# Pattern & translating along path

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pattern-translating-along-path/37375>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [April 6, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pattern-translating-along-path/37375 "2025-04-06T15:33:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pgmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pgmaker](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/pgmaker)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pattern-translating-along-path/37375/1 "2025-04-06T15:33:56Z")

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**Creating more complex shapes by being able to translate and create patterns on a path**

**As simple example I wanted to teach how to create a dragon egg (egg with scales). Easy way would be to create one scale and then make a pattern of it, but this only works on a straight line or on a circle. Please make it possible to to this on sketches like splines etc. like you do with the sweep tool. In addition it would be handy if the translate tool could also follow a path.**

_This feature would allow us to create more complex shapes, also things like chains etc. on curves paths._

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**Author:** ![GroMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@GroMark](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GroMark)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pattern-translating-along-path/37375/2 "2025-04-06T16:06:49Z")

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This is very much needed, +1!