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Placing Objects in an array, rectangular or circular ?

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Peter Voss

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Oct 15, 2002, 5:39:34 AM10/15/02
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Hi There,

I hope, somebody got an answer to my issue.

Problem:
I need to place a object (e.g. just a line or a box ) in an array. I draw
the line and then I want to tell the Programm to draw this line multiple
times in a rectangular or circular fashion.

For rectangular, I need to tell:

number of rows, number of colums
disance beween rows, distace between colums

For circular i need to tell:

coordinates of center
distance from center
number of lines drawn and angle between lines
Note: just imagine I need to draw a compass rose with little lines every 5
degrees. So the lines themselfs also have to rotate accordingly.

You probably see I'm new to CorelDraw, I remember from my old AutoCad days
that such a funcyon was available.

I really would appreciate, if somebody could help here.

thanks in advance
Best Regards
Peter


Peter Clifton

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Oct 15, 2002, 7:07:35 AM10/15/02
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In article <3dabe236_2@cnews>, Peter Voss says...

> For circular i need to tell:
>
> coordinates of center
> distance from center
> number of lines drawn and angle between lines
> Note: just imagine I need to draw a compass rose with little lines every 5
> degrees. So the lines themselfs also have to rotate accordingly.

A tool at www.isocalc.com called Radit! found in the cool tools section will
give you one of the options you need.

For rectangular arrays I would do the following

Starting with the source shape, use the transform dialog to create a duplicate
horizontally at the required offset and repeat for the number of elements in
the horizontal line.

Then group select the objects in the horizontal row and using the transform
dialog create a duplicate of the row with the vertical offset required, and
repeat for the number of row required.

HTH

Peter

Peter Voss

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Oct 15, 2002, 3:52:11 PM10/15/02
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Hi Peter,

Thanks very much. This Radit tool was exactly what I was looking for.
Unfortunately I'm running CorelDraw 10 but this tool is only supporting
versions up to 9. I already contacted the Author of Radit for a possible
update.

Thanks again
Peter
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Peter Clifton

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Oct 15, 2002, 5:05:38 PM10/15/02
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In article <3dac71cd$1_3@cnews>, peter...@go-nogo.com says...

> Thanks very much. This Radit tool was exactly what I was looking for.
> Unfortunately I'm running CorelDraw 10 but this tool is only supporting
> versions up to 9. I already contacted the Author of Radit for a possible
> update.


Peter

Ah, sorry about that, should have checked.

It is possible to repeat a rotation in Draw using native tools.

If you start with a shape and use the transform docker to duplicate it
using a vertical offset.

Make sure enable snap to objects is enabled.

Then click on the duplicate until the rotation handles and object centre
are shown, you can drag the duplicate object's centre to the centre of
the original. All rotations of the duplicate will now take place about
this point.

Use the rotate function in the transform docker and apply to duplicate
as many times as it required.

Not as slick as RadIt! but does work in a pinch and may help tide you
over until the tool is updated.

HTH

Peter

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