feature request: Transformation with 'apply to clone' and 'apply to clone ' checkboxes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
New
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This is feature request.
when making patterns or just generating more objects very often its required to do two operations at the same time:
transformation (like move, rotate, scale etc..)
along with
copying (or cloning) object
So for instance if I want to have 14 squares in a line, each 1cm right next to one before
currently I need to switch between these two operations:
copy, move, copy, move, copy, move.... 28 alternating operations all together!
having the (mutually exclusive) checkboxes that first copy or clone and only then apply the requested transformation on it saves a lot of manual work.
With this implemented (see Corel Draw) all I need is to click 14 times at the same button (or press same keyboard shortcut)
Can live without it but I feel I can't stress enough how nice and useful this feature is (and also probably not that difficult to implement either)
Cheers
description: | updated |
tags: | added: clones transformations |
Changed in inkscape: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
I may be mistaken but if I understand correctly, this feature already exists (and seems better) in Inkscape. You should have a look at the clone tool,Edit → Clone → icon Create Tiled Clones...(cf http:// tavmjong. free.fr/ INKSCAPE/ MANUAL/ html/Tiles. html). In your case it's as easy as setting 1 line 14 columns, and setting (in the translation tab) the right percentage of X translation by column.
Regards