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Chapter 8: Cloning Objects and Creating Object Arrays

FIGURE 8.16
The horses in the carousel were created using a Ring Array system.

Summary

Many ways to clone an object are available. You can use the Clone command under the Edit menu or the
Shift-clone feature for quickly creating numerous clones. Clones can be copies, instances, or references.
Each differs in how it retains links to the original object. You can also clone using the Mirror, Snapshot, and
Spacing tools.
Arrays are another means of cloning. You can use the Array dialog box to produce clones in three different
dimensions, and you can specify the offset transformations.
This chapter covered the following cloning topics:
l Cloning objects and Shift-cloning
l Understanding copies, instances, and references
l Using the Mirror, Snapshot, Spacing, and Clone and Align tools
l Building linear, circular, and spiral arrays of objects
l Using the Ring Array system
In the next chapter, you learn to group objects and link them into hierarchies. Then you’ll be able to orga-
nize into structures all the objects that you’ve learned to create.

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