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Ken, you can do this by simply going to the transform panel, click behind the units ("mm" or "px") in one of the value boxes and add your operation, like "+100" to move it to the right. Divide, multiply and subtract works also. To copy an object with offset, you just have to duplicate it (Cmd+J) before.

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Not sure that's right - I think we decided you have to use "+=" to add to the current value.  The reason for this is that "-5" could be interpreted as either a fixed value of -5, or "current value minus 5".  So, we decided it should be consistent across the board, so you have to use +=, -=, *= and /=.

If you enter "+5", the plus sign is effectively ignored and it is treated as a positive value of 5.

 

Saying that, I've just noticed that there's a bug with "+5", in that it is not setting the value - I'll fix that soon.

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OK, more exactly: if you replace the content of a value field, so that it shows just "+=50" before you hit return, you have to do it in the += notation. But if you add the term to the content, so that it shows "100 mm+50" and then hit return, it also works correctly. From other apps (cc, fh) i’m used to add the field mathematic to the current content.

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