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Axis
Denes the object axis about which the clones are to be rotated. For example, to create a spiral
staircase, set Axis to Y.
Offset
Gives the distance from the start element to the last clone along the selected object axis. All
intermediate clones are distributed evenly over this distance.
Scale
This parameter enables you to scale the clones. The scale of the clones will increase gradually all the
way to the last clone. Enter the size of the nal clone as a percentage of the start element’s size. For
example, if you want the last clone to be twice as large as the start element, set Scale to 200%.
Rotation
Denes the angle through which the clones are rotated. With 180° the object would rotate half a
revolution from start to nish; with 360° a full rotation is made.
Move Variation
By default, all clones are assigned a xed position that depends on the above settings. You may vary
these positions using Move Variation. For example, if you set the Move Variation value for Y to 10,
each clone can deviate from -10 to 10 units in their Y position.
Scale Variation
Denes the variation in the size of the clones as a percentage. At 100% the size is not varied. Entering
50% for the X value means that the X size of the individual elements can vary between 50% and 100%.
With 0% the size varies between 0% and 100%. If you enter 200% then the value will vary between
100% and 200%.
Uniform Scale
If this option is enabled, the percentages entered for X, Y and Z are used for relative scaling. For
example, with Uniform Scale enabled, X set to 200%, Y to 100% and Z to 50%, the ratio of scaling is 2:
1:0.5; the individual elements can then be scaled only according to this ratio. If this option is disabled,
the axes of the individual elements can be varied in scale independently.