Otto Manuel

I can't recall ever seeing them in my old Win 7 Designer 1 install that I had used for many years, but I opened up v1 on my new Win 10 laptop install, and sure enough, they are there. I think they would have bugged me long before having recently noticed them on my new v2 install. I can see why some would like them, but I feel like they are just distracting. Thank you.

Hi, I have noticed on a few occasions that the names in the layer column of my TEXT objects include a line break symbol that I would expect to be hidden. Is that a selectable option that I can turn off? Is it a bug? Is it intended behavior? Designer v 2.56 Win 10 x64

Thank you for the info.

I suppose it is just an obsession on my part, but the thought that I might have two nodes snapped to the exact same X/Y coordinates bugs me. Nevertheless, I often join them to assemble bi-symmetrical shapes. Is there any Affinity documentation that mentions that the Designer recognizes the "stacked" pair of nodes and removes the redundant node from the project? Thank you.

Designer 2: Mirror objects on axis and join? Hi, I often mirror a Curve by using Transform Flip copy functions and then slide the new copy to align with the objects' edges. With other apps, you can mirror an object along an edge and know the nodes are perfectly aligned. Some apps even let you eliminate duplicate nodes that share the same coordinates. What is the best way to perform a mirroring of curves, joining of curves, and eliminating redundant nodes? Thank you.

If a group consists of multiple items and all of them are curves, you may run the Convert to Curves command. When you do, the group's name and each curves' name is lost. If a group consists of multiple items, such as some curves and at least one procedural shape, you may run the Convert to Curves command. When you do, the group's name and each items' name is lost. If a collection of non-grouped objects is selected and one or more objects are procedural shapes rather than curves, you may run the Convert to Curves command. When you do, the names are retained.

Hi, Thank you for the suggestion. I have done that many times. It can be an effective way to waste 15 or 20 minutes. 🙂 Sometimes, when I draw, I realize I am skipping the naming, and if I want to use names, I must return to the task later. On those occasions, It feels more important to follow the sketcher's muse. It is not unusual to end up with hundreds of little curves that have been drawn and are candidates for naming. On other occasions, I "engineer" an illustration with step-by-step intent, and I make time to name elements as I introduce them to the project. I would appreciate the ability to draw freely and then name the elements afterward in the most efficient manner. Thank you.

I'm beginning to wonder if the observed result is an actual bug or if Affinity intended for the names to disappear after you Convert to Curve. Does anyone have any idea about the intended result?

Yesterday, while having several objects selected, I stumbled upon the hotkey combo Ctrl + Shift + R, which opens a Rename Layer dialog. Previously, I always renamed my objects or layers by double-clicking on the row in the Layers window and typing a name into the row. For a moment, I thought I might have found a way to rename multiple items at once, so I typed a name in the dialog window and hit OK. The command renamed one of the selected items and ignored the rest. Close, but no.

Thank you for observing and confirming that the discarding of names is not OS specific.

That thread mentions renaming but seems focused on sorting layers by name. My focus is on simply bulk naming or renaming the objects. For example, I may get caught up in enthusiastically drawing numerous white blobby shapes on a blue background. When I am satisfied with the layout and appearance of the drawing, I may want to change the label on all the white blobs from "Curve" to "Clouds". It would be an effective time saver if I could select all the blobs and name them clouds with a single dialog text entry. For example, I may get caught up in enthusiastically drag-and-drop copies of a leaf shape across my document and arranging them to assemble a drawing of a bush. I may want to select a subset of the "Leaf" shapes and name or rename them "Leaf-dark" or "Leaf-light". Then, I can select that whole subset by name and slightly adjust the color, which contributes color and light value variety to the illustration of the bush. I have workarounds for all of this, some more or less tedious than others. The less tedious workarounds require anticipation, for example, draw a blob and name it "Cloud-medium", then copy the cloud numerous times and edit its shape to provide variety while creating a layout. This type of anticipatory workflow undermines the artfulness of hand drawing. The more tedious workarounds occur after the fact. For example, patiently select and name each and every object with a new name. That is just tedious but can afford significant time savings later in the project's life cycle. 🙂 I have no idea how complex providing the feature may be, but it seems a simple matter to appreciate how useful it would seem to illustrators using Designer. Thank you.

Hi, There are numerous occasions when it would be a great time saver if I could simultaneously edit the names of multiple objects by selecting all that I want and naming or renaming them with useful descriptive labels. Can you please add a feature where we can name multiple selected elements with the same name at once? Thank you!

Windows 10.0.19o45 NVIDIA GeFroce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU Designer v2.5.6 note: I don't think the behavior is system-specific. The ability to Convert to Curve at the group level seems to be a feature that was introduced in Designer version 2. When working with a group of objects, where each object has a specific name, and using the Convert to Curve operation, the names of the objects are lost, erased, etc. The names shown in the Layers window are replaced with "Curve". While I do not often need to convert an entire group to curves, this feature seems to be the only way to "bake" a warp mesh operator into a warped group, so I will likely use the new Group Convert to Curve feature more often than I would have imagined. It would be helpful if the names of the objects were not lost. I hope this is just a bug rather than an intended or perhaps overlooked behavior and that it can be fixed or facilitated in a timely manner. Thank you! Convert-to-Curve.afdesign

Hi, Thanks for taking an interest in this matter. Where would I post a bug report or feature request? In the Feedback forum? Thank you.

Hi, Thank you for making some observations and sharing your insights. Yes, you are correct, It occurs when I select a group parent layer & use Convert to Curves on it. It does not occur when I select a shape like a rectangle etc. I should have been more specific. I suppose I have conflated several circumstances where the names are removed, such as expand stroke, and my thinking has been muddled by frustration. It would be nice if selecting a group parent layer & using Convert to Curves on it would not erase the objects' names. Thank you.