Paul Collins

Make the Print Range selection "sticky" i.e. it remembers your last selection for Print Range the next time you print. This is now the case in the Export dialog (in Designer anyway), where it remembers "Selection Only" between uses. Please can we have the same here...

BUG source identified. I thought it strange that this works for others and not me. I have done more testing today with firewalls and other ideas but they made no difference. I tested doing the same SVG file export to the same shared folder using CorelDraw 2019 and that worked fine. I have found out what the issue is and how to overcome the problem for Affinity Designer users. The problem for me is this has a major impact on my workflow. To explain, I need to do this to export my SVG design files from one PC to another which is running Trotec Ruby laser engraver software. Files that appear in a specific folder are automatically imported into the Ruby software for engraving. The problem seems to be that Affinity Designer exhibits the original problem because of the filename used. The folder name in my case is dictated by the Trotec Ruby software and is an email address (e.g. "myname@domain.com".) This is what causes the Affinity Designer error. If I change to a normal folder name (e.g. TEST-FOLDER) then Affinity Designer saves the SVG file in that folder on the other machine without issue. So this is a "bug" that Affinity can fix and I would really appreciate it if they could fix it for me. I shall also pass this info on to Trotec support. Thanks in advance Paul

Thanks for giving this a test Rick. I have tried it myself on 3 different PCs, all exact same issue for me. If it is not an Affinity bug then I wonder what the problem is?

Hi, I think there is a common bug in both Designer and Photo (PC versions only - the Mac version of Designer works as expected without error). You can't Export a file (of any file type) to a network-shared folder. You get the error message "An error occurred while exporting to \\PC-NAME\folder-name\filename The output folder could not be created" I can Save As and save the .afdesign or .afphoto file to the same shared network folder, so it is not a Windows permission problem. Please can you confirm that you can reproduce this bug and give me an idea of when it can be fixed? Thanks in advance Paul

Moved from V1 request to V2 request as this is still outstanding.

Come on Serif, I have upgraded to your new Affinity Designer 2 which is great, but I was disappointed that this small coding tweak has NOT be done. See the original thread - this small omission is affecting many, many users. I don’t mind how you do it but please, please, please can you provide a solution in your next update. Thanks in advance Paul

My suggestion to Serif is that they either make Export Presets also able to store a default option for the chosen Area. An alternative solution proposed is to just make the Area selection "sticky" so that it remains on the last used option. Would either of these options cause you a problem?

My suggestion to Serif is that they either make Export Presets also able to store a default option for the chosen Area. An alternative solution proposed is to just make the Area selection "sticky" so that it remains on the last used option. Would either of these options cause you a problem?

Thanks everybody for your input. I have created a feature request for the Affinity team here: Paul

I am just migrating from CoralDraw to Affinity Designer for my laser engraving business and have determined the best method to send the vector graphics to my Trotec laser Ruby control software is by exporting the design as an SVG file. For my workflow 99 times out of 100 I only want to Export the "Selection Only" - and I might easily have to change this setting 50 times in one morning. I have made myself a Preset which stores many default options which is great, but for some reason it does not store the chosen Area. I have researched this site for a solution: and this was close. As you can see there are others with similar needs. Another solution proposed was to just make the Area selection "sticky" so that it remains on the last used option. Please could I ask the Affinity Designer team to create a solution for this simple improvement request before I pull the rest of the hair out! Thanks in advance Paul Collins

In my workflow I need to save the SVG file in a specific folder. The Trotec app automatically monitors the folder and imports the SVG. I have tried normal Copy / Paste between the apps which does not work. How do you "Copy as SVG"?

Thanks for the suggestion - I have now played around with Export Persona but this adds too much to my workflow to make it worthwhile for me.

I would also like to find a resolution to this same problem. I am just migrating from CoralDraw to Affinity Designer for my laser engraving business and have determined the best method to send the vector graphics to my Trotec laser Ruby control software is by exporting the design as an SVG file. For my workflow 99 times out of 100 I only want to Export the "Selection Only". I have made myself a Preset which stores many default options which is great, but for some reason does not store the chosen Area. Am I missing something? If not how do I best request this enhancment in Affinity Designer? Thanks in advance Paul