Assuming you are using Inkscape v0.46:

Drag the "Rotation Center" to the bottom of the triangle. Check the "Exclude tile" boxes on the Shift tab. Set the shifts to 0.0%. Make sure you have selected "P1: simple translations" on the Symmetry tab.

See:

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Tiles-Tricks.html

Tav

On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 21:47 +0900, Dave M G wrote:

Inkscape Users,

I am relatively new to Inkscape, and I'm trying to learn how to use Inkscape's tiled clone feature.

What I would like to do is take an upside down triangle that is tall and skinny, and rotate it around it's bottom point so as to create a radial pattern. Sort of like the rising sun flag of old Japan.

So far I have figured out that I can set the number of columns to 15 and rotate them 22.5 degrees to get a total of 16 copies, including the original. That produces the right number of copies at the right angle.

But, I can not get them positioned right. The settings of the "Shift" tab completely elude me. I thought if I experimented enough I would eventually figure out what they are doing and dial in on the right settings.

No such luck. Each experimental setting scatters the triangles all over the screen in what might as well be random dispersals for all I can tell.

How do I get each triangle to have it's bottom point stay at the centre of the radial pattern?

Thank you for any advice.