[Measurement tool]

Hi sflomenb

 

This might be a little confusing but the measurement tool is not a separate tool on the toolbar to find. If you select an object, move the cursor outside of the object area the press cmd, you will see measurement lines appears display different distances from other objects and boundaries. Depending on where you place the cursor depends on which object or boundary it measure to

 

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maybe this thread can help you: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/21043-gaps-between-shapes-when-snapping-to-grid/

 

 

Hi sflomenb,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

This is a side effect of the way Affinity (and other software) renders the objects on screen. This should only be visible at arbitrary zoom levels. If you set your view to 100% zoom, 200% 400% and so on (x2), they shouldn't appear. It also doesn't affect the output.

 

To solve this you you can join them to create a single object from both parts To do it select both parts, then click on the Add icon in the Geometry Operations section.

If you want to keep them separated in case you need to adjust the silhouette later, press and hold ⌥ (option/alt) to create a compound shape instead. If you go to the Layers panel and click on the arrow near the thumbnail of the compound shape you can still access and edit both parts independently.

Thank you both.

 

MEB, I made them a single object using the add icon but I still see the line. Any other ideas?

 

One of the screenshots I've added in this post is zoomed to 158.3%.

 

I guess as long as it's not "actually" there it doesn't really matter.

 

Edit again: I don't see it when I export.

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