diff --git a/modules/gfx/src/gfx_object.hh b/modules/gfx/src/gfx_object.hh
index 51806e3570e4b8de696df5eba939049bffa4c4dc..e0e8f5b829f735fc611e918644205e0a171201cf 100644
--- a/modules/gfx/src/gfx_object.hh
+++ b/modules/gfx/src/gfx_object.hh
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ public:
 
   void Debug(unsigned int flags);
 
+  IndexedVertexArray& GetVA() {return va_;}
+  const IndexedVertexArray& GetVA() const {return va_;}
+
  protected:
   
   void PreRenderGL(bool flag);