diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/visualization/DebugDrawerTopic.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/visualization/DebugDrawerTopic.cpp
index ad714afa3ba800ac9980e041cd186f0ac13af4cc..24db3fe0fabbb12aaa14723a9148e7f423852830 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/visualization/DebugDrawerTopic.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/visualization/DebugDrawerTopic.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ namespace armarx
         layer(layer), name(name)
     {}
 
+    DebugDrawerTopic::VisuID DebugDrawerTopic::VisuID::withName(const std::string& newName) const
+    {
+        return VisuID(this->layer, newName);
+    }
+
     std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const DebugDrawerTopic::VisuID& rhs)
     {
         os << "Visu '" << rhs.name << "' on layer '" << rhs.layer << "'";
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/visualization/DebugDrawerTopic.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/visualization/DebugDrawerTopic.h
index eba4ec519fd01a31e0e31717e5398227dee5d14c..2dd3b8f3751c47cce2c099753844befb5dd2d9ad 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/visualization/DebugDrawerTopic.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/visualization/DebugDrawerTopic.h
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ namespace armarx
          */
         struct VisuID
         {
+        public:
+
             /// Empty constructor.
             VisuID();
 
@@ -175,11 +177,17 @@ namespace armarx
             VisuID(const Source& name) : VisuID(std::string(name))
             {}
 
-            std::string layer = "";  ///< The layer name (empty by default).
-            std::string name = "";   ///< The visu name (empty by default).
+
+            /// Get a `VisuID` with the given name and same layer as `*this.
+            VisuID withName(const std::string& name) const;
 
             /// Streams a short human-readable description of `rhs` to `os`.
             friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const VisuID& rhs);
+
+        public:
+
+            std::string layer = "";  ///< The layer name (empty by default).
+            std::string name = "";   ///< The visu name (empty by default).
         };