[Inkscape-user] put [objects] on path ..

hi all,

i'm using inkscape to create prototype user interface elements, and one thing i'm trying to work out how to do is 'put objects on path', where i have a grouped list of objects (say, 100 rects) and i want them to individually be 'put' on a path.. so that i can, say, draw a curve, and then 'conform' the rect-group of my object to the path ..

sort of like 'put on path' for text, only for rect objects instead.

i can't, however, quite work out how to do this .. is there a way to take a large number of rects, and constrain their 'bottom edges' to a path using inkscape? something obvious i'm overlooking, perhaps ..

(i don't want to use text, but maybe thats a way to do it ..)