To cancel the replication, click Cancel. Canvas closes the
Replicate dialog box and erases preview copies.
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Click OK to copy the selection and close the Replicate dialog
box. The original object is deselected and the copies are selected.
Options in the Replicate
dialog box
The Replicate dialog box lets
you rotate, scale, and dupli-
cate selected objects.
Copies. Enter the number of
objects you want to create.
Rotate. To rotate each copy
relative to the preceding
object, select Rotate. Type the
rotation amount from (minus)
-359.0 to 359.0 degrees. The
center of rotation is shown in
the Around box by a hollow
handle; click to select another
handle as the rotation center.
Scale by. To incrementally
change the size of each copy,
select Scale by. In the pop-up
menu, choose Percentage,
Length, or Ratio. In the text
boxes, enter horizontal (
)
and vertical (
) scaling factors.
Percentage scales each copy by
the specified percentages of
the proceeding objects
dimensions. Enter whole num-
bers from 1% to 999%.
Ratio lets you resize copies by
fractional amounts. Canvas
scales each copy to ratios of
the previous objects horizon-
tal and vertical dimensions.
Type ratios with whole num-
bers from 1 to 999. The left
number represents the copy;
the right number represents
the previous object. A 1/1
ratio maintains dimensions; 1/
2 halves dimensions; 2/1 dou-
bles dimensions.
Length increases or decreases
by a fixed amount each copy
of the object using the values
in the horizontal and vertical
text boxes.
Proportional. If selected, Can-
vas makes the vertical value in
the Scale by or Offset area
equal to the horizontal value.
Offset. Check this option to
place copies a specified dis-
tance from the previous object.
In the text boxes, enter the
horizontal and vertical offset
distance. Positive numbers off-
set copies up and right; nega-
tive numbers offset objects
down and left.
Object data. Displays the
selections height and width.
These values cant be edited.