•    To cancel the replication, click Cancel. Canvas closes the Replicate dialog box and erases preview copies. 3 Click OK to copy the selection and close the Replicate dialog box. The original object is deselected and the copies are selected. Options in the Replicate dialog box The Replicate dialog box lets you rotate, scale, and dupli- cate selected objects. 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 num- bers from 1% to 999%. Ratio lets you resize copies by fractional amounts. Canvas scales each copy to ratios of the previous object’s horizon- tal and vertical dimensions. Type ratios with whole num- bers 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 dou- bles 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, Can- vas 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 dis- tance from the previous object. In the text boxes, enter the horizontal and vertical offset distance. Positive numbers off- set copies up and right; nega- tive numbers offset objects down and left. Object data. Displays the selection’s height and width. These values can’t be edited.
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