diff --git a/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.cpp b/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.cpp
index 5106754011..da85c2e3e1 100644
--- a/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.cpp
+++ b/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.cpp
@@ -1,64 +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.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 
 #include "mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.h"
 #include <vtkAbstractTransform.h>
 
 mitk::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry()
 {
 }
+mitk::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry(const ExternAbstractTransformGeometry& other) : Superclass(other)
+{
+}
 
 mitk::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry::~ExternAbstractTransformGeometry()
 {
 }
 
 void mitk::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry::SetVtkAbstractTransform(vtkAbstractTransform* aVtkAbstractTransform)
 {
   Superclass::SetVtkAbstractTransform(aVtkAbstractTransform);
 }
 
 void mitk::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry::SetPlane(const mitk::PlaneGeometry* aPlane)
 {
   Superclass::SetPlane(aPlane);
 }
 
 void mitk::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry::SetParametricBounds(const BoundingBox::BoundsArrayType& bounds)
 {
   Superclass::SetParametricBounds(bounds);
   //@warning affine-transforms and bounding-box should be set by specific sub-classes!
   SetBounds(bounds);
 
   if(m_Plane.IsNotNull())
   {
     m_Plane->SetSizeInUnits(bounds[1]-bounds[0], bounds[3]-bounds[2]);
     m_Plane->SetBounds(bounds);
   }
 }
 
 mitk::AffineGeometryFrame3D::Pointer mitk::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry::Clone() const
 {
-  Self::Pointer newGeometry = Self::New();
-  newGeometry->Initialize();
-  InitializeGeometry(newGeometry);
+  Self::Pointer newGeometry = new ExternAbstractTransformGeometry(*this);
+  newGeometry->UnRegister();
   return newGeometry.GetPointer();
 }
 
-void mitk::ExternAbstractTransformGeometry::InitializeGeometry(Self * newGeometry) const
-{
-  Superclass::InitializeGeometry(newGeometry);
-}
diff --git a/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.h b/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.h
index fed23bb175..8577802bf5 100644
--- a/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.h
+++ b/Modules/MitkExt/DataManagement/mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry.h
@@ -1,71 +1,71 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 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 MITKEXTERNABSTRACTTRANSFORMPLANEGEOMETRY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1C68A2C
 #define MITKEXTERNABSTRACTTRANSFORMPLANEGEOMETRY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1C68A2C
 
 #include "mitkCommon.h"
 #include "MitkExtExports.h"
 #include "mitkAbstractTransformGeometry.h"
 
 namespace mitk {
 
 //##Documentation
 //## @brief Identical with AbstractTransformGeometry, except that 
 //## it can be externally configured.
 //## 
 //## In contrast to its superclass (AbstractTransformGeometry), this class 
 //## provides write access to the vtkAbstractTransform and m_Plane.
 //## @note The PlaneGeometry is cloned, @em not linked/referenced.
 //## @note The bounds of the PlaneGeometry are used as the parametric bounds.
 //## @sa AbstractTransformGeometry
 //## @ingroup Geometry
 class MitkExt_EXPORT ExternAbstractTransformGeometry : public AbstractTransformGeometry
 {
 public:
   mitkClassMacro(ExternAbstractTransformGeometry, AbstractTransformGeometry);
   
   itkNewMacro(Self);
   
   //##Documentation
   //## @brief Set the vtkAbstractTransform (stored in m_VtkAbstractTransform)
   virtual void SetVtkAbstractTransform(vtkAbstractTransform* aVtkAbstractTransform);
 
   //##Documentation
   //## @brief Set the rectangular area that is used for transformation by 
   //## m_VtkAbstractTransform and therewith defines the 2D manifold described by 
   //## ExternAbstractTransformGeometry
   //##
   //## @note The bounds of the PlaneGeometry are used as the parametric bounds.
   //## @note The PlaneGeometry is cloned, @em not linked/referenced.
   virtual void SetPlane(const mitk::PlaneGeometry* aPlane);
 
   virtual void SetParametricBounds(const BoundingBox::BoundsArrayType& bounds);
   
   virtual AffineGeometryFrame3D::Pointer Clone() const;
 
 protected:
 
   ExternAbstractTransformGeometry();
+  ExternAbstractTransformGeometry(const ExternAbstractTransformGeometry& other);
   virtual ~ExternAbstractTransformGeometry();
   
-  void InitializeGeometry(Self * newGeometry) const;
 };
 
 } // namespace mitk
 #endif /* MITKEXTERNABSTRACTTRANSFORMPLANEGEOMETRY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1C68A2C */