[Symbols and such... help!!]

gdenby:   Thanks for this info.  I will give it a go!  I was imagining there was a way to correlate a specific node from one "symbol" to match a specific node in a different area, thus allowing the design to "wrap" to a 3D design.  These designs get sent to the clothing manufacturer and the images are intended to be accurate in both areas.

 

DWright:  Cheers!  I did stumble upon this concept.  It is very helpful, provided the areas are all the same color/design.

I included an image (poor image at that) to show what I am intending.  This image does not accomplish what I am trying to do.

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Symbols and such... help!!]

First off, apologies in advance.  I am very much new to the Affinity and digital design in general.  I Have played around only enough to get frustrated.   I have been trying to teach myself in order to be able to use clothing design templates provided by custom clothing companies, to create unique designs for my business.

I am blown away by the detail of Affinity.  Daily I am learning more than I ever imagined.  That said, I am assuming there is an option to help me manipulate these templates with greater ease, but I am failing to figure it out.

To be more clear, lets say I have a template that shows a image of a t-shirt.  In that template, each piece of the the t-shirt is broken down by panel.  What I aim to do is edit each panel and have it show the edit on the complete image of the t-shirt.  I discovered the use of Symbols.  Though this would work in some circumstances, where I run into an issue is when the panel does not have the same dimensions when viewed on the complete t-shirt image.  The complete T-shirt image is "3D"... so the panels do not take in to account the contour. 

Is there a way to link a design (or symbol) but have it match an area that differs in dimension?   

Once again, apologies for the lack of terminology.... I hope to become less of a novice soon!