How to make copies of an object that change with the orig.

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bachrock
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How to make copies of an object that change with the orig.

Postby bachrock » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:18 am

I'd like to make lots of copies of an object, change the original, and have all the copies change as well. Is there a way to do this?

I'm making a game involving tiles and want to have them together as a map when I edit them.

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Re: How to make copies of an object that change with the ori

Postby ragstian » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:04 am

Hi

Make a clone of your object by selecting the object - then "ALT + D"

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Re: How to make copies of an object that change with the ori

Postby bachrock » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:29 am

Thanks. Now say I then draw on the original. Is there a way to get that drawing on all the clones?

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Re: How to make copies of an object that change with the ori

Postby druban » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:46 am

bachrock wrote:Thanks. Now say I then draw on the original. Is there a way to get that drawing on all the clones?

If, before you clone the original, you GROUP it and then clone the group, every time you draw something INSIDE the group - by opening the group befor you start drawing - it will be reproduced in the clones of the group.
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Re: How to make copies of an object that change with the ori

Postby bachrock » Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:26 am

Thanks! For anyone reading this, there's a lot more info here: http://www.linuxformat.com/wiki/index.php/Inkscape_-_cloning_and_tiling


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