Copying a static mesh in c++

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Hello.

As I said in the title, I need to create a copy of a static mesh in C++. Which is the best way to do this? I’m loading the static mesh in this way:

static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UStaticMesh> cargadorModelo(TEXT("/Game/Modelos/basico_mm"));
UStaticMesh* modelo;
if (cargadorModelo.Succeeded()){
	modelo = cargadorModelo.Object;
}

Is important to do that copy because following this code, I edit some properties in the RawMesh, and when I build the mesh for see the changes and associate this mesh as a subobject of the actor, I change the original mesh, and this is not what I want, because it’s a process I must do more than one time on the original mesh.

Thank you.

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Solution:

   	static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UStaticMesh> cargadorModelo(TEXT("/Game/Modelos/basico_mm"));
    	UStaticMesh* modelo;
    	if (cargadorModelo.Succeeded()){
    		modelo = cargadorModelo.Object;
    	}
    	else {
    		// error code
    	}
    
    	if (!modelo->IsValidLowLevel()){
    		// error code
    	}
    	if (&modelo->SourceModels[0] == nullptr){
    		// error code
    	}
// Get raw information of the model
    	FStaticMeshSourceModel* sourceModel = &modelo->SourceModels[0];
    	FRawMesh rawMesh;
    	sourceModel->RawMeshBulkData->LoadRawMesh(rawMesh);
    
    	// Create a new model
    	UStaticMesh* modeloNuevo = NewObject<UStaticMesh>();
    	new(modeloNuevo->SourceModels) FStaticMeshSourceModel();
    	modeloNuevo->SourceModels[0].RawMeshBulkData->SaveRawMesh(rawMesh);
    
    	TArray<FText> BuildErrorsNuevo;
    	modeloNuevo->Build(true, &BuildErrorsNuevo);