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Radial Duplicate โ€‹

Radial Duplicate creates multiple copies of the selected object or objects in a circular arrangement.

This is useful for building wheels, rings, circular layouts, or other repeated structures around a center point.

Using Radial Duplicate โ€‹

To create radial duplicates:

  1. Select the object or objects you want to duplicate.
  2. Choose Object > Duplicate > Radial Duplicate.
  3. In the dialog, set the duplication options.
  4. Click Preview to preview the result, or click OK to create the duplicates.

Radial Duplicate Dialog ๐Ÿ”บ Figure 1: Radial Duplicate dialog.

Options โ€‹

Number of CopiesDefines how many copies are created.
Rotation AxisDefines the axis around which the copies are arranged.
CenterDefines the world-space center point of the arrangement.
RadiusDefines the distance from the center point to each copy.
Angle Between CopiesDefines the angular spacing between copies.
Start AngleDefines the angle of the first copy.
RotateApplies an additional rotation to each new copy.
ScaleApplies additional scaling to each new copy.

INFO

Rotation and scaling are applied relative to the object's pivot. For more information, see Understanding Pivot Points.