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JariH reacted to a post in a topic: Layer order (reverse, reverse inside groups etc)
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jackamus started following Disappearing bonding box handles , Locking nodes , Nodes and 1 other
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I am requesting locking/pinning nodes as a new feature.
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I hadn't formally requested any kind of new feature - I was just finding out what might be possible. I will now request it to the dustbin of 'New Features'.
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I couldn't find anything on the Affinity help page for 'Pinning a node'. Can you explain please?
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A Very good question Gary! It would lock to another node. Unfortunately I didn't anticipate this question and therefore did not place a node on the horizontal line coincident with B.
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Thanks but I did know that. What I didn't say was if I accidentally clicked on the stroke rather than the node I could move the whole stroke! I suppose what I'm asking for is a way to superglue the node/end of the stroke to position B on the other stroke. Too much to ask for? Jack
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Thank you but that's not what I was asking. I want to be able to lock node B so that I don't accidentally move it. Its important that B stays located at that point on the horizontal line.
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Yes indeed. Its my age! File now attached. Locking Nodes .afdesign
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Is it possible to lock a node? In my attached File I would like to be able to move node 'A' without accidentally moving node 'B' Is there a way for me to lock node 'B'? This is useful when drawing in perspective from vanishing points which are likely to be well off screen view.
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A question of Scale
jackamus replied to jackamus's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
I think changing the dpi value may be the answer. I will try this out later. Thanks thamaso. -
A question of Scale
jackamus replied to jackamus's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Correction to some typos! that wads very small - should be 'that was very small ' was not too low - should be 'was too low.' -
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A question of Scale
jackamus replied to jackamus's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Very sensible reply! Because I wanted to draw something that wads very small the pixel resolution was not too low. So I checked the document 'Scale' and tried !0:1 and then !:10. I:10 did the trick although it was not exactly what I wanted. At this scale in order to draw a shape 1cm square I had to draw it 10cm square. What I was looking for was to draw it, using the transform tab, 1cm square but for AD2 to show it at 10cm. This would mean that I would have the higher pixel resolution but drawing using actual real dimensions. -
A question of Scale
jackamus replied to jackamus's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Please disregard my last message as I've solved the problem. -
Is it possible to manipulate the Scale feature of AD2 so that if I draw a 1cm the image on the screen it is actually 10cm? My problem is that there are times when the pixel resolution is too small for accurately placing guides and snapping very small measurements. Using a scale of 1:10 AD2 shows 1cm as 10cm and also shows in the Transform Tab 10cm. Is this possible instead of it showing 10cm it shows as 1cm? This way I could draw shapes using my real dimensions but AD2 drawing it 10 times larger.
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Disappearing bonding box handles
jackamus replied to jackamus's topic in Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products
As I have said many times before the guide could snap to any other near node out of view on the screen. Simply constantly change the snapping setting to avoid this is teious in the extreme! -
Since, over the years AD has been published, I have made many attempts to get Serif to stop bounding box handle from disappearing whilst moving a guide to snap to it. This has not happened but many AD users have offered all sorts of workarounds including constantly changing snapping settings. I have just discovered a very simple way to get round the problem for me and the way I use AD. I'm only ever interested in the mid-points in rectangles and ellipses. What I do now is click on the 'Transform origin' button and it remains visible when moving a guide. So now I know that the guide is now located on a mid-point where I can click to insert a node. Job done. However I would prefer that they didn't disappear in the first place!