diff --git a/include/osg/MatrixTransform b/include/osg/MatrixTransform
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+//C++ header - Open Scene Graph - Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Robert Osfield
+//Distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License (LGPL)
+//as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+#ifndef OSG_MATRIXTRANSFORM
+#define OSG_MATRIXTRANSFORM 1
+
+#include <osg/Transform>
+
+namespace osg {
+
+/** Transform - is group which all children are transformed by the the Transform's osg::Matrix.  
+  * Typical uses
+  * of the Transform is for positioning objects within a scene or 
+  * producing trackball functionality or for animation.
+  * The Transform node can be customized via the ComputeTransfromCallback which can be
+  * attached to the node, this might be used to convert internal representations of the transformation
+  * into generic osg::Matrix'c which are used during scene grpah traversal, such as CullTraversal and IntersectionTraversal.
+  * Note, if the transformation matrix scales the subgraph then the
+  * normals of the underlying geometry will need to be renormalized to
+  * be unit vectors once more.  One can done transparently through OpenGL's 
+  * use of either GL_NORMALIZE and GL_SCALE_NORMALIZE modes.  Further
+  * background reading see the glNormalize documentation in the OpenGL Reference 
+  * Guide (the blue book). To enable it in the OSG, you simple need to
+  * attach a local osg::StateSet to the osg::Transform, and set the appropriate
+  * mode to on via stateset->setMode(GL_NORMALIZE,osg::StateAttribute::ON);.
+*/
+class SG_EXPORT MatrixTransform : public Transform
+{
+    public :
+
+
+        MatrixTransform();
+
+        /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy.*/
+        MatrixTransform(const MatrixTransform&,const CopyOp& copyop=CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
+
+        MatrixTransform(const Matrix& matix);
+
+        META_Node(osg, MatrixTransform);
+
+        /** Set the transform's matrix.*/
+        void setMatrix(const Matrix& mat) { (*_matrix) = mat; _inverseDirty=true; computeInverse(); dirtyBound(); }
+        
+        /** Get the transform's matrix. */
+        inline const Matrix& getMatrix() const { return *_matrix; }
+
+        /** preMult transform.*/
+        void preMult(const Matrix& mat) { _matrix->preMult(mat); _inverseDirty=true; computeInverse(); dirtyBound(); }
+        
+        /** postMult transform.*/
+        void postMult(const Matrix& mat)  { _matrix->postMult(mat); _inverseDirty=true; computeInverse(); dirtyBound(); }
+    
+        virtual const bool computeLocalToWorldMatrix(Matrix& matrix,NodeVisitor*) const
+        {
+            if (_referenceFrame==RELATIVE_TO_PARENTS)
+            {
+                matrix.preMult(*_matrix);
+            }
+            else // absolute
+            {
+                matrix = *_matrix;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        virtual const bool computeWorldToLocalMatrix(Matrix& matrix,NodeVisitor*) const
+        {
+            if (_referenceFrame==RELATIVE_TO_PARENTS)
+            {
+                matrix.postMult(*_inverse);
+            }
+            else // absolute
+            {
+                matrix = *_inverse;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+    protected :
+    
+        virtual ~MatrixTransform();
+        
+        inline void computeInverse() const
+        {
+            if (_inverseDirty)
+            {
+                _inverse->invert(*_matrix);
+                _inverseDirty = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        ref_ptr<Matrix>                     _matrix;
+        mutable ref_ptr<Matrix>             _inverse;
+        mutable bool                        _inverseDirty;        
+
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/osg/MatrixTransform.cpp b/src/osg/MatrixTransform.cpp
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+#include <osg/MatrixTransform>
+
+using namespace osg;
+
+MatrixTransform::MatrixTransform()
+{
+    _matrix = osgNew Matrix;
+    _inverse = osgNew Matrix;
+    _inverseDirty = false;
+}
+
+MatrixTransform::MatrixTransform(const MatrixTransform& transform,const CopyOp& copyop):
+    Transform(transform,copyop),
+    _matrix(osgNew Matrix(*transform._matrix)),
+    _inverse(osgNew Matrix(*transform._inverse)),
+    _inverseDirty(transform._inverseDirty)
+{    
+}
+
+MatrixTransform::MatrixTransform(const Matrix& mat )
+{
+    _referenceFrame = RELATIVE_TO_PARENTS;
+
+    _matrix = osgNew Matrix(mat);
+    _inverse = osgNew Matrix();
+    _inverseDirty = false;
+}
+
+
+MatrixTransform::~MatrixTransform()
+{
+}