TechnoLawyer

Seems a small bit of a kluge, but you're right, that would 100% work. Unless I get a better response, I'll definitely do this. Thanks!

How can I save a specific artboard size with specific margins so that I can create repeated instances of it in a current project or in subsequent projects without having to re-do the margins every time?

Thanks @Komatös. Yeah I feel no shame about it. The big thing for me is just being able to make pro-looking patent illustrations on my own quickly and easily. I spent a few hours this morning doing a long series of process flow views of fabrication of a certain semiconductor device and they came out fairly nice.

Hi. I'm not a "creative" pro. I have next to no talent for anything artistic. However, I'm a patent attorney and like to do my own patent illustrations. Always have. Over the years, I've used Visio (which is quite good for circuit schematics), Draw.IO (which, aside from a few frustrations, is even better than Visio for circuit schematics), CorelDraw (which I liked) and, more recently, Vectornator. I finally grew sick of lack of stability in Vectornator -- given that I'm using a 14in Macbook Pro for my work machine and that it is rock solid in literally everything else, I blame Vectornator. I also grew sick of the inability to change the size of arrows at the beginning/end of lines. Given how simplistic my uses are, Illustrator would feel like a ripoff. Decided to try Affinity 2. I'm liking it so far, after a bit of a learning curve. Thus far, it has addressed the complaints I had about Vectornator and has been stable. So, uh, hi everyone. I'm here to learn tips and tricks, ask questions, etc.