User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Replicate options
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 object’s dimensions. Enter whole numbers from 1% to
999%.
Ratio lets you resize copies by fractional amounts. Canvas scales each
copy to ratios of the previous object’s horizontal and vertical
dimensions.
Type ratios with whole numbers 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 doubles
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, Canvas 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 distance from the previous
object. In the text boxes, enter the horizontal and vertical offset
distance. Positive numbers offset copies up and right; negative numbers
offset objects down and left.
Object data Displays the selection’s height and width. These values can’t be edited.
To replicate and position objects:
You can replicate objects and then strategically position them according to specified X/Y
coordinates.
To replicate and position an object:
Select an object and then choose Edit | Replicate and Position.
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