ARRAY — Array

Repeats objects in rows and columns or in a circle.

• Command: ARRAY · Global name: _ARRAY · Alias: AR
• Ribbon: Home › Modify
• Menu: Modify
• Toolbar: Modify

Repeats the selected objects in rows and columns (rectangular array) or around a center (polar array). The copies are independent objects.

Usage

1. Enter ARRAY (or AR) or click Array on the ribbon.
2. Select the objects and press Enter. If they were already selected before starting the command, they are used without asking.

Select objects:

3. Choose the type of array (Enter: rectangular).

Enter the type of array [Rectangular/PAth/POlar] <R>:

4. Rectangular: enter the number of rows and columns (Enter: 1) and the distances between them. The original stays in a corner; with negative distances the copies go down or to the left.

Enter the number of rows (---) <1>:
Enter the number of columns (|||) <1>:
Specify the distance between rows:
Specify the distance between columns:

5. Polar: specify the center, the number of items (including the original) and the angle to fill (Enter: 360; negative, clockwise). The copies are rotated around the center.

Specify center point of array:
Enter the number of items in the array:
Specify the angle to fill (+=ccw, -=cw) <360>:

Options

• Rectangular (R): rows and columns at a fixed spacing.
• Polar (PO): copies spread around a circle or an arc.
• PAth (PA): continues as ARRAYPATH with the objects already selected.

Notes

• With a single row or column its distance is not asked. The total number of items goes from 2 to 100,000.
• The array is not associative (it cannot be edited later as a whole) and there is no path array.

See also

COPY · OFFSET · ROTATE · Selecting objects