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Darren

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  1. Looking for a quicker easier way?…

    I have recently started to learn Designer to create files for laser cutting, when making designs I need to add breaks “tabs” to the lines to stop the laser cut pieces falling out.
    On the left is the two basic rectangles I begin with, on the right is a basic example with the tabs.
    These gaps “tabs” are 0.5mm, to create these I pulled down a guide to a set measurement, then pulled a second guide 0.5mm below tha first guide, I then used the pen tool to add nodes at the guides, then the node tool to break curve and and then delete the piece in between leaving the 0.5mm gap.
    This takes some time just to create these 4 tabs, on a more complex drawing where I need loads of tabs it will take forever.
    There must be a quicker easier way to add these 0.5mm gaps?

    I have been doing it like this on my Mac using Designer V1 but have updated to Designer V2 today so perhaps one of the new tools can help?

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  2. I am pretty new to designer, I have figured out some of the basics but would like to learn how to create a 3 layered hexagonal design like the example pictured so I can laser cut it.

    I have searched the internet and YouTube but haven't found any tutorials. Please could someone with the know how give me some steps to take.

    I guess the way to do it would be to design the top layer of hexagons first and then offset each layer below to make the hexagons smaller. I cannot figure out an easy way to lay out the hexagons in a repeating pattern for the first layer and I don't know how to offset the hexagons for the under layers. Any help would be appreciated. 

     

    Thank you.

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  3. I have sorted the issue out now, it turned out that the issue was not with the software but infact with myself. I noticed that i was signed in to iCloud with a different email address on my iPad than on my Mac, once i signed out and then back in making sure that the email address was the same on my Mac and iPad the folders then appeared.

     

    I see that a couple of other people here are having the same issue, i can now assume that they to also have 2 or 3 email addresses associated with their apple id.

  4. I have sorted the issue out now, it turned out that the issue was not with the software but infact with myself. I noticed that i was signed in to iCloud with a different email address on my iPad than on my Mac, once i signed out and then back in making sure that the email address was the same on my Mac and iPad the folders then appeared.

     

    I see that a couple of other people here are having the same issue, i can now assume that they to also have 2 or 3 email addresses associated with their apple id.

  5. I have sorted the issue out now, it turned out that the issue was not with the software but infact with myself. I noticed that i was signed in to iCloud with a different email address on my iPad than on my Mac, once i signed out and then back in making sure that the email address was the same on my Mac and iPad the folders then appeared.

     

    I see that a couple of other people here are having the same issue, i can now assume that they to also have 2 or 3 email addresses associated with their apple id.

  6. Hi Phillt,

    Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

    Open the Preferences on your Mac, iCloud section, then press the Options button in front of iCloud Drive and check if you have both Affinity Designer and Photo apps ticked there.

    I have both apps checked on My Mac but do not see either of the folders on my iPad in the iCloud Drive app. Hopefully this is something that can be looked into?

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  7. Hi, 

     

    Position the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock ones manually. Then select them both, duplicate, and rotate 30 degrees using by dragging the rotation "lollipop" with shift held down.

     

    Then just keep pressing duplicate until they are all done (feature is called Power Duplicate - will keep applying the rotate each time you duplicate!)

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    AndyS

    Thanks Andy, that's great, that is exactly what I needed to know.

  8. First, right click on an empty part of the top toolbar. Choose customize toolbar. In the windowpane that appears, drag the set called "Operations" to the toolbar. (you can also drag out another adjustable spacer if you want). Click OK.

     

    The operation tools allow for different objects to be merged, subtracted and such. Hold your cursor over each button and a tooltip will appear with the button's name. We'll want to know where the subtract button is.

     

    The largest ellipse should be at the bottom with the smaller ones at the clock positions within the larger ellipse. It's easier if all the inner ellipses have been created already*. Select all of the ellipses. Click on the subtract button.

     

    You should have the large ellipse with holes cut out.

     

    For learning purposes, until we're familiar with Designer, go back to the toolbar, right click on an empty area and in the menu choose Icon and Text. This will make the toolbar taller (to make room for the text), but it makes up for it by giving us names for each set of tools. Once we're used to the tools, then we can go back to the Icons Only setting for the toolbar.

     

    To move/adjust the ellipses, select each node with the shift key pressed until every node in the "sub shape" is selected. Then click on a selected node and move the shape around. We can also use the cursor keys to move the shape around.

     

    *This is important, we should have a clear idea of what we're working on so all the parts are in place before we perform an operation on it. Then only one operation can be done at a time and it makes for a simpler and faster workflow, imho.

     

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks for the detailed reply, that info will be of help to me. I forgot to mention in my first post, how can I easily position all of the holes so they are equally spaced around the clock? is there a way I can make one ellipse at 12 o'clock, copy that and then use the centre point of the large ellipse as some sort of pivot point and paste all the way around at correct intervals?

     

    Attached is similar to what I am trying to achieve...

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  9. Hi everyone, I am new to illustration software and have only started using Affinity Design today so have a lot to learn. There is one thing i am trying to do but cannot figure out an easy way to do it, i am sure that there is an easy way once you know how.

     

    Lets say i use the ellipse tool and draw a big circle, i then want to draw a smaller circle within the large circle say 10mm inside the circumfrence at 12 o'clock and subtract it, that i can do ok. but here is where i have a problem..... I then want to go on and subtract a smaller circle at 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock and so on all the way around. Is there an easy way to do this?

     

    Thanks

    Darren

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