Creating a tiled image

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This tip shows how a bunch of shapes can be used to create an irregular image frame. Used techniques are Duplicate / Multiple Duplicate of shapes, combining them as polygones and then converting to an image frame.


  • Create a rectangular shape. In the example, it has a width and a height of 16 mm. Of course, any other type of shape can be used.
  • With the menu command Item > Multiple Duplicate, create 7 duplicates with a horizontal shift of 18 mm and a vertical shift of 0 mm.

Tiled img 3.png

  • Group the resulting 8 rectangulars.
  • Mutiply the resulting group again, 5 times, a horizontal shift of 0 and a vertical shift of 18 mm. This results in a two-dimensional group of rectangulars, looking like a fence.

Tiled img 4.png

  • At your option, ungroup the first row of rectangulars and change the position of the first rectangular. Resize it, rotate it, or whatever you like.


Tiled img 5.png

  • Now, select all the rectangulars and "combine the polygons"
  • Apply Item > Convert to > Image frame
  • Last, but not least, load an image into your new image frame.

Tiled img 2.png


(c) Thomas Zastrow, 2007 The content of this page is licenced under the Free Documentation Licence.