Rod N

R C-R... isn't that sad...
I got into this thread several years ago and followed along and (occasionally) shared my frustration and then unbounded joy, when the movable zero point appeared (first in Publisher Beta) then in AD 1.7...
Apart from this thread I read a lot of posts and am eternally grateful when someone smarter than me (that a real lot of you) comes up with a solution that helps me.
It never occurred to me that there was a points system or reputation system in either the Affinity or Apple Forums...
I'm just a dumb designer from "Down Under" and if there was some points system, why it was so important to be recognised by a badge or a sticker ... so important that you would basically cheat to get one .
If it is any consolation I would have thought that coming up with a solution that others say "oh yeah" would be enough in "personal smug value"...
I am always grateful when someone comes up with an answer to a problem, that at times, I didn't even know I had... 
 
So to you R C-R, and h_d and walt.farrell and Alfred and all you other smart guys and girls ...  all I can offer is a big "heartfelt thanks"  
Reading your posts make me smarter
 

R C-R... isn't that sad...
I got into this thread several years ago and followed along and (occasionally) shared my frustration and then unbounded joy, when the movable zero point appeared (first in Publisher Beta) then in AD 1.7...
Apart from this thread I read a lot of posts and am eternally grateful when someone smarter than me (that a real lot of you) comes up with a solution that helps me.
It never occurred to me that there was a points system or reputation system in either the Affinity or Apple Forums...
I'm just a dumb designer from "Down Under" and if there was some points system, why it was so important to be recognised by a badge or a sticker ... so important that you would basically cheat to get one .
If it is any consolation I would have thought that coming up with a solution that others say "oh yeah" would be enough in "personal smug value"...
I am always grateful when someone comes up with an answer to a problem, that at times, I didn't even know I had... 
 
So to you R C-R, and h_d and walt.farrell and Alfred and all you other smart guys and girls ...  all I can offer is a big "heartfelt thanks"  
Reading your posts make me smarter
 

which will cost the time and money of other users that already understood many good reasons. For example in 1.7 we will get “Move the artboard ruler origin (with editing toggle)” because Serif spent considerable time overhauling the internals … 
If you need more …

Yeah, please make this feature available as soon as possible – is there any scheduled release date for version 1.7?
I just did my first a bit more complex technical design in Affinity Designer and I was absolutely dismayed when I (soon) discovered that I couldn't reposition the origin/zero-point to fit flush with elements already drawn (or with guidelines).
As I'm really willing to at some point make the transition from Adobe Illustrator this feature (and some others – e.g. like instantly generating multiple precisely positioned copies of an element as with Illustrator’s "Effects > Transformation") are desperately needed. Finding workarounds to achieve the same results you used to do in seconds with AI is definitely a bit tiring – even if there are quite some things AD already did so much better than Illustrator right from the start...

Jim etal ...
 
I am a dual user absolutely Love my Affinity Designer (and Affinity Photo... but that is another story)... and I have to persist with Corel Draw Just for the zero moving feature... 
 
Jim... Please do not let this diminish (well not too much) the joy of the program(s)...
 
I will patiently wait till 1.7 then let my joy be unbounded when I finally delete Corel, Windows and Parallels from my Mac...
 
Waiting will make the receiving all that sweeter... Do not think for one minute that I diminish your needs for the feature... I too have that but we will rejoice when it finally arrives and we can use Designer to its full potential... Can you imaging the fun I can have doing architectural details with the unbelievable zooming capabilities of Designer
 
Till the we will have to wait...
 
p.s.  I looked in the stocking at Christmas and there was no Zero point mover in it... I must admit ... that was the moment I stopped believing in Santa...  
 
BUT Just maybe the Easter bunny is real

Jim etal ...
 
I am a dual user absolutely Love my Affinity Designer (and Affinity Photo... but that is another story)... and I have to persist with Corel Draw Just for the zero moving feature... 
 
Jim... Please do not let this diminish (well not too much) the joy of the program(s)...
 
I will patiently wait till 1.7 then let my joy be unbounded when I finally delete Corel, Windows and Parallels from my Mac...
 
Waiting will make the receiving all that sweeter... Do not think for one minute that I diminish your needs for the feature... I too have that but we will rejoice when it finally arrives and we can use Designer to its full potential... Can you imaging the fun I can have doing architectural details with the unbelievable zooming capabilities of Designer
 
Till the we will have to wait...
 
p.s.  I looked in the stocking at Christmas and there was no Zero point mover in it... I must admit ... that was the moment I stopped believing in Santa...  
 
BUT Just maybe the Easter bunny is real

Perhaps … for next Christmas or Easter. Again: “Moving the ruler and grid origins will be in 1.7.”

Dear Santa...
 
I have been good all year and as much as I would really like that 1973 Porsche... all I want for Christmas is a movable Zero point so I can finally get rid of all those other programs and use Designer for everything... I have been waiting since the day one version one... so please please please ... can you ask those terrific elves at Affinity to make me a present for Christmas???
 
I promise to be good all next year if you will just give me that one thing...
 
Thanks Santa
 
cheers
 
Rod
 
 
 
 

Thanks Affinity...
I really would like just one little thing... The ability to move the "zero" point to anywhere on the page...
 
Give me that and I will send you a BIG christmas card...
 
Apart from that ALL GREAT

First an apology to all those people in the other world (windows Corel)  to whom I have been evangelising about AD ... they must be getting bored... 
 
I (unfortunately) am still running Corel in Parallels because of on thing and only one thing... the non movable zero point in AD ... IF I could bring it up to a corner, or a guideline intersection ... I would be in 7th heaven ... I do a lot of designs that require plans and I do need that ability to measure walls panels etc
 
IF you added importing CDR files to AD ... well give me an address and I will send you my first born...  At the moment I have about 1.5 TB of CDRs some going back to version7 or 8 (I updated all my 4 files some years ago)
 
While your lolling about... relaxing and basking in the glory of creating AD & AP ( I am kidding) when is Publisher raising its head?... and finally IF you make a 3 D animation program... I will send a kidney...
 
To all at Affinity ... Thanks for your work and thoughtful designing
 
cheers

In this Affinity Photo tutorial, I demonstrate  how the Liquify Persona can be used to alter the silhouette of any object or person. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TBMKNlPS2M
 

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Hi ... I am Rod and a designer... everything from Entertainment centres to multi projector theatres...
 
I have been using Corel Draw since the late 80s ... Moved to Mac 5 years ago with a Macbook Pro then added a 27inch iMac
 
I actually went into Adobe CC so I didn't have to run Windows on the Mac (parallels) ... Oh dear not a happy marriage... Back to Corel
 
I discovered AD ... looked at the samples, and within an hour bought it ... I look like being able to migrate all my work over after the learning curve.
 
Would be nice if I could open a .cdr file in AD
 
Great program ... and so good that I got it from the App Store...