MatrixXf M1(3,3); // Column-major storage M1 << 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Map v1(M1.data(), M1.size()); cout << "v1:" << endl << v1 << endl; Matrix M2(M1); Map v2(M2.data(), M2.size()); cout << "v2:" << endl << v2 << endl;