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2 hours ago, umami said:
Still no DXF support in v1.9. Un-f•king-believable. This is like releasing a word processor that won't read .doc files. After more than six years of stalling, can someone from Serif just acknowledge that this isn't on the roadmap so we can move on?
Look up my post history and you'll see that I've been posting to this forum about DXF/DWG support for Designer almost since the first release and I've never gotten any commitment one way or the other, so I think we can safely assume that its NOT on the roadmap, nor will it ever be. It's just not a feature that's interesting to the segment Serif is targeting as users for Designer.
Edit: Designer is an amazing tool with many excellent features and tool. Its most glaring weakness was and is still its very limited ability to export vector-formats. PDF and SVG.
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On 3/6/2020 at 6:06 PM, Mark Ingram said:
I've replied several times on the DXF / DWG thread, and many other feature request threads (and I would prefer that this particular thread doesn't turn into a duplicate of a particular feature request), but...
When we released Designer originally (5.5 years ago) it was marketed as "Vector illustration and design". At no point did we mention CAD, or technical illustrations. A lot of the complaints that we receive with regards to this seem to be along the lines of "I've just switched from product X and I'm disappointed to find that you don't support DXF/DWG!". We recommend that potential customers evaluate the software (via the trial or reviews) to see whether it meets their requirements, and if it doesn't, please stick with whatever you are currently using. I appreciate that people would love to have this functionality in Affinity Designer, and trust me, it's something we discuss internally, but we need to focus on the core features (and bugs...) that people expect for vector illustration and design. Since we released Designer 5.5 years ago we have been providing free feature and bug fix updates over that time, so it's possible DXF/DWG and/or other feature requests may be added in future versions, but we don't make any promises until the code has been added, else it will lead to disappointment if we promise a feature and don't deliver it or don't deliver it on time. We recommend checking the beta forums to find out what features are arriving in future versions, and feedback to us in order to guide the development.
Thank you for this reply. I do respect your priorities and choices, even though I hoped they would be different. It's your software and you definitely know your customers better than me. I also think that this feature, without moving into an outright CAD application, would broaden that customer base considerably by enabling the software for makers and fablabs.
I will resign from further pestering this forum for the feature and buy another group of licenses for CorelDraw instead since DXF/DWG is vital for our labs workflow.Best wishes /schack
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23 hours ago, Jowday said:
De forholder sig konsekvent og dumstædigt til en idé om en utrolig lille kerne af udviklere, der arbejder i en uattraktiv by for andre udviklere at arbejde i eller at flytte til (gætter jeg). De får næppe de bedste ansøgere dér. Det ændrer sig heller ikke over tid.
Intet tyder på, at de ændrer mening eller strategi, og det er ret tydeligt, at udviklingen går langsommere og langsommere i samme tempo som produktet tager til i kompleksitet og der udvides med iOS udgaver. Jeg tvivler også stærkt på, hvorvidt de har kompetencerne til en række af de avancererede funktionaliteter, der er efterspurgt her i årevis. Og... hvem gider - eller kan - vente årevis på dem.
Hvis ikke produkterne opfylder dit behov nu, så anbefaler jeg, at du rykker videre. Jeg har brugt programmerne i min fritid til stærkt begrænset hobbybrug - jeg kunne ikke drømme om at bruge dem professionelt. De sidste par opdateringer var om noget en bekræftelse af mine mistanker. De har hidtil givet et indtryk af at have mere professionelle ambitioner end de havde med de gamle programmer før Affinity, men det er ret tydeligt, at de stadig kun satser på den lille bruger og virksomhed. Det har været deres forretningsidé i tyve år, jeg tror ikke de ændrer på den.
Du har ret i det med forummet her - bemærk den ekstreme mangel på professionelle brugere. Der er til gengæld en overvægt af halvfanatiske og helfanatiske tudefjæs, der ligger på lur for at hade alle med kritik og ambitioner. Det er med andre ord programmer for hobbyister, der optræder som stammekrigere herinde.
Programmerne har et godt fundament og pris - men vejen frem herfra er lang og usikker.
Rigtig god weekend 🙂
Jeg er fuldstændigt enig, bare lidt ærgerligt at Affinity ikke kan læse med på dansk. 🙂
Mht. "at rykke videre" så er det faktisk udfordringen. Det er relativt småt med programmer til mac der supporterer DXF og dem der er, er enten mere umulige at tegne i end AutoCad eller de koster en mindre formue. Jeg har adgang til den nye udgave af CorelDraw gennem mit arbejde og det løser alle mine daglige behov, men det skal ikke forhindre mig i at slå et slag for DXF support i Designer. Det ville være et fantastisk produkt for makere og andre brugere af fx. FabLabs. De er ofte mac-brugere og savner ironisk nok ofte penge til software. 🙂
Men du har nok ret. Jeg har rendt panden mod en mur med Affinity gennem de sidste 5 år. Måske det er på tide at kaste håndklædet i ringen. 😕
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On 2/28/2020 at 3:25 PM, dopeNL said:
I have no idea what file format your referencing other than its obvious its bit supported at this time.
However for me, the software again far sup pases Adobe CC (Continuous Cash) Subs. Who also have many many years of development and cash flow!
It sounds like users who might have the desire to use such file formats could also search or use a file converter or another software.
I personally think the Affinity team are great, and keep up the good work!
So you don't know anything about the file formats I mention but still need to chip in with Adobe bashing and suggest online converters? You clearly have no idea! 😕
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On 2/28/2020 at 4:03 PM, R C-R said:
Have you noticed how few of them actually are posted to the feedback forum?
Did you notice that most of them are from before there was dedicated feedback threads? One of them being mine and almost 5 years old! 😕
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On 2/28/2020 at 3:35 PM, Patrick Connor said:
I have had to split these posts off from the announcement thread, as often happens other users have chimed in and that totally detracts from the point of the announcement post. I do not split posts off lightly as it can upset, which is not my intention, so sorry to anyone who does not like my actions.
That thread is linked to directly from the auto-update dialog within the application, and is meant to be there to announce the improvements and fixes.
No complaints from me. I did sorta hijack the announcement tread, but calculated that it might get some attention that way. Meh, it sorta didn't. 😕
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4 minutes ago, R C-R said:
Have you tried searching for how many request threads there are for this feature? 😄
It might be "the right place" but no one from affinity or any moderator have answered any questions on the subject since 2015!
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1 hour ago, Patrick Connor said:
Also this is not the place for this conversation either, so I will not be engaging in further dialog here.
This completely validates my previous argument. Stonewalled yet again. 😞
If this forum and this post on a new release is NOT the place for this conversation then, i ask, where is?? How do you clarify what your user want and need? Is it only some arbitrary in-house process?
Too many expectations you say? I can find requests for this feature dating back to a couple of months after the initial release of Designer. We don't have any expectations left. 🙂
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It's fantastic that Affinity regularly updates Designer, Photo and Publisher. And even more fantastic that the updates are free for existing user. Kudos for that.
But, and there is a but, I would gladly pay for premium updates and requested features if that would lead to more developers where being hired to work on the software. One of the most requested features since 2015, DXF/DWG filesupport, is sadly again not a part of the current update. And my only guess is a lack of manpower. This feature would open up Designer to a massive market of makers/physical designers (and a range of machines like laser cutters, folio cutters and CNC routers) and would probably pay for itself in increased sales in a very short time. There is only a very few programs with DXF/DWG support on the mac and they all cost 10 times what Designer cost.
Lastly I'm perpetually stunned by that lack of communication on this subject. It feels like every time someone writes about it in this forum they are getting stonewalled by moderators or affinity itself. What is that about?
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On 3/23/2015 at 6:54 PM, MEB said:
Hi redline.wolfgang,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Some users already requested support for DXF and/or DWG files.
We are considering adding support for these kind of files in the future.
You have been "considering this" since the first requests from users began back in 2015, maybe even earlier. Its been an export option in Illustrator and CorelDraw for ages, even Inkscape does it. I would just like Affinity to come clean about it. Is it even on the roadmap? Do they acknowledge that any modern vector application should be able to export to the most broadly adopted file format across digital production machines? Why has something that seems simple, an export option, taken so long to implement? Is it a royalty issue?
I just want some answers since I've been awaiting this since I first bought Designer back in 2015.
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They have been "looking into this" since the first requests from users began back in 2015, maybe even earlier. Its been an export option in Illustrator and CorelDraw for ages, even Inkscape does it. I would just like Affinity to come clean about it. Is it even on the roadmap? Do they acknowledge that any modern vector application should be able to export to the most broadly adopted file format across digital production machines? Why has something that seems simple, an export option, taken so long to implement? Is it a royalty issue?
I just want some answers since I've been awaiting this since I first bought Designer back in 2015.
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Should we just lay this whole DXF issue to rest? Affinity clearly doesn't want to support this and does definitely not what to communicate with their users and paying customers.
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On 4/10/2019 at 1:26 PM, Flymo Fo said:
Have given up waiting. Using CorelDraw now. Loads more money but it does the job I need it to do. These guys are not very responsive are they?
Nope. Same route for our design lab. Designer is useless for laser cutters since it can't export DXF or illustrator. Since we're an educational institution we could buy Corel Draw classroom sets for both Mac and Win for about the same cost as Designer.
I was actually both surprised and disappointed that neither of the export options was included in the 1.7 release. I've deleted Designer since it won't see much use anymore.
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The arrival of CorelDraw for mac and the lack of responsiveness from the Affinity dev-team, has tipped the scales in favor of Corel. Our lab just bought 30 edu licenses for our design and prototype lab here at Roskilde University. As a longtime Designer user I had hoped for something else. :-/
The lack of useful file exports for CNC/Laser/CAD makes Designer a poor choice for physical design. -
This is what I need more than anything to make Designer my day-to-day tool. I'm even willing to pay for the upgrade is Serif has to pay a licensing fee to AutoDesk. There are no functional vector-drawing app for mac out there with this functionality. Please make this happen in the forthcoming v.1.7 update. :-)
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+1 on the DXF import/export ability. Please make that happen.
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+1 on the DXF import/export ability. Crucial for making stuff. :-)
File Size Changes When I export
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Same happens to me.
My 2 cents, get used to it. Designer is pretty much useless for anything in regards to physical size. It can only usefully export vector graphics in .svg that is notoriously bad at retaining size. It's the ongoing conundrum of Designer that it's a really competent vector drawing app but most of its export options are bitmap based.