[Export to PDF fails to preserve layers]

On 3/26/2018 at 11:19 AM, firstdefence said:

If everything is a "Layer" be it a Curve, Shape, Text and/or Image - rasterised or otherwise what is the point of a Layer, I.e and empty container, what advantage or feature does a Layer have that a layer does not? 

Maybe I'm not getting it but I don't know what the fuss is with Curves, Shapes, Text, Images being layers, I always assumed they were layers anyway, separate and distinct from each other. 

 

I know Illustrator has Layers they would be better called pages or sheets because they are like sheets of a document, in Affinity they are the sum of its parts and not bound by the dimensions of the document size. I see that as a Plus. 

I'm a little late to this game, but I think I can shed light on this (at least from the perspective of how I want to use layered PDFs). I design and make PDF bag patterns and have recently purchased a few clothing patterns that have layers. It's great because, normally clothing patterns are infamous for being hard to find your cutting line. If it's a kid's pattern, say, then each size (2T, 3T, 4T, 5, etc.) will have a different colored and often line/dash pattern. But they overlap in places (since grading sewing patterns is NOT just a matter of scaling them!). Where they overlap or come close (or even if some lines print up in a similar color), it's REALLY hard to see your cutting line. So when I got these layered ones where you can just untick the boxes for the sizes you don't want and JUST print the sizes of the pattern pieces you want, I was thrilled! They then have the "MUST PRINT" layers that are all of the text, instructions, photos, etc. So that's how I want to do some aspects of my PDF bag patterns too and I often draw my shapes right in Designer! :)

[Creating a multi-page file (for PDF export)]

Thanks so much! I hadn't realized that Publisher was free for now- I'll definitely download it! In the meantime, I just kind of started trying things and added Art Boards for each page I wanted, just putting them one below the other (letter size) and that did the trick as you suggested! Thanks so much!  

[Creating a multi-page file (for PDF export)]

Super newbie here! I've ordered the book (Designer), but in the meantime, trying to figure things out and didn't come up with anything in the Help files. I'm designing sewing patterns to be printed and cut out/pieced together. Could someone point me in the direction of a tut or instructions on how to create a multi-page file please? I'll be exporting as a PDF and will need several pages for the entire pattern. Thanks in advance!