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Yep, after a bit of trial and error, this ended up doing exactly what I needed. Thanks again.

 

[shrink/grow shape?]

Wow, that looks very much like what I need. I'll try it as soon as I have a chance.

 

Thank you!

[Affinity on 2 devices.]

Yeah, that's more or less what I had guessed. Figured it'd be worth asking though.

 

Thank you.

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14 hours ago, toltec said:

Have you tried Layer > Expand Stroke ?

 

It makes a double line/border from a single line.

 

 

 

Yeah, I tried that, and if it worked in reverse (Contract) it would be a decent workaround, but the item I need to add the border to is currently the exact size I need, so I need the border to be smaller. It would also be ideal if the border line was an independent item.

 

Thanks though.

 

11 hours ago, reglico said:

Hello a.beck,

 

Maybe an "outline" fx?

 

 

Similarly, this is another "almost" workaround. The look is close to what I need, but I need control over the stroke of both lines, plus the gap. It is for a design which will be printed and followed for building something, so exact dimensions are critical.

 

Thank you for the idea anyway.

[Affinity on 2 devices.]

I'm guessing this doesn't apply to a combo of Mac and PC? It works really well on my MacBook, but I would love to put a copy on my PC if possible.

[shrink/grow shape?]

Hello,

 

I bought Affinity Designer a few weeks ago and have been slowly but steadily learning to use it. It's a great app, and almost all my questions so far have been solved by a quick google search or searching these forums, but I've got one now that I just cannot figure out. I have a complex shape (Curve) that I want to duplicate and then shrink so that it forms a sort of border of uniform thickness around the inside of the original shape. A "normal" resize via the Transform panel throws all the proportions off.

 

I hope I'm explaining it properly. Is there a way to do this? In other apps I've used, it's been a matter of a Shrink menu command, and then inputting how much (usually in mm or pixels) I want it to shrink by. If such a menu item exists in A.D. I can't find it.

 

Thanks!

 

-Andrew