diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/animation/Bone.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/animation/Bone.java
index 819a77383..a78b4b931 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/animation/Bone.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/animation/Bone.java
@@ -313,6 +313,26 @@ public final class Bone implements Savable {
         return modelBindInverseScale;
     }
 
+    public Transform getModelBindInverseTransform() {
+        Transform t = new Transform();
+        t.setTranslation(modelBindInversePos);
+        t.setRotation(modelBindInverseRot);
+        if (modelBindInverseScale != null) {
+            t.setScale(modelBindInverseScale);
+        }
+        return t;
+    }
+    
+    public Transform getBindInverseTransform() {
+        Transform t = new Transform();
+        t.setTranslation(bindPos);
+        t.setRotation(bindRot);
+        if (bindScale != null) {
+            t.setScale(bindScale);
+        }
+        return t.invert();
+    }
+    
     /**    
      * @deprecated use {@link #getBindPosition()}
      */
diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/math/FastMath.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/math/FastMath.java
index 5e230dabb..d9d944057 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/math/FastMath.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/math/FastMath.java
@@ -902,6 +902,25 @@ final public class FastMath {
         return clamp(input, 0f, 1f);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determine if two floats are approximately equal.
+     * This takes into account the magnitude of the floats, since
+     * large numbers will have larger differences be close to each other.
+     * 
+     * Should return true for a=100000, b=100001, but false for a=10000, b=10001.
+     * 
+     * @param a The first float to compare
+     * @param b The second float to compare
+     * @return True if a and b are approximately equal, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public static boolean approximateEquals(float a, float b) {
+        if (a == b) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return (abs(a - b) / Math.max(abs(a), abs(b))) <= 0.00001f;
+        }
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Converts a single precision (32 bit) floating point value
      * into half precision (16 bit).
diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/math/Transform.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/math/Transform.java
index 79992ed2b..ac7a324d0 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/math/Transform.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/math/Transform.java
@@ -259,6 +259,26 @@ public final class Transform implements Savable, Cloneable, java.io.Serializable
         return store;
     }
 
+    public Matrix4f toTransformMatrix() {
+        Matrix4f trans = new Matrix4f();
+        trans.setTranslation(translation);
+        trans.setRotationQuaternion(rot);
+        trans.setScale(scale);
+        return trans;
+    }
+    
+    public void fromTransformMatrix(Matrix4f mat) {
+        translation.set(mat.toTranslationVector());
+        rot.set(mat.toRotationQuat());
+        scale.set(mat.toScaleVector());
+    }
+    
+    public Transform invert() {
+        Transform t = new Transform();
+        t.fromTransformMatrix(toTransformMatrix().invertLocal());
+        return t;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Loads the identity.  Equal to translation=0,0,0 scale=1,1,1 rot=0,0,0,1.
      */