Inkscape has a facility called stamping. This is where an element or group is selected and the cursor is moved around the canvas. Whenever the "Enter" key is hit a copy of the group is laid down (stamped). This enables an area to be quickly filled. Do we have a similar function in Xara?

Note this is not the same as a brush although similar. And it is not the same as a tiled pattern.
It is also not the same as a Ctrl D followed by movement of the element. Such a procedure would take for ever.

It not only enables an area to be filled quickly but it also has a randomness that takes away the artificial look of a pattern. It also enables a vector pdf to be generated of the laid down elements.

Erik