Duplicating an object a certain distance away

For the life of me, I cannot remember what this is called, or where to find it in the menus. It doesn't have the word "duplicate" in it, but it should! You select an object and then go to a dialog box and set up how many times you want to duplicate it vertically or horizontally, and how far apart.
I will certainly write this command down when the answer comes through, but I can tell you it needs a name that sounds like what it is!
Thanks!

Thanks, everyone. There are a couple ways to do it, actually, but Effect > Distort and transform > Transform seems to be the fastest.
And yes, where and how it is listed bears no relationship to what to do. Something for someone to think about, although I keep a Word doc with how-tos, and this is in there now.
Thanks again!

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Moving objects a certain distance at an angle

I'm trying to move an object a certain distance at a certain angle. I select the object and hit Enter to bring up the Move dialog. I enter the angle and distance, and instead of moving the specified distance, it moves some other distance. I don't get it. Am I doing it wrong? I can't imagine how else it's supposed to work. Here's a simple example:
Based on the angle and distance I entered in the video, the duplicate square should have been placed so that its lower right corner touches the upper left corner of the original. Instead, it only moved half an inch or so.

I did not encounter your problem but you might find this a work around
Use the Effect>Distort and Transform>Transform
use the vertical and horizontal distances to get where you want it might also work witht he move tool dialog.

Spawning Objects to Stage and making them move a certain distance in a given direction.

Here is my code:
function createEnemy(event:TimerEvent):void
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                //Removes Enemy From Stage and adds a point to scoreboard
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What I am trying to do is spawn a enemy to stage and when it appears on the stage I would like it to move across the stage a certain distance.
Visual Example:
O = enemy,   X = original position, Y = new position
O (Spawns @ Location X)   X ---------------------------------------------------------> Y ( Moved from location X to Location Y)
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Casey

You can start by trying the built-in Tween class, and if you're happy with getting that working the way you want, you can consider moving on to a third party tweening class such as TweenLite...
import fl.transitions.Tween;
var certainDistance:Number = 200;
var moveTime:Number = 2; // seconds
function createEnemy(event:TimerEvent):void
                var enemyAppear = new Enemy();
                enemyAppear.x = Math.random()*stage.stageWidth;
                enemyAppear.y = 285;
                enemyStorage.addChild(enemyAppear);
                //Removes Enemy From Stage and adds a point to scoreboard
                stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickEnemy);
                 var tweenX:Tween = new Tween(enemyAppear, "x", null, enemyAppear.x, enemyAppear.x+certainDistance, moveTime, true);// tween out
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Identify duplicated authorization objects in a role

Hi,
We built some roles manually by drag and drop transaction through the menu tab. In some roles, we have duplicated authorization object
For example, in PM : Maintenance Plant (object I_SWREK), we have 2 profiles with SWERK=* and TCD = (list of transactions).
I'd like to generate a new role with only one profile which contains SWERK=* and a list of transactions in TCD
The pb is i don't know at first which authorization objects or profiles are concerned by this duplicated objects
Is there a program, trans code or function module i can run to get this information ?
Thanks
Guillaume

Hi Guillaume,
I would say, that there will be not much difference.
The auth.-check scans one authorzation (not profile!!!) after the other for the requested values.
So for example:
check for TCD = IE03
first hit is successful for both scenarios, as both list IE03 at first place.
Scenario 1:
SWERK=* and TCD = IE03, IL03, IP06, IQS1, IQS2, IQS3, IW3D
Scenario2:
SWERK=* and TCD = IE03, IL03, IP06
SWERK=* and TCD = IQS1, IQS2, IQS3, IW3D
second example:
check for TCD=IW3D
Scenario 1: the first authorization is loaded and verified, last value gives success.
Scenario 2: no success for the first authorization, second auth. has to be loaded for analyzis and gives success with the last value.
So scenario 2 could even be less performant....
did you realize already some differencies???? Would be interesting...
thx, Bernhard

Return points within certain distance to each other

I have a geometry of points (say 1000 points) and I want to return only points within certain distance(say 100 meters) to each other and exclude others. I have been using the sdo_aggr_union with tolerance value of 100, but it returns one of the points from all of which are 100 meters apart and also returns other points.
I would appreciate if anyone can please help me with this. I basically want to identify bunch of points placed close to each other. sdo_within_distance will not work as this is between two geometries. Here I have the same geometry column in the table but multiple records. Sorry, if I have confused too much.Thanks in advance.

Hi
Your initial question said you want to find all points within a certain distance to the each others. The distance was said to be 100 meter.
Therefor the query will return for every single point all the others that are within that distance.
As this is performed on one single table the SDO_JOIN is well suited.
Obviously this returns a lot of recs. Let me explain why. draw for example 5 points (on a line to make it simple) and every point is 10 meters further from the previous. If you want to know for the first point what are the others within the 100 meter distance, you will end up with all the others. So doing this for every point this means that for every point you will have returned all the other, increasing the number of records returned. this is actually what the example query will do.
If you have additional filters you must add them for both (in your case same) tables, if you want for all points with a specific faceid to list all other points within that distance and with the same faceid.
However this will not be limited to only 549 recs I expect.
Maybe you can try to give more explanation what you are trying to achieve.
Should you try to achieve to identify clusters of points you might want to take a look at spatial clustering http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/B14255_01/sdo_sam_ref.htm#CACJAJDC
tx
Luc

How to make the objects got even distance in the Blend?

Wondering anyone has the same experience or not? I blend 2 circles together and adjust the spine from a straight line to wave curve line by adding points and adjusting the handles of the points. The space between the objects along the spine turn to uneven after that. I tried to use the "specified distance" in the option and add more points and modify the handles again. However, all in vain. Finally, I need to expand the blend and adjust the distance of those objects manually. Any suggestions to correct the stupid way? Thanks.

There is not really any way to get even spacing in a blend when the spine path has uneven curvature. (What the Specify Distance option does is take the length of the path, and divide it by the requested distance to determine the number of blend steps, but then once it has that number, they get spread out by exactly the same algorithm that is used when the number of steps is specified by a fixed number or calculated from the color difference.)
The length of the direction handles on a spine path affects the placement of objects, with longer direction handles pushing the blend steps away from the anchor point, and shorter direction handles pulling them in towards it. This tends to make the objects more tightly spaced when the path has sharp curves, and more loosely spaced where it is flatter.
If the direction handles are of equal length, and the distance between the two direction points is the same as their length, such as occurs on a circle, then the "pulls" balance out and the spacing ends up even. But when the curvature varies, so does the spacing.
This can be used to advantage to get non-linear gradations, by making a straight line and then pulling out direction handles that lie along the line. It can also be used to make objects on an elliptical orbit appear to be spaced in perspective, since they are closer together at the sharp ends of the ellipse and farther apart at the flat sides.
Often, however, what is desired is spacing that is independent of the curvature, such as you get with scatter brushes.
It was fully intended when live blends were implemented in AI 8 that even spacing would be an option, and would indeed be the default option, with logarithmic spacing and direction-handle controlled spacing being two other choices. The direction-handle controlled spacing was just implemented first not because it was most useful (it isn't) but because, believe it or not, it is
easiest. (Points on the interior of a bezier curve are natively addressed by t-value, which is a fraction of the direction handle distance. To obtain a position that is a fraction of the path length, one must first flatten the entire path into a polygonal approximation, then find the position by adding up the lengths of the flat segments. In contrast, one can obtain a point at a given fraction of the bezier t-value without flattening the path. This is the reason, by the way, that while scatter brushes have more even spacing between objects, they do not fit as tightly to the bezier as blend steps do - they are being placed on a straight line approximation of the path instead of directly on it.) The intention was to get the easy case of t-value based spacing working, and then add the harder case that requires flattening.
It turned out that we did not have time to add the extra options for AI 8, so it shipped as is. Then Macromedia sued us over live blends because Freehand had them first and as part of the settlement we had to promise to stop enhancing them. Now that the two companies have merged, that issue is moot, so enhancing blends is now a possibility for future versions of Illustrator. (All of you who complain about the cool features that Freehand has had for years and Illustrator hasn't, as if it were perverse and intransigent of Adobe not to follow suit, might want to keep in mind that copying the features of another company's software is often not allowed.)
In the meantime, scatter brushes can be a good alternative if all your blend steps are the same, but obviously they won't work if your blended shapes are changing along the path.

Moving an object for certain states?

I want to move an object for about 5 of my states but leave it where it is for about 5 other states.
What is the best way to do this?
I don't really want to try and move it the same distance every time. Is there a way to move something that it does the same thing for certain other states?

Hello,
The exact manipulations you are looking for are not available in Catalyst. Here are some (partial) workarounds.
To make an object the same in StateY as in StateX, you can remove it from StateY and then share it from StateX. This can mess with animations attached to the object, so be mindful of that.
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Can you set arraycollection objects to certain states?

hey guys.. so in my application, i need to setup rules and permissions for certain users...
so basically my applicaion initially displays a login screen, on login success its going to get a variable from the server which says if the user has all or video access
the way i have my "login success" component setup is i have an array collection and i have states
basically if the user has "all" access then the user shoudl be able to see everythign in that array collection. and if the user has "video" access the the user shoudl onlly see the video option in the list
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and when i set my "currentState="all"" then i want to be able to all the objects in the arraycollection
any help is greatly appretiated!! thank you...

Hi,
There are a few things you can do, one is to filter the array on change of state you could have it that your dataprovider is different for each state then you do something like below. This might give you some sort of direction anyway..
David
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
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<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
]]>
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<s:State name="State1"/>
<s:State name="ImageState"/>
<s:State name="VideoState"/>
<s:State name="OtherState"/>
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<fx:Object label="Video1" />
<fx:Object label="Video2" />
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<fx:Object label="Video4" />
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<fx:Object label="Image2" />
<fx:Object label="Image3" />
<fx:Object label="Image4" />
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<fx:Object label="OtherStuff1" />
<fx:Object label="OtherStuff2" />
<fx:Object label="OtherStuff3" />
<fx:Object label="OtherStuff4" />
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Duplicating smart objects across documents

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Could this just be a bug in the latest version?
Ah, how easily some people bandy about the word »bug« … but you simply may be right. (edited)
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