Index: trunk/src/extobj.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/extobj.c	(revision 28896)
+++ trunk/src/extobj.c	(revision 28897)
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@
 
 TODO("copy layers");
 
-	if (subc_copy_from != NULL)
-		pcb_attribute_copy_all(&sc->Attributes, &subc_copy_from->Attributes);
+	pcb_subc_copy_meta(sc, subc_copy_from);
 
 	pcb_undo_add_obj_to_create(PCB_OBJ_SUBC, sc, sc, sc);
 
Index: trunk/src/obj_subc.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/obj_subc.c	(revision 28896)
+++ trunk/src/obj_subc.c	(revision 28897)
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@
 		dst->ID = src->ID; \
 } while(0)
 
-static pcb_subc_t *pcb_subc_copy_meta(pcb_subc_t *dst, pcb_subc_t *src)
+pcb_subc_t *pcb_subc_copy_meta(pcb_subc_t *dst, pcb_subc_t *src)
 {
 	if (dst == NULL)
 		return NULL;
Index: trunk/src/obj_subc.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/obj_subc.h	(revision 28896)
+++ trunk/src/obj_subc.h	(revision 28897)
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@
 pcb_layer_t *pcb_subc_layer_create(pcb_subc_t *sc, const char *name, pcb_layer_type_t type, pcb_layer_combining_t comb, int stack_offs, const char *purpose);
 
 
+/* Copy non-layer, non-geometrical metadata (e.g. attributes) */
+pcb_subc_t *pcb_subc_copy_meta(pcb_subc_t *dst, pcb_subc_t *src);
+
 pcb_subc_t *pcb_subc_dup_at(pcb_board_t *pcb, pcb_data_t *dst, pcb_subc_t *src, pcb_coord_t dx, pcb_coord_t dy, pcb_bool keep_ids);
 
 /* Replace dst with a copy of src in place (preserving location and orientation