
-  newGeometry->ComputeGeometry();
+  mitk::AffineGeometryFrame3D::Pointer newGeometry = new LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry(*this);
+  return newGeometry.GetPointer();
 }
diff --git a/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.h b/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.h
index 0d42cb1337..9381f90d0b 100644
--- a/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.h
+++ b/Core/Code/DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.h
@@ -1,59 +1,62 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision$
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 
 #ifndef MITKLANDMARKPROJECTORBASEDCURVEDGEOMETRY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1C68A2C
 #define MITKLANDMARKPROJECTORBASEDCURVEDGEOMETRY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1C68A2C
 
 #include "mitkLandmarkBasedCurvedGeometry.h"
 #include "mitkLandmarkProjector.h"
 
 namespace mitk {
 
 //##Documentation
 //## @brief Superclass of AbstractTransformGeometry sub-classes defined
 //## by a set of landmarks.
 //## 
 //## @ingroup Geometry
 class MITK_CORE_EXPORT LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry : public LandmarkBasedCurvedGeometry
 {
 public:
   mitkClassMacro(LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry, LandmarkBasedCurvedGeometry);
 
   void SetLandmarkProjector(mitk::LandmarkProjector* aLandmarkProjector);
   itkGetConstObjectMacro(LandmarkProjector, mitk::LandmarkProjector);
 
   virtual void SetFrameGeometry(const mitk::Geometry3D* frameGeometry);
 
   virtual void ComputeGeometry();
 
   itkGetConstMacro(InterpolatingAbstractTransform, vtkAbstractTransform*);
+
+  mitk::AffineGeometryFrame3D::Pointer Clone() const;
+
 protected:
   LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry();
 
+  LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry(const LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry& other);
+
   virtual ~LandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry();
   
-  void InitializeGeometry(Self * newGeometry) const;
-
   mitk::LandmarkProjector::Pointer m_LandmarkProjector;
 
   vtkAbstractTransform* m_InterpolatingAbstractTransform;
 };
 
 } // namespace mitk
 
 #endif /* MITKLANDMARKPROJECTORBASEDCURVEDGEOMETRY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1C68A2C */