# Easier way to make packed circles?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [November 7, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/easier-way-to-make-packed-circles/5982 "2019-11-07T14:03:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/easier-way-to-make-packed-circles/5982/1 "2019-11-07T14:03:50Z")

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Hi,

I wanted to make a sketch with a number of uniform circles which are tightly packed.

I made a small block of 6 circles, 2 rows with three in each row. I then constrained the distance between the centers of each adjacent pair of circles to the diameter.

I used Move/Copy to duplicate this block to fill out my sketch. Unfortunately, the constraints didn’t seem to be copied with the circles. I had to go through and set the distance between centers for nearly every pair of circles.

Is there a better way to do this?

 ![IMG_0002](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/d/d34ec2a5da46f5a0cba8d76d6170989310fa0250.png)

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**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/easier-way-to-make-packed-circles/5982/2 "2019-11-07T15:03:02Z")

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Hi, using the Transform Mirror feature maintains the set distance and dimensions. Except that you will have to draw a mirroring axis and perform the operation again after every initial step.

Maybe this might work better for you in this case 🙂

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/1e9ef53ae7803b40fd95347aaf9291bcc7ced391.MP4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/1e9ef53ae7803b40fd95347aaf9291bcc7ced391.MP4)