Thanks Jaberwok.
It is the 2nd object that is directly controlled by cursor position, having told AutoCad how many colums I want to array. On screen, I would see the columns moving into the direction I move the cursor to. The distances between the columns will obviously be the distance between the 1st to the 2nd object.
It might sound new, as we are used to typ in precise distances on the keyboard or offsetting elements. But, it is easier than you might think
How would you draw 10 columns with a distance of 6 meters along the x-Axis today?
1.)use the Array Tool, having managed to fill all the data in the Array Box.
No problem.
2.)use the Offset Tool by clicking 10 times on each new column.
Only with single lines at right-angles to the array direction. Therefore only along one axis.
3.)use the Copy+Move Tool (new in AutoCad2007)...or you say e.g. 10 and move the cursor from the 1st to the 2nd element. Done.
But by pointing so imprecise.