diff --git a/include/osgAnimation/RigTransform b/include/osgAnimation/RigTransform
index 525d1c271..546957b97 100644
--- a/include/osgAnimation/RigTransform
+++ b/include/osgAnimation/RigTransform
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 #ifndef OSGANIMATION_RIGTRANSFORM
 #define OSGANIMATION_RIGTRANSFORM 1
 
-#include <osg/Referenced>
+#include <osg/Object>
 
 namespace osgAnimation
 {
 
     class RigGeometry;
 
-    class RigTransform : public osg::Referenced
+    class RigTransform : public osg::Object
     {
     public:
         RigTransform() {}
diff --git a/include/osgAnimation/RigTransformHardware b/include/osgAnimation/RigTransformHardware
index f8dd86da2..af983df23 100644
--- a/include/osgAnimation/RigTransformHardware
+++ b/include/osgAnimation/RigTransformHardware
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ namespace osgAnimation
     class OSGANIMATION_EXPORT RigTransformHardware : public RigTransform
     {
     public:
+
+        RigTransformHardware();
+        RigTransformHardware(const RigTransformHardware&,const osg::CopyOp&){};
+
+        META_Object(osgAnimation,RigTransformHardware)
+
         typedef osg::Matrix MatrixType;
         typedef osgAnimation::Bone BoneType;
         typedef std::vector<osg::ref_ptr<osg::Vec4Array> > BoneWeightAttribList;
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ namespace osgAnimation
         };
         typedef std::vector<std::vector<IndexWeightEntry> > VertexIndexWeightList;
 
-        RigTransformHardware();
+
 
         osg::Vec4Array* getVertexAttrib(int index);
         int getNumVertexAttrib();
diff --git a/include/osgAnimation/RigTransformSoftware b/include/osgAnimation/RigTransformSoftware
index ae4debd85..8fdb3ac6c 100644
--- a/include/osgAnimation/RigTransformSoftware
+++ b/include/osgAnimation/RigTransformSoftware
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ namespace osgAnimation
     class OSGANIMATION_EXPORT RigTransformSoftware : public RigTransform
     {
     public:
-
         RigTransformSoftware();
-        virtual void operator()(RigGeometry&);
+        RigTransformSoftware(const RigTransformSoftware&,const osg::CopyOp&){};
 
+        META_Object(osgAnimation,RigTransformSoftware)
+
+        virtual void operator()(RigGeometry&);
 
         class BoneWeight
         {
diff --git a/src/osgAnimation/RigGeometry.cpp b/src/osgAnimation/RigGeometry.cpp
index 522bad1b7..8829810b1 100644
--- a/src/osgAnimation/RigGeometry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgAnimation/RigGeometry.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ RigGeometry::RigGeometry()
     setDataVariance(osg::Object::DYNAMIC);
     _needToComputeMatrix = true;
     _matrixFromSkeletonToGeometry = _invMatrixFromSkeletonToGeometry = osg::Matrix::identity();
-
+    // disable the computation of boundingbox for the rig mesh
+    setComputeBoundingBoxCallback(new RigComputeBoundingBoxCallback);
 
 }
 
@@ -68,9 +69,12 @@ RigGeometry::RigGeometry(const RigGeometry& b, const osg::CopyOp& copyop) :
     _vertexInfluenceSet(b._vertexInfluenceSet),
     _vertexInfluenceMap(b._vertexInfluenceMap),
     _needToComputeMatrix(b._needToComputeMatrix)
-{
+{    
+    // disable the computation of boundingbox for the rig mesh
+    setComputeBoundingBoxCallback(new RigComputeBoundingBoxCallback);
     // we dont copy the RigImplementation yet. because the RigImplementation need to be initialized in a valid graph, with a skeleton ...
     // dont know yet what to do with a clone of a RigGeometry
+
 }
 
 
@@ -113,8 +117,6 @@ void RigGeometry::computeMatrixFromRootSkeleton()
     _matrixFromSkeletonToGeometry = mtxList[0] * osg::Matrix::inverse(notRoot);
     _invMatrixFromSkeletonToGeometry = osg::Matrix::inverse(_matrixFromSkeletonToGeometry);
     _needToComputeMatrix = false;    
-    // disable the computation of boundingbox for the rig mesh
-    setComputeBoundingBoxCallback(new RigComputeBoundingBoxCallback);
 }
 
 void RigGeometry::update()