diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
index 89242de7..e05a20e1 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
@@ -341,19 +341,47 @@ class PropertyManager {
                 HandleTypeIterator_2 dst_begin, HandleTypeIterator_2 dst_end) const {
 
             for (; begin != end && dst_begin != dst_end; ++begin, ++dst_begin) {
-                dst_propmanager[dst_begin] = (*this)[*begin];
+                dst_propmanager[*dst_begin] = (*this)[*begin];
             }
         }
 
         template<typename RangeType, typename PROPTYPE_2,
                  typename MeshT_2, typename RangeType_2>
-        void copy_to(RangeType range,
+        void copy_to(const RangeType &range,
                 PropertyManager<PROPTYPE_2, MeshT_2> &dst_propmanager,
-                RangeType_2 dst_range) const {
+                const RangeType_2 &dst_range) const {
             copy_to(range.begin(), range.end(), dst_propmanager,
                     dst_range.begin(), dst_range.end());
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Copy the values of a property from a source range to
+         * a target range. The source range must not be smaller than the
+         * target range.
+         *
+         * @param prop_name Name of the property to copy. Must exist on the
+         * source mesh. Will be created on the target mesh if it doesn't exist.
+         *
+         * @param src_mesh Source mesh from which to copy.
+         * @param src_range Source range which to copy. Must not be smaller than
+         * dst_range.
+         * @param dst_mesh Destination mesh on which to copy.
+         * @param dst_range Destination range.
+         */
+        template<typename RangeType, typename MeshT_2, typename RangeType_2>
+        static void copy(const char *prop_name,
+                MeshT &src_mesh, const RangeType &src_range,
+                MeshT_2 &dst_mesh, const RangeType_2 &dst_range) {
+
+            typedef OpenMesh::PropertyManager<PROPTYPE, MeshT> DstPM;
+            DstPM dst(DstPM::createIfNotExists(dst_mesh, prop_name));
+
+            typedef OpenMesh::PropertyManager<PROPTYPE, MeshT_2> SrcPM;
+            SrcPM src(src_mesh, prop_name, true);
+
+            src.copy_to(src_range, dst, dst_range);
+        }
+
     private:
         void deleteProperty() {
             if (!retain_)