Path Array: ARRAYPATH

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Toolbar: Modify > Path Array

Ribbon: Home > Path Array (in Modify), Edit > Path Array (in Modify)

Menu: Modify > Array > Path Array

Keyboard: _ARRAYPATH

Creates multiple copies of a selected entity and distributes them evenly along a path, which can be a line, polyline, three-dimensional polyline, spline, helix, arc, circle, or ellipse. This is the equivalent of the Path option in the Array command.

[FILter]/<Select entities to array>: Select the entities you want to array, and then right-click the mouse or press Enter. Choose FILter to filter the selection by properties.

Select path curve: Select a line, polyline, three-dimensional polyline, spline, helix, arc, circle, or ellipse to use for the path of the array.

To create an associative array

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose ASsociative.

Create associative array [Yes/No]: To create an array of associative entities, choose Yes. To create an array of independent entities, choose No.

To specify how to distribute copies along the path

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose Method.

Select path method [Divide/Measure]: To place a specified number of copies that are evenly distributed along the entire length of the path, choose Divide. To place copies along the path at a specified distance between them, choose Measure.

To specify a new base point

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose Base point.

Specify base point: Specify a new entity base point to use for the array.

To specify the alignment of arrayed items relative to the start direction of the path

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose Tangent direction.

Specify first point of tangent direction vector or [Normal]: Specify the first point on the entity. Or choose Normal to align the z-direction of the first item with the starting direction of the path.

Specify second point of tangent direction vector: Specify the second point on the entity.

To specify the number of items in the array

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose Items. The prompts that follow depend on the setting selected in Method.

Specify number of items: Specify the number of copies of selected entities you want in the array. Displays if Divide is selected as the Method setting.

Specify the distance between items: Enter the distance to use between arrayed entities. Displays if Measure is selected in Method.

Enter number of items: The maximum number of items required to fill the entire length of the path is automatically calculated. You can specify a smaller number of items if needed.

To specify the number of rows of items in the array

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose Rows.

Enter number of rows: Specify the number of rows of arrayed items.

Specify the distance between rows: Specify the distance between rows.

Specify the incrementing elevation between rows: Specify the incrementing elevation between rows. The default value 0 creates a two-dimensional array. Positive values create each subsequent row with an increasing elevation; negative values create each subsequent row with a decreasing elevation.

To specify the number of levels

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose Levels.

Enter number of levels: Enter the number of levels you want in the three-dimensional array. The default number 1 creates a two-dimensional array.

Specify the distance between levels: Enter the amount of space you want between each level in the array. Positive and negative values create levels in opposite directions along the z-axis.

To specify the alignment of arrayed items relative to each other

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose Align items.

Align arrayed items [Yes/No]: To make all items follow the alignment of the path, choose Yes. To specify a parallel alignment of arrayed items, choose No.

To specify the z-direction option of arrayed items

Enter an option [ASsociative/Method/Base point/Tangent direction/Items/Rows/Levels/Align items/Z direction/eXit]: Choose Z direction.

Maintain Z direction for all items in the array? [Yes/No]: To make all items follow the z-direction of the path, choose Yes. To specify a parallel alignment of arrayed items in the z-direction, choose No.

Polar Array

Rectangular Array

Array entities

ARRAYPATH
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