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  56 <h3 class="section">2.6 Repeated objects</h3>
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  58 <p>To draw seven instances of the tetrahedron, each differing from the
  59 last by the same transform, replace the last two commands of the
  60 previous example with
  61 <a name="index-repeat-88"></a><a name="index-rotate-89"></a><a name="index-translate-90"></a>
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  63   repeat { 7, rotate(15, (0,0,0), [1,0,0]) % copy in new position
  64               then translate([2,0,0]) } {pierced_tetrahedron}
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