Multiple duplicate, best practice?
Hi there,
what is the best way to copy an item multiple times (let's say 30), when you have a fixed start and end point?
Up to now I set the first and last object and then press [ctr] + d 28 times, then distribute them all with "distribute and align". Not quite elegant...
There's that "Multiple Clone" tool, but that seems to be a bit too complicated for me, as it never does what I want :-) Is there a howto for it?
Maybe someone of you can give me tip?
TIA, Lars
On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 09:27 +0200, Lars Behrens wrote:
Hi there,
what is the best way to copy an item multiple times (let's say 30), when you have a fixed start and end point?
Up to now I set the first and last object and then press [ctr] + d 28 times, then distribute them all with "distribute and align". Not quite elegant...
There's that "Multiple Clone" tool, but that seems to be a bit too complicated for me, as it never does what I want :-) Is there a howto for it?
Maybe someone of you can give me tip?
Do you mean the "Create Tiled Clones" dialog (under Edit->Clone)? Use it with 1 Row and 30 Columns. You can change the spacing on the "Shift Tab". There is a whole chapter on the dialog in my book. See:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Tiles.html
Tav
Am Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2009 schrieb Tavmjong Bah:
Do you mean the "Create Tiled Clones" dialog (under Edit->Clone)? Use it with 1 Row and 30 Columns. You can change the spacing on the "Shift Tab". There is a whole chapter on the dialog in my book. See:
Yes, this is what I meant, but I think this tool would be a bit complicated for that task, I have to know the distance between objects and type it in etc. A bit cumbersome all in all.
But thanks, anyway!
Lars
Lars Behrens wrote:
Am Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2009 schrieb Tavmjong Bah:
Do you mean the "Create Tiled Clones" dialog (under Edit->Clone)? Use it with 1 Row and 30 Columns. You can change the spacing on the "Shift Tab". There is a whole chapter on the dialog in my book. See:
Yes, this is what I meant, but I think this tool would be a bit complicated for that task, I have to know the distance between objects and type it in etc. A bit cumbersome all in all.
Although this is indeed a bit tricky, merely copying an object is really not /that/ difficult. (I'm particularly having a hard time when trying to align the clones along a circle, even if there/ is/ a tutorial on this /somewhere/.)
Select "Clone > Create Tiled Clone". Then select "P1 (Simple Translation)" and "rows: 1; columns: 30" (if you would like the clones to tile horizontally; otherwise vice versa) inside the first tab, and set your "Shift Factor" (x, y) . Then press "Create". If the result isn't what you want, press "Remove" and start anew. You can scale & rotate the clones and a make number of other modifications. (You can set the distance between the objects in % using the second tab from left.)
HTH,
Claus
Hi Lars,
An approach would be to copy your item and move it to the end point. Then choose Effects>Generate from Path>Interpolate. Then you could say that you want 28 steps and it should create 28 copies nicely distributed between the begin and end point. The object needs to be a path though IIRC.
Steven
On May 14, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Lars Behrens wrote:
Hi there,
what is the best way to copy an item multiple times (let's say 30), when you have a fixed start and end point?
Up to now I set the first and last object and then press [ctr] + d 28 times, then distribute them all with "distribute and align". Not quite elegant...
There's that "Multiple Clone" tool, but that seems to be a bit too complicated for me, as it never does what I want :-) Is there a howto for it?
Maybe someone of you can give me tip?
TIA, Lars
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