Oh this is so good ! That "Object to path" trick was exactly what I was looking for ! Now I can roughly create my layout in a couple moves and then tweak it to be more natural. Thanks a million, this really makes my day :-) Regarding the clone paving it was a mistake, I meant clone tiling....

Wow ! First, thank you for your answers : they were both encouraging and enlightening. You understood the problem well. My goal was to create a basic layout using PAP and then tweak it to have the desired look. I drawed a circle representing the nucleus, and then duplicated this circle in many conce...

Hello, Quick question : how is it possible to apply path effects so that the resulting path can than be sculpted ? A bit more context : I am trying to produce a schema similar to that one : http://images.tutorvista.com/content/feed/tvcs/endoplasmic_reticulum5B15D.jpg Notice the crimson-pink structur...