Hi all.  Newbie question:

In Intaglio, if you needed to create several identical objects, all spaced the same way relative to each other (such as a column of boxes, for instance), you would

1. Create the initial object (#1)
2. Duplicate it (Cmd-D), creating object #2
3. Locate #2 (by dragging) exactly where you want it, relative to #1
4. Then, hitting Cmd-D again, this would create a new object (#3) located, relative to #2, exactly the same way that #2 is located relative to #1.

If you needed several of these, all you had to do was hit Cmd-D as many times as you needed.

Is there a way to do this in Inkscape?  (I saw something called "Transform", but I think this needs to know the measurements in px or mm;  that info is not easily available...)

Thanks.

There are no Inkscape features that mimic Illustrator's "transform again" or Corel's "Step and Repeat".

There may already be a feature request, but I couldn't find one using the GitLab search.  

If you would like to create a feature request, information is here: https://inkscape.org/forums/beyond/how-to-report-bugs-or-request-new-features/

Sketchup too has this paste+offset function, but alas not Inkscape. However, you can simulate it using construction lines and node snapping.

First turn on snapping, snapping to nodes and snapping to cusp nodes. Copy your initial shape and paste. Draw a line between two matching nodes to represent the offset. Select this line and the pasted shape then duplicate [ctrl+d]. Drag the duplicated offset until it snaps to the previous offset. Repeat and repeat and repeat. 

In the animation [click+drag+spacebar] drops a duplicate at each offset snap.

@Paddy_CAD :  Thanks for the reply.  Good workaround.