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title: utils.generateStackTransform()
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The `utils.generateStackTransform()` function will generate the SVG transform to implement a given layout configuration on [a stack](/reference/api/stack).
## Signature
```js
Array generateStackTransform(
Number x = 0,
Number y = 0,
Number rotate = 0,
Boolean flipX = false,
Boolean flipY = false,
Stack stack
)
```
## Parameters
The first and second parameters set the value of the *translate transform* along the X and Y axis in millimeter.
In other words, it moves the stack.
The third parameter sets the *rotate transform* in degrees.
In other words, it rotates the stack.
The fourth and fifth parameters flip the part along the X or Y axis respectively.
:::note
This is a low-level function to facilitate intervening in the pattern layout late in the draft process.
It is unlikely you will want to use this.
:::