gary danang

I have multiple purchases of Affinity products... where is the authorisation code displayed on an install so I don't install the same authorisation on multiple PC's I can't find it anywhere... yes I have my record emails... but they dont say who's pc they are on

hmmmmm,, thx... thats strange then

Thx Carl,, yes will resort to that.... interestingly it does not incrementally increase when you rotate.... may not be a bug but it is definitely a lazy oversight

So I am trying to replicate lines at 4mm intervals.. but every duplication results in a slight large increment - surely this is a bug.. ?

Thanks,, I have tried that but I cannot get the circle centre to snap to the polygon nodes . vertices. Ahh Found it thanks ,, I was turning using the node tool and point transform origin, not the specific Point Transform Tool

wow, 2018 and not much improved... AD is really clumsy for technical Illustration... Snapping a particular weakness

Hi Anyone Is there a list of the key snapping points of an object are ? For Example - is the radius of a curve or the centre of a circle a "Key Point" of a shape in Designer? The HELP online manual is not very helpful.. I want to snap to the centre of a circle thx

Thx Brian, At least you are confirming that what would be a pretty basic snapping option in CAD is rather obscure in AD... and please no comments from others telling me AD is not CAD.. it is a design tool just like CAD! PS double thanks for the instructive video, much appreciated I actually have to put circles on each corner so your video hinted at doing the reverse and creating a circle symbol with a temporary centre point, converting to curve and dragging them to the polygon, then removing the temporary circle centre

I cannot find the correct snapping mode to snap a centre of a circle to the corner of a polygon, bounds are not effective, and the object key points dont seem to exist for either the circle (centrepoint) or the polygon nodes Tried to apply guides to the polygon nodes but they do not snap there either... am I missing something obvious ? Any help appreciated

Thx, I looked for opacity setting... is it not overidden by global colour settings?....

Hi Everyone, This is the second time I have encountered this problem, I suspect its something to do with Symbol definitions I want all the content on these signs to be white, this is a file form another project and the content was light grey.. I have created a global colour "CONTENT-MAIN" and made it white and applied it to all the content... but only some displays the pure white,, the others remain grey despite being assigned the global colour. Any ideas very appreciated thanks test.afdesign

Seriously.. I must live in another world... every design I make relates to a physical dimension -- like to see you express a design to a signmaker in pixels... you would be laughed out the door

No, everything has a physical dimension... signs, artwork, business cards,, can wraps, aircraft, letterheads, f1 cars... don't know what you put your work on?

Angry too ANGRYMAN... whole point of vector work is that it is not resolution dependent - After All AD is supposed to be Vector Editing Software It is fundamental that output be expressed in physical units clearly -- mm, metres, god help even inches... not tied to screen or printer resolutions

My W10 suddenly started saving files captured from my browser {BRAVE - DUCKDUCKGO] searches in JFIF file and got a shock not being able to see them Apparently there is a bug [SURPRISE] n the lastest W10 update that converts JPGs into JFIFs when downloading thru a browser.... WTF Windows! There is a registry fix to stop it doing that ... https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-stop-windows-10-saving-jpgs-jfifs.htm but as always be careful... follow instructions... it worked for me

Your process It finds fonts, but does not find text styles

Found it - not very obvoius but it is under the TEXT menu FIND.. you can search for text styles there

yep, sorry ..text ruler

Thanks guys for your help.. figured it out from copying the textbar in powerpoint... got to say was not particularly easy to find any documented explanation... also the textbar needs to be a basic tool in designer... not just publisher...

How do I create a hanging indent in a bullet list? In Powerpoint it is easy but cannot find anyway of doing it in Affinity

OK, might have discovered the scaling problem... though I cannot find and documentation on what the Designer to Publisher workflow is.. [hinting at a tutorial here] I was opening Designer and Publisher separately and copy / pasting between them - that is when I got the scaling problem I just watched a Video on Typography Fundementalss by Emily Goater and during that tutorial she opened the designer file from within Publisher. It opens in a separate tag and I was able copy / paste with no scaling problem.

Here is the Designer file VHIS HOTEL SIGNS P3.afdesign

Thanks Carl. I am familar with CAD software and surprised that Affinity overides physical dimensions with screen density settings .... Is this typical in DTP software... why does DPI even come into play when I specifically set my units to mm? PS, any explanation why when going form Publisher to Designer there is no scale change between the two files? actuaklly, I just checked DPI setting in both files, they are the same, 96dpi Futhermore.. when I change the DPI in my affinity file , BUT still keep my units as mm , my document is scaled down in mm.. this is surely a bug........ This does not happen in Publisher - see images below And GarryP - CAD or not CAD is irrelevent... we are dealing in physical dimensions .. Pwerpoint is not "CAD" software ..and does not exhibit these anomolies . neith does CorelDraw or Inkscape ! PS. just installed the Designer 1.9.1 patch - Did not fix this problem

Hi All, When I copy and paste a text frame from Designer to Publisher, the text fram reverts back to artistic text.... BUG? latest versions 1.9

Hi Everyone I really am having a lot of coordination problems between Designer and Publisher... maybe I have got conceptually the wrong end of the stick but I cannot find any good tuturials on how they interact with one another. In this specific problom I have designed an object in Designer... it is a simple rectangluar sign 100mm x 100mm I just want to copy this into a page in Publisher,, so naturally I copy it in Designer , Paste in the Publisher on a page... To my shock reverything gets resized,, in this case smaller [24 x24mm ] what in hell is going on???? in both cases the document / file units are set as mm and in both files the page size is A3 is is a basic bug... Yes, I could build the design in Publisher using the Designer persona... [In fact, that is the workflow I am persueing , but I have a lot of artwork already in Designer.. Interestingly, when i copy/paste form Publisher to Designer the size is respected, no change happens???? Actually, I expected the Studiolink between Publisher and Designer to be the same as between Publisher and photo,, it definately does not! Frankly, I expected to be able to insert a designer file into publisher [as a link] and have it editable and dynamically updated regardless of which app I worked in... At the moment I cannot even reliably COPY / PASTE between them PS, I don't have a problem with scaling that I can control ,, eg it would be good if I can take a full size design in Designer and insert/link it as a smaller scale object in publisher... but I need to have explicit control of that scaling This is how most CAD drafting packages operate! All affinity software are the latest reelases , W10 latest patch