Electrofied Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Hi, How can I array an object in Designer - reproduce a number of units of the same object at the same distance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Currently I would suggest using the Power Duplicate feature … :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrofied Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 This is perfect! Thank you, A_B_C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManfrediC Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Hello!What if I need to make a polar array? (like the marks on a watch face for instance?) Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 What if I need to make a polar array? (like the marks on a watch face for instance?) Thank you very much! For something like this whereas you need to be more precise, power duplicate may not be the best option. 1. Create a circle holding Shift to constrain it. 2. With snapping enabled, create a vertical line from the top middle of the circle to the bottom middle. 3. Copy and paste it. (The copy will be right on top of the original) 4. Rotate the copy holding Shift to rotate it in a 30 degree increment (2 snaps). (Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the circle is filled.) 5. Copy and paste each line and the circle 6. Shrink the copy of the circle holding Shift + Ctrl to constrain and center it until there is a small gap between the two. 7. Resize each lines so each stays in between the two circles. 8. Now just delete the middle circle. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler To Cats Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 bledc has shown you a good way for complete control. For another way of approaching this, Power Duplicate can also help with this if your objects (time markers, for instance) are evenly spaced. 1. Create your object or group that will be repeated around the circle. Place it at the 12 o'clock position, for example. 2. Turn on Show Rotation Center (cross-hairs icon above the workspace). 3. Drag the rotation center directly down to the center of the rotation area (the center of the watch face). Use snapping (bounding boxes and midpoints) to aid in more accurate alignment with the center of your object/group. 4. Duplicate the object/group, and use the rotation handle to rotate the duplicate into place. Hold Shift to snap rotation to 15 degree increments. For 5-minute time markers on a watch, use 2 snap increments (30 degrees) as bleduc has already said. 5. Ctrl+J (or I assume it is Cmmd+J on a Mac) to Power Duplicate (duplicate and rotate) each of the other markers. Bri-Toon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 What clever thinking, Obtusity. That method is way easier. Also, Electrofied, on Step 4 when you duplicate the 12 O' clock mark, make sure you do it by rotation + Alt (shortcut for duplicating). If you copy and paste, the Power Duplicate won't work. Butler To Cats 1 Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler To Cats Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 on Step 4 when you duplicate the 12 O' clock mark, make sure you do it by rotation + Alt (shortcut for duplicating). If you copy and paste, the Power Duplicate won't work. Ooh, thanks! I used Edit menu, Duplicate (or Ctrl+J) then rotate, I didn't realise Power Duplicate didn't work with copy and paste - that would have bitten me in the future, I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Austa Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thanks! There is one drawback with duplicating with ALT-key. In this case the "force pixel aligment" is switched off. Any workaround for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Hold down the Command Key, Nils. Does the same, but with snapping left on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Austa Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 I have windows version. Any solution for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 The same must be possible in the Windows version as well. That’s for sure! Unfortunately, I don’t know the required modifier key. Why don’t you go ahead and try each of them, or even some combinations? There’s just a finite number. And if that doesn’t work, I hope a kind Windows user will come to give you advice, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Nils Austa said: I have windows version. Any solution for that? Windows uses the Ctrl key where Mac uses Cmd. A_B_C 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Great, thank you, Walt! walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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