To do what you want my 'Grow' tool will copy a selected component and rotate it about an axis... this is in X-axis only = 10nr @2m c/c @5degrees [for clarity] but your requirements would work too Capture.PNG see here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=324331#p324331
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