Can you concatenate to create dynamic variable names?

Use an array.

What are your trying to create? Extra shapes, copies of the original but with different name properties?

Yes, I was trying to take an original shape, duplicate it, then rotate it. I've never assigned the name to the shape, or called it back to reference it or modify it by it's name. I thought maybe I could loop through a number a user provides and create that many objects. I was just going to call them each by the variable name I gave it, such as "name#".

Thanks!
OK, I see what you did there. I was able to take that code and modify it a bit for my need. I guess my next questions is how do you access each shape now? Do you call it by name? For example, after all the shapes are created, I need to select them all and weld them together.
Would it be something like this:

For i = 1 To iMax
add name# to shape group 'This will get all the new objects selected
Next i

Then,
For i = 1 To iMax
weld object 1 to object 2 'Continue loop to weld them all together
Next i

Or put the weld code in the first selection loop and select, then weld, then add to selection, then weld?