On Apr 16, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Rick wrote:
I half expect someone to say "No wait!  InkScape does that!"  Heh, so
 stay tuned.
 
Look at the built-in help tutorials.
Under "Help|Tutorials|Tips and Tricks"
That goes over using "Tile Clones" to create radial placement of clones.
(General support for "cloning" is under the "Edit|Clone" submenu)