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@jmsjms In the case of Image Layers (and other placed / embedded layer types) you can actually see the Scaling percentage on the context toolbar, and there is even a handy Original Size button to reset to 100%. For other types of object, I don't believe that the Scaling is stored (or if it is, it is not accessible to the user), so there is no way to return a pixel layer, or curve (for example) to the size at which it was originally created.

Quite agree. Illustrator curves are beautiful and flowing, while Affinity makes odd lumpy looking things! I'd love to see an improvement to Smart Nodes, or inclusion of other drawing modes such as BSpline or Spiro from Inkscape.

A known bug in this beta. Has been reported many times! You can drag out off the group in the layers panel instead. Logged as AF-1709.see Serif have started sharing a list of known bugs... https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/196020-24-beta-bug-fix-list/&do=findComment&comment=1160542

To me the background in both your posted screenshots is clearly a checkerboard. So it looks like an issue with your screen (or possibly eyes?!).

There are other reasons to copy the measurement beyond pasting as a dimension label. For example, just now I wanted to add a contour to a shape to exactly fill the gap to a neighboring object. The measurement tool accurately measured the gap (4.724mm) and it would have been convenient to copy that to the clipboard, and paste the value straight into the Contour tool.

Thanks for the video. It clearly shows exactly what you are experiencing. I absolutely agree that the Contour tool would be better if it snapped to other objects. But I also feel that Affinity is already providing you with a number of tools / workflows that would avoid your other issues... Imagine machining a piece of wood to a specific size, I could of course do it by hand, and if I had sufficient patience and skill could make it a precise 10cm cube. Or I could tell a computer controlled mill to make a cube of exactly 10cm. Similarly, I could try to drag a square of precisely 10cm and add a contour of 4mm. With a high DPI mouse, a steady hand, sufficient decimal points on the measurement display and considerable patience I could do it. Or I could type 10cm into the Square tool, and then type 4mm into the Contour tool. And if I need the same size contour on multiple shapes, I'd just use the Style Picker. The measurement boxes are there for a reason - they fill the exact role that you are asking for.

An interesting question as to whether it is reasonable for the software to remember the transform origin for every arbitrary selection of objects. In your example what would happen if I decided to not to select one of the objects? Would the transform origin still be honored for the rest? Or if I selected an additional object? Then what? How about if the object has been the member of two arbitrary selections? And what if it already has its own transform origin, is that forgotten? Am not trying to be argumentative, it just seems to me to be a non-trivial problem, to which I don't immediately know the answer.

The problem is that your process creates a closed shape that has nodes on top of nodes. Try dragging on of the central 2 nodes before you expand the stroke, and you'll see what I mean. Here's an alternative approach... 1. Draw your pie and set the angle you want, but don't increase the hole size. 2. Convert to curves. 3. With the node tool, hold Ctrl (on Windows, check status bar on Mac) and click the 2 line segments you don't want. 4. Expand the curve. Pie to Curve.mp4

See edit to post above for ground breaking realization!

It is actually a frustrating option, as it is tucked out of the way on the toolbar far from the drawing. I wish there was a keyboard shortcut to toggle between Stroke & Fill context. OMG! I've just tried hitting X (the regular shortcut for toggling between Fill and Stroke) and it works in the Fill Tool. Can't believe that I never tried it before! This is far quicker and more convenient.

Draw the outer edge of the Blue swoosh (as an ellipse) Duplicate, and use the Contour Tool to enlarge and form the inner edge of the Red swoosh. From this point it is straight forward... Create the other 2 ellipses and Subtract (or better make Compounds) to form the swooshes.

I think you are asking about on a Stroke, rather than a Contour or Outline (both of which are other types of object!) To edit the Stroke gradient you need to change the Context of the Fill Tool in the toolbar... See first line of Settings in the Help... https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_gradient.html

You are correct that the stroke weight will define the dash height Ensure that you select Dash as the line type, then enter appropriate values in the first two Dash inputs. These will need to be small values (less than 1) as they are a ratio of the line weight. I used stroke weight 30pt, Dash 0.07 & 0.125 This matched your example quite well. Once you have values you like, you can save the settings as a Style, or make a sample line and save as an Asset.

Perhaps I am missing something obvious... but the triangle shape only has one parametric control (Top Point), which defines where the top point sits as a percentage of the width of the triangle. The preset in question has this set to 50%, the middle, which is where it would need to be for an equilateral triangle, BUT... I can drag out a triangle of any height and click the preset. It will center the Top Point, but it is certainly not equilateral! If I drag and hold Shift to constrain height = width, again this is not equilateral. Indeed the height should be: width × sin(60) So, I agree with @Timespider... the triangle tool can not easily create equilateral triangles, and the first preset draws isosceles triangles, not equilateral. Plus there is no way to force the triangle tool to draw only equilateral triangles, nor to save a preset that only creates equilateral triangles. And the help agrees too... Though to be fair the icon does show an isosceles triangle!

Can you show an example of this, where a Contour does not match the dimensions of a non-contoured object? I've tried adding contours to various shapes, and they are always precisely the size I specify.

I agree with the proposal! Painting with a gradient is really pretty, so it is a shame that there is no direct way to manipulate the gradient without using a donor object.

The v2.3.1 update was a quick release to fix a handful of critical regressions. Many more bugs have already been squashed in the v2.4 beta (though others have been introduced). Each release specifies exactly which bugs have been fixed, so by definition anything not on the list still exists.

I don't think that the OP was asking for a link to an external website about Regular Expressions, but rather that there should be a tool-tip definition, or help icon that leads to some Affinity specific explanation and example of a Regular Expressions, and how they might be used in the States Query. At present I can't see any help for the States panel, so perhaps this information will be added when the help is updated?

Has been requested many many times, dating back many many years! https://www.google.com/search?q=search shortcuts+site%3Aforum.affinity.serif.com Here is my own request from 2016... Given than the whole Settings dialogue was redesigned as part of the UI overhaul in v2, it is a real shame that a filter / search was not implemented. Nor a way to list / jump to conflicts. Still with v2.4 on the horizon, and an ever increasing number of available shortcuts, perhaps this will get some attention. Please, Serif?

Panel background seems dark compared to other panels in the Light Theme. "Scope" label is in white, on light grey in the Light Theme. There is no way to rename a Query. Could the Layer Type be collapsible? Takes a lot of space if you aren't using the options. No confirmation for deleting Queries.

Never noticed before, but certainly not seeing the Presets cog on the context tool bar on my PC.

Glad to help, and welcome to the forum.

You can specify a transparent background when creating a new document (on the Colour tab of the dialogue). Or if you already have a document without a transparent background, use the menu Document > Transparent Background.

The scale of duplicates could always be changed with Power Duplicate, so this is not new functionality. I agree that making many duplicates in a single step is much more convenient and more controllable, and it is very useful to be able to interact with the dialog (and the object, and the transform origin) while the output updates in real-time. But in terms of the final output everything that Move Duplicate does could already be achieved with Power Duplicate.