Paul Mudditt

It would help if you could upload an example affinity file or a full screen recording with the layers panel and context toolbar clearly visible so we can figure out what is going wrong.

As I mentioned on the other thread, use rasterise and trim after nesting to any shape you want to destructively clip a layer in Photo. Screen Recording 2024-04-15 at 12.50.52.mov

Backup and restore is very robust now using iCloud and my preferred method, if you have tens of thousands of photos it can take several days to fully restore. However if low level file system is damaged you may need to use a desktop restore or even more a DFU restore cycle.

That is worrying, sounds like your file system may have some corruptions, you do have plenty of iPad space still left? Assuming that is ok then I would ensure you are backed up to iCloud AND your desktop then try one or more of these:- 1. Closing ALL OPEN apps, wait a about a minute then doing a Forced Restart. You will not lose any settings or data. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9955c007/ipados 2. If that does not solve it, try Settings -> General -> Transfer or Reset iPad -> Reset -> Reset All Settings. You will lose Wifi passwords and have to re-enter any customisations you have done eg widgets etc. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9a74dc01/ipados 3. If that does not solve it then you will need to consider erasing your iPad and restore it from backup. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9a74c804/ipados

I use the files app all the time and never encountered a bug, are you using it with some external device ?

Google likes to track everything you think and everything you do so it can push advertising your way. It won't like that it can't open affinity files to inspect the contents unlike the more common data file formats hence greyed out. Because of this it is the worst cloud service, change to a proper cloud service like iCloud, Dropbox or Onedrive is the only advice I can give.

Double tap the last point. Although the screen recording. doesn’t show it, I end each line segment by a double tap rather than a single tap. RPReplay_Final1712912197.mp4

Genuinely interested, what algorithm does paint.net use to allow high resolution image? or was it vector ? reduction without such a massive loss of quality, please post your results from paint.net so the developers have something to work to.

Eh, you want to reduce the pixel resolution by 7x and wonder why it is pixelated ? RPReplay_Final1711982591.mov

The Macro studio shows you the steps record in a macro. The Library studio is the list of all the macro categories and individual macros within each category. Screen Recording 2024-04-01 at 07.30.03.mov Screen Recording 2024-04-01 at 07.32.50.mov

I have seen several reports of weird problems with the iPad Files app recently, try deleting it, closing all apps then do a Forced Restart and reinstalling it.

I don't understand what the original problem is or was since I use Sonomo on my Mac Mini and search works ok for me. What I don't like about the web browser version is it vanishes when another app gets focus which was very unexpected. Screen Recording 2024-03-30 at 08.43.31.mov

Good. You are not running short of space are you?

The admins will tell me off again but have you tried closing all open apps then doing a Forced Restart as many iPad problems can be fixed this way. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9955c007/ipados By the way a new beta 2.4.2 just dropped 2 minutes ago.

I am the biggest fan of Affinity but to be honest, floor plans are a speciality subject and the last things to attempt using Affinity as there is no real support for dimension lines etc. I would recommend LiveHome3D on your iPad/Mac and Windows instead as you would get a 3d render of a room as well as being able record walkthrough videos, decorate and furnish etc. Screen Recording 2024-03-29 at 11.49.20.mov

Ok, shopping bag or lock symbol I still think it means you are not supposed to be able to mess them up? Moving brushes on the iPad takes no time at all, you left swipe and select move and re-arrange brushes to your hearts content, only on these shopping bag brushes when you left swipe the move option is greyed out. The export and import gives you a second set of brushes that are not linked to the store so you can customise them how you please, apparently. RPReplay_Final1711710778.mp4

M1 iPad Pro 11” 128GB

Look at the brushes category name to tell you which are locked and which are not locked. What you can do is tap the hamburger icon at the top right and export the locked brushes category, rename them then import them back in.and you will see the lock symbol will vanish (whether this is supposed to happen or not !) . Note this tends to lock Affinity up (a sign that we are not allowed to do this but can?) but once you close it down and reopen the duplicated brushes category is available unlocked so you can move things about.

2nd solution, export full PDF with your required export quality settings then from files app, print select pages then share to a new pdf like this. RPReplay_Final1711658551.mov

I must apologies I think I went down the wrong garden path here, I think for your CNC machine you have no need of the frets in your design since your CNC cuts out a solid object? Returning to your original guitar shape my solution is to draw the outline to your correct dimensions with a minimal visible stroke, then use the vector fill tool to create a solid object, then set the stroke to zero. Export as a single solid shape SVG to your cutting system. So in answer to your question no point in filling in all of the details unless they serve some purpose on your cutting machine. joining vectors.svg joining vectors.afdesign

Just found one solution for one of my Facebook group members, use Print then Share then Save to Files. My project (13).mov

It is now in V2 UI, it used to be in preferences in V1

For your example there is no real change in dimensions. RPReplay_Final1711496322.mp4

SVG’s for CRICUT and other systems must be a simple closed paths not strokes. As you have found there is no way to describe a t-junction in vector graphics hence, we draw it, then expand to curves so that each stroke is a shape. Once they are shapes we can add and subtract etc to create a simple SVG that other systems can work from. Not sure if that answers your question as I have only discovered this myself after a question in my facebook groups (in my signature) recently. RPReplay_Final1711379657.mp4

Just temporarily add two extra circles or squares then distribute evenly. e.g. RPReplay_Final1711356941.mp4 RPReplay_Final1711357318.mp4