[Where is the ZigZag function???]

I am making some pattern that will be cut with a laser. This means that I have to plan the paths for the cuts by using vectors. I need to cut the whole edge of a piece (curvy) on a zig zag so the curves keep some stability once cut, but I can't finde a way to turn my smooth lines into zig zag ones.  

[Measurement of curves]

We should have a way to measure the length of curves. The current measurement tools work great but they are limited, I sometimes need to measure curves that must match with a different shape curve but with the same length, forcing me to walk both curves until I see if they match or not. This process can get very slow the more complex the curve gets. It would be great to know the length of a curve just by clicking on it.

[Affinity Designer 2 for iPad: Locking guidelines]

Hi guys, I have a question, I am trying to lock my guidelines on the canvas of AD 2 but I seemingly can’t. I press the lock on the settings but it does nothing so I am wondering if I am doing something wrong. I used to lock them all the time in v1. 
 

thanks is advance 

 

ps: bring back the trash can button please 

[How do I duplicate a full document? In AD2 IPad]

Thank you so much 

[How do I duplicate a full document? In AD2 IPad]

I was hopping to duplicate my document so I could do some changes without loosing my original, I the feature seem to be missing from the triple line at the corner or the file. Where is it now? How do I do it now ?

Thanks in advance 

[Issue when downloading from stock studio]

So I used to used stock studio a lot for making social media posts but its been acting up lately, and by that I mean it has not been working at all.

I can search just fine, but when it comes to downloading the images it will get forever stuck in the downloading screen (and my internet connection is really decent) and if I don’t manually make sure the project is saved, if i restart the app it will just get totally deleted.

Any idea whats going on? Might be a bug ? Can I solve it somehow? Or do I need to re install? 

 

Thanks in advance 
 

[What wrong with vector files that open fragmented in Affinity?]

I have downloaded some assets from vectoreazy planing to adapt the assets of the image for a better composition in a different image size but when I opened it it was completely rasterized and grid divided (?) I really have no clue why

I opened the files in illustrator and the file looks normal as expected. How can I opened in vectors but in affinity designer iPad ?! 
Why does this happen ? 
 

I hide that block for reference, the hole images is dived like that and is 100% pixels  

thanks a lot 

[Clothing design for manufacturing]

Hey guys I asked the “bug hacker” ( they solve issues with webs not actual hackers XD) guys on Reddit if they could diagnose the issue and tell what the problem was (our end or theirs) and actually the page is down so don’t keep trying. It used to be host in Shopify and now the domain is empty cuz the site no longer exist so not a matter of browsers nor the owner locking the content. He just deactivated the store. 
 

[Clothing design for manufacturing]

Yeah 403 with safari too. Salary also block it because it is not safe but I’ve no if you by pass it the site is not accessible. 

[Clothing design for manufacturing]

Yeah another here 

[Continues Vector brush from a shape segment]

@ProDesignerthank you sum much again and sorry to bother you again haha I don’t really know ppl in this forum. I think the zigzag might work but I’m not sure if it’s going to work with the more complex stitches. But I’ll see what’s going on in this other topic it might actually work haha 

[Continues Vector brush from a shape segment]

Hello guys! I have a question:

how can I make a vector brush that draws a given shame over and over again?

I’m making technical clothing drawings and it would be so nice not to draw zigzag stitches one by one. 
 

I know there are such brushes in AI but since they can’t be imported I wonder if I can make them myself in affinity for iPad. 

this is the shape

and I want to make things like this:

@ProDesigner sorry to bother you but maybe you can help me again  ( by the way, I can by pass the paddle thing If you make a 3 points vertical line )

 

thank you!! 

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

9 hours ago, DM1 said:

Would this approach work for controlling pivot point and rotation angle?

Hi yeah it does but the issue with it is that I have to guess the right angle every time until it perfectly match the constraint line instead of just dragging and positioning from the top point paddle 

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

6 minutes ago, ProDesigner said:

@Estalfos - something to watch just so we’re sure you created the rectangle in this way, or did you do something different?

I followed the video and it worked!! It is a nice workaround yet definitely not a solution haha but it's gonna be very helpful!! Thank you!! 

There is still the issue regarding transformation and origin points and how my the H and W go crazy one you change the angle since it's now showing the box dimensions and do not retain the permanent 0 that lines used to have.  Well at least in the lines not created with this method (because it works perfectly in this one I just made) 

 

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

1 minute ago, ProDesigner said:

Are we on to something here @Alfred?

There’s a setting somewhere?

Or your existing document was originated before 1.9 and has retained something?

So if @Estalfos was to open an existing document created before 1.9, then test to see if they get the handle at the top...they could  paste in their work they’re working on right now and use it as a template going forward?

The image of the working document is from before 1.9

I will upload a new one I was trying to create and an old one so you can see.  

I have tried opening my old ones and all my lines now have paddles  in the middle. 

post1.9.afdesign pre1.9 - basic xl pattern working.afdesign

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

3 minutes ago, ProDesigner said:

@Estalfos - this isn’t ideal, but may get you to where you need to be.

1. Create a long vertical rectangle using the rectangle tool.
2. Select it with the move tool and you should see the rotation handle at the top
3. Convert to curves
4. Using the node tool, select two of the nodes down the side and delete.

This leaves you with a vertical line with the rotation handle at the top. (Or it did for me)

You could then clone that for use. Not entirely satisfactory maybe.

I’m also not sure how robust it is - whether at some point it will revert to the handle in the middle at some point.

Hope that helps... for now.

Haha well I gave it a try. Hahaha. And it did not work I isolated a line and the handle move to the side once it was alone 😆 

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

@ProDesignerExactly as you said, it is yes to both. The length must be set since it corresponds to a measurement on a client's body. So I must pivot it to determine the shoulder point and angle and complete the neckline 

5 minutes ago, ProDesigner said:

@Alfred, I’ve just observed that creating a vertical line using the pen tool = paddle in middle. Drawing a vertical line with the pencil tool = paddle at the top.

If I then create a vertical line using the pen tool, but create a little tick at the top, the I get the paddle at the top...

So-o-o—o, there’s a nuance to exactly how you create a vertical line, that determines if the paddle is at the top? I’m not understanding this right now.

Regarding this, this is how I used to make my lines. If u made a vertical line the paddle would be in the top point but if you draw a vertical line it would be on top but at the middle of the line. Now all my lines no matter how I draw then get the paddle in the middle of the line. As shown in the video. 

[Move tool not properly working with vectors]

This is the kind f lines that I have to pivot

The vertical lines won't get top handles and the box won't keep a permanent 0 in either H or W so it changes the shown dimensions every time I modify the angle. So hypotenuse for all.

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

30 minutes ago, ProDesigner said:

Sorry @Estalfos, I can’t visualise what you’re describing. Can you upload an image, or images, to show us what you had before and what you get now?

This are the other problems I'm mentioning

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[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

9 minutes ago, Alfred said:

If you draw a vertical line its rotation paddle will be at the top, but if you draw a horizontal line and rotate it through 90° degrees its rotation paddle will be at the side. To get the paddle back to the top in the latter case, select the line and choose ‘Add’ from the Edit (‘...’) menu to add the line to itself.

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

5 minutes ago, Alfred said:

If you draw a vertical line its rotation paddle will be at the top, but if you draw a horizontal line and rotate it through 90° degrees its rotation paddle will be at the side. To get the paddle back to the top in the latter case, select the line and choose ‘Add’ from the Edit (‘...’) menu to add the line to itself.

Yeah I used to do it like that now all my handles are in the middle no matter how I draw the lines and tried the self add thing and is not working 

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

Hi @ProDesigner, I can show you pictures, but can’t show what I did before because I can’t do it anymore.  I will try to explain tho.

in this picture the selected line is what I would pivot from the origin as shown but previously the handle would  be in the opposite point instead  of the middle. 

like this, I used to set the measurement for the line and pivot it from the top handle until it precisely touched the vertical constraint line. Now since I have only the middle handle I can’t do it precisely and I have to lose time guessing the exact angle. Also, I used to be able to set the origin spot and transform the length from that origin. Now I can't. And on top of that, now I can't set height or width to permanent 0 so every time I change the angle, h and W also change to reflect the new box size. Turning my straight lines into a hypotenuse. So can't check any measurements in my diagonal lines 

[Move tool not properly working with vectors]

I’m the past I could create vertical vector lines with handles on top that’s could be pivoted from the origin spot. Now all my line always get the handle in the middle. This make it un use Ake for my work. I’m a fashion designer, I make patterns and some times I have to trace very long lines pivoting from a point and with an exact measurement until it touches a pony in a reference line. I could easily do it before now I can’t even seen the end of the line y I want to use the middle handle. And the precision went it of the window. I used to also been able to move the origin and transforming length from wherever the origin was. Can’t do it any more either. Also any diagonal now is a damn hypotenuse am I supposed to calculate the Pythagoras problem every time I need to see how long my lines are ? 

[Vector Line handles and how do I get them back at how they were]

Hello,

is there some way to turn the move tool handles to move and rotate the lines back at how they were previous 1.9?

 

I’m a fashion designer and I make my patterns here. I used to create vertical straight vector lines with handles on top so I could set a fixed measurement and then move the origin and pivot it from there. Now I generate lines wit side handles that to me are worthless because  I must see were it touch with my reference lines precisely. Also I used to change the origin and it would increase or decrease a measurement starting from there now they only get modified referencing the center unless  I go to the panel and set a new origin on the square thingy there, very annoying since it take me out of my work flow every two minutes. I really hope this is fixable with some kind of setting adjustment. Cuz if not this is definitely a bye bye for me. 

[Assets missing after crash]

Assets are now totally unusable it won’t let me do anything it just crashes the whole app immediately haha the heck I do now ? Can I even te instal the app without loosing the hundred of file on it ? XD this is like a bad joke