Gumball Multiple Copies

Rhino
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if it would be possible to implement a feature in the Gumball similar to something available in SketchUp.

Currently, when using the Gumball to move an object, we can enter a distance manually, like “150” to move it 150 units. It would be extremely useful if Rhino could also support expressions like “150*5”, which would result in the object being copied 5 times, each at a distance of 150 units.

This is a feature in SketchUp that significantly speeds up repetitive modeling tasks, and I think it could greatly enhance workflow efficiency in Rhino as well.

Is this something that could be considered for a future update? Or maybe there’s already a way to achieve this that I’m not aware of?

Thanks in advance!

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Unfortunately that syntax is already used because pretty much all places that support numerical entry in Rhino now allow calculations like addition, multiplication, division etc. So if you enter 150*5 it will move the objects 750 units.

3

Without the gumball, the typical way of doing this is with an array.

4

the copy command can do this-

pick an object,

pick the start point, then either enter a distance, in your case 150 units. or drag a distance.

place the first one with a left click.

now, notice in the command line the command is still running but now has some options.

set the commands like this:
use last distance to yes,
from last point to yes.
use last direction to yes.

clickty click as many copies as you want all perfectly spaced.

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Dear all,
thank you everyone for your suggestions.

We were aware of these functions, but we were hoping to reduce the number of clicks with a tool similar to the “SKP method,” which indeed accelerates the modeling process.

I remain confident that similar improvements could be considered in future updates.

Thanks again!