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want to create a symmetric snowflake, and edit all of it at once

Asked by moni

hi,
i want to create a snowflake. it will be a 6 or 8 axis snowflake, and i want to be see what the whole snowflake will look like, as i'm creating changes to one axis. i thought i could do it using duplicates, but i can't get it to work. i would like to create a basic boring snowflake, just the axes, and then add details to one axis, and have inkscape apply those changes to all of the other axes automatically.

thanks
moni

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#1

Hi Moni,

you should read in the tutorials and manual about tiled clones, those will - after some experimenting - allow you to do just what you want :)

https://inkscape.org/doc/tips/tutorial-tips.html
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Tiles.html

And if you do a web search, you will also find tons of videos and tutorials which explain how to use those for specific purposes, like making clock faces, or patterns.

Regards,
 Maren

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moni (monishreya467) said : 		#2

thanks for telling me what term to look up!