@Test
    public void testInitialTransform() {
        Joint testJoint = new Joint("testJoint");
        Assert.assertTrue(testJoint.getInitialTransform().isIdentity());

        Joint clone = Cloner.deepClone(testJoint);
        clone.getInitialTransform().setScale(2f);

        Assert.assertTrue(testJoint.getInitialTransform().isIdentity());
    }
Make sure the initial transform gets cloned. This was issue 1469 at
GitHub.
jme3-core/src/test/java/com/jme3/anim/JointCloneTest.java