# Duplicate a mask drawn with API?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mask-drawn-with-api/51075>\
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**Created:** [May 9, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mask-drawn-with-api/51075 "2004-05-09T18:14:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Inflicted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/82dd89/32.png) [@Inflicted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Inflicted)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mask-drawn-with-api/51075/1 "2004-05-09T18:14:37Z")

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I altered a movie with the following AS:

```auto
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mask", 2);
with (_root.mask) {
    _x = 25;
    _y = 25;
    lineStyle(0, 0, 100);
    beginFill(0, 100);
    drawCircle(0, 0, 10);
    scaleTo(50, 50);
    endFill();
}
_root.setMask(_root.mask);

```

How can I duplicate this “mask”, and place it on a grid.  
I tried a couple of things, but my “code juggling” didn’t  
work this time…

\*I left out the function “drawCircle”.

Hope someone can help…