diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Model.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Model.cpp
index 9462a2153..9b9408ad7 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/Model.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Model.cpp
@@ -724,6 +724,13 @@ ModelObject::center_around_origin()
     }
 }
 
+TransformationMatrix
+ModelObject::get_trafo_to_center() const
+{
+    BoundingBoxf3 raw_bb = this->raw_bounding_box();
+    return TransformationMatrix::mat_translation(raw_bb.center().negative());
+}
+
 void
 ModelObject::translate(const Vectorf3 &vector)
 {
@@ -782,6 +789,17 @@ ModelObject::rotate(double angle, const Axis &axis)
     this->invalidate_bounding_box();
 }
 
+void
+ModelObject::rotate(double angle, const Vectorf3 &axis)
+{
+    if (angle == 0) return;
+    TransformationMatrix trafo = TransformationMatrix::mat_rotation(angle, axis);
+    this->apply_transformation(trafo);
+    
+    this->origin_translation = Pointf3(0,0,0);
+    this->invalidate_bounding_box();
+}
+
 void
 ModelObject::rotate(const Vectorf3 &origin, const Vectorf3 &target)
 {
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Model.hpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Model.hpp
index cb2b1f793..c0a247059 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/Model.hpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Model.hpp
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ class ModelObject
     /// Center the current ModelObject to origin by translating the ModelVolumes
     void center_around_origin();
 
+    /// Get the matrix, that, when applied, centers the bounding box in all 3 coordinate directions
+    TransformationMatrix get_trafo_to_center() const;
+
     /// Translate the current ModelObject by translating ModelVolumes with (x,y,z) units.
     /// This function calls translate(coordf_t x, coordf_t y, coordf_t z) to translate every TriangleMesh in each ModelVolume.
     /// \param vector Vectorf3 the translation vector
@@ -388,6 +391,11 @@ class ModelObject
     /// \param axis Axis the axis to be rotated around
     void rotate(double angle, const Axis &axis);
 
+    /// Rotate the current ModelObject by rotating ModelVolumes.
+    /// \param angle double the angle in radians
+    /// \param axis Axis the axis to be rotated around
+    void rotate(double angle, const Vectorf3 &axis);
+
     /// Rotate the current ModelObject by rotating ModelVolumes to align the given vectors
     /// \param origin Vectorf3
     /// \param target Vectorf3