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# Path Distribution

Place Shapes along a path or paths.

### UI

**Count Mode:**

* **Per Shape** - distribute shapes along the entire shape. For example, if you used a **Duplicator** as your **Input Shape**, the value in **Count** would be distributed evenly across the entire Shape.
* **Per Sub-Mesh** - distribute shapes along each sub-mesh. For example, if you used a **Duplicator** as your **Input Shape**, the value in **Count** would be distributed evenly across each sub-mesh resulting in a total of**`[Count] x [the Count of the Input Shape]`** Shapes.
* **Per Contour** - distribute shapes across each contour. For example, if you used a path you had created with the Pencil containing more than one line (contour) as your **Input Shape**, the value in **Count** would be distributed evenly across each of those contours.

**Count** - set the number of duplicated shapes per \[**Count Mode**].

**Input Shape** - add the Shape to distribute shapes along.

**Travel** - move your shapes along a percentage of the **Input Shape**’s length.

**Length** - set the length of the path that will be used (1 = full length).

**Use Rotation** - align the duplicated shapes along the normals of the path.

**Flip** - reverse the direction of the path.

**Offset** - offset shapes around the path.