Clone Tool Icon_Add_Clone

Clones the selected polygons along the line drawn by dragging a mouse. Pressing SPACE confirms the clone action and ESC cancels it.

Steps - Single Clone

  1. Enter Clone tool.

  2. Point at a polygon you want to clone by putting the mouse over it if polygons are not selected when this tool is activated.

  3. Drag the mouse to draw a line. You can make sure that the cloned polygons will be aligned with the line.

  4. Adjust Number, Distance and Arrangement in Properties if necessary.

  5. Press SPACE or click on Confirm button to confirm, or Press ESC or click on Cancel button to cancel.

Steps - Multi Clone

  1. Select Several polygons using Polygon Tool

  2. Enter Clone tool.

  3. Drag the mouse to draw a line. You can make sure that the cloned polygons will be aligned with the line.

  4. Adjust Number, Distance and Arrangement in Properties if necessary.

  5. Press SPACE or click on Confirm button to confirm, or Press ESC or click on Cancel button to cancel.

Interface

LMB Drag

Draws an edge where the clones will be placed.

Properties

Number

The number of clones

Distance

The distance of an edge where the clones will be placed.

Arrangement
  • Divide - Creates clones arranged evenly between the starting point and the end point of the edge.

  • Multiply - Makes clones along the edge. The distance between the clones is the value of Distance property in Properties.

Clone_0 Arrangement property is Divide

Clone_1 Arrangement property is Multiply

Clone_2 This is the result of the upper cases.

Clone_3 Clone_4

Multi Polygons Clone