Objects can not only be copied using "Copy and Paste" (select, Ctrl + c and Ctrl + v), but also through the appropriate use of the movement dialog boxes. In this way each of the copies can also have an exact position directly assigned.

... the box "Apply (or mirror) to copy" must be checked in all of the dialog boxes described here!

An object cannot be copied by clicking Aligning/Distributing or pressing Align on grid .

All of the actions described here can be applied both to individually selected objects, as well as to a number of selected objects without these having to be grouped.

To produce a copy of the selected object by moving (or "translationally"), please use one of the following commands:

To produce a copy of the selected object by rotating (or "rotationally"), please use one of the following commands:

To produce a copy of the selected object by mirroring (or "reflectively"), please use one of the following commands: