diff -r 8ecc8dc21f86 lib/irrlicht/include/IMeshManipulator.h
--- a/lib/irrlicht/include/IMeshManipulator.h	Fri Mar 06 17:24:47 2009 +0100
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/include/IMeshManipulator.h	Wed Mar 11 03:04:11 2009 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	class IMesh;
 	class IMeshBuffer;
 	struct SMesh;
+	class ISkinnedMesh;
 
 	//! An interface for easy manipulation of meshes.
 	/** Scale, set alpha value, flip surfaces, and so on. This exists for
@@ -180,6 +181,13 @@
 		IReferenceCounted::drop() for more information. */
 		virtual IAnimatedMesh * createAnimatedMesh(IMesh* mesh,
 			scene::E_ANIMATED_MESH_TYPE type = scene::EAMT_UNKNOWN) const = 0;
+
+        //! Create a skinned mesh which has copied all meshbuffers and joints of the original mesh
+        /** Note, that this will not copy any other information like joints data.
+        \param mesh Original mesh
+        \return Newly created skinned mesh. You should call drop() wehn you don't need it anymore.
+        See	IReferenceCounted::drop() for more information. */
+		virtual ISkinnedMesh* createSkinnedMesh(ISkinnedMesh* mesh) const = 0;
 	};
 
 } // end namespace scene
diff -r 8ecc8dc21f86 lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CMeshManipulator.cpp
--- a/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CMeshManipulator.cpp	Fri Mar 06 17:24:47 2009 +0100
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CMeshManipulator.cpp	Wed Mar 11 03:04:11 2009 +0100
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "SMesh.h"
 #include "CMeshBuffer.h"
 #include "SAnimatedMesh.h"
+#include "CSkinnedMesh.h"
 #include "os.h"
 
 namespace irr
@@ -1140,6 +1141,50 @@
 	return new SAnimatedMesh(mesh, type);
 }
 
+//! Create a skinned mesh which has copied all meshbuffers and joints of the original mesh
+ISkinnedMesh* CMeshManipulator::createSkinnedMesh(ISkinnedMesh* mesh) const
+{
+    CSkinnedMesh * skinnedMesh = new CSkinnedMesh();
+
+    if ( !mesh )
+        return skinnedMesh;
+
+    for ( u32 i=0; i < mesh->getMeshBuffers().size(); ++i )
+    {
+        SSkinMeshBuffer * buffer = skinnedMesh->createBuffer();
+        *buffer = *(mesh->getMeshBuffers()[i]);
+    }
+
+    for ( u32 j=0; j < mesh->getAllJoints().size(); ++j )
+    {
+        CSkinnedMesh::SJoint *joint = skinnedMesh->createJoint();
+        *joint = *(mesh->getAllJoints()[j]);
+    }
+
+    // fix children pointers (they still have old pointers)
+    core::array<CSkinnedMesh::SJoint*> & newJoints = skinnedMesh->getAllJoints();
+    core::array<CSkinnedMesh::SJoint*> & oldJoints = mesh->getAllJoints();
+    for ( u32 i=0; i < newJoints.size(); ++i )
+    {
+        CSkinnedMesh::SJoint * joint = newJoints[i];
+        for ( u32 c=0; c < joint->Children.size(); ++c )
+        {
+            // the child is one of the oldJoints and must be replaced by the newjoint on the same index
+            for ( u32 k=0; k < oldJoints.size(); ++k )
+            {
+                if ( joint->Children[c] == oldJoints[k] )
+                {
+                    joint->Children[c] = newJoints[k];
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    skinnedMesh->finalize();
+
+    return skinnedMesh;
+}
 
 } // end namespace scene
 } // end namespace irr
diff -r 8ecc8dc21f86 lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CMeshManipulator.h
--- a/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CMeshManipulator.h	Fri Mar 06 17:24:47 2009 +0100
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CMeshManipulator.h	Wed Mar 11 03:04:11 2009 +0100
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@
 	//! create a new AnimatedMesh and adds the mesh to it
 	virtual IAnimatedMesh * createAnimatedMesh(scene::IMesh* mesh,scene::E_ANIMATED_MESH_TYPE type) const;
 
+    //! Create a skinned mesh which has copied all meshbuffersand joints of the original mesh
+    virtual ISkinnedMesh* createSkinnedMesh(ISkinnedMesh* mesh) const;
+
 private:
 
 	static void calculateTangents(core::vector3df& normal,