[iPad V2 Designer: curve point as default problem]

Thank you..I’m using techniques from your answer to get the shape control I need 

[iPaD V2 Designer: want to join shapes, instead each shape gets closed]

21 hours ago, StudioJason said:

Think that it does the ‘rounded’ join simply by default, not sure why…seems like default would be the other way around, applying strait line joining. 
‘Tapping ‘Join’ again…simply converts it into the straight line join. Guess it gives the option…1 tap join- rounded nodes, 2 tap join- straight line. 🤷‍♂️

I don’t get what you mean by ‘tapping join again.’ After I tap Join, the points are joined, and the Join icon is greyed out. Is the 2nd tap somewhere else?

 

Thank you

[iPad V2 Designer: curve point as default problem]

This is an elegant alternative to be sure, but is there a way to modify shapes with node tools which doesn’t distort the shapes as they’re being modified?

[iPad V2 Designer: curve point as default problem]

Trying to make a disc shape with thickness, like a coin

begin with an ellipse,  copy-drag, convert to curves, split into two halves, join the end nodes of each half, you get a join based on curved endpoints. The desired goal is that the resulting join be a straight segment, so the resulting shape would be the disc’s side face, as though the circle had been drawn vertically downward in a straight line. Converting the endpoints to Sharp, either before or after the Join operation distorts the shape.

This strikes me not so much as a bug, but as a less-than-ideal outcome in that the resulting shape is distorted compared to the intended shape owing to those end points behaving like smooth ones instead of sharp ones.

Put in simpler language: I want to create a cylinder with straight vertical sides, and I want to leverage the curve of the existing semi-circles to achieve it by joining their endpoints with straight segments, and I don’t want to fiddle to “correct” the shape after it’s been unwantedly distorted by Join.

😄

I’ve uploaded the file shown in the video, with the semi-circles un-joined.

Thoughts?

join distorts shape.afdesign

[iPaD V2 Designer: want to join shapes, instead each shape gets closed]

Thank you, StudioJason

I just experimented joining endpoints of two zig-zag straight-segment lines I created with the pen tool. Converted to curves, selected my points, hit Join and Shazam! It joined the two points straight away - with a straight segment.

Maybe the Join function doesn’t “like” it when a stock shape, like a square, is broken apart, then its ends joined?

Anyway, knowing that points might behave differently than expected is helpful..gives one something to deal with.

[iPaD V2 Designer: want to join shapes, instead each shape gets closed]

I played with this some more. Could not find any “reverse” tool for nodes. I got the shape I was after, and the video shows my steps.

What gave the first two nodes the idea that they were curve nodes? The two open triangles came from a square, and I modified no points, except after the first Join procedure gave that wonky curve which went well off screen.

Thank you for any clues.

[iPaD V2 Designer: want to join shapes, instead each shape gets closed]

I did exactly what your video shows. 
 

Did you do anything else not captured in your clip?

[iPaD V2 Designer: want to join shapes, instead each shape gets closed]

I began with a square, split it into two open shapes, and tried to join them so that the result would look like a squashed hexagon. Instead, the shapes closed into two triangles.

So, I see in the video, it’s reporting that the “close” operation just happened, not “join.” Merging the two open triangles and then choosing close didn’t produce a different result.

I can think of other ways of getting the shape I need, but I’d like to be able to nail it with these path tools, too.

Thank you

[iPad V2 Publisher: how to show hidden characters, ie, spaces, paragraphs]

OK..thank you…getting more familiar with where things are..

[iPad V2: Text Style name won’t update after I type the name I want it to be]

Video shows clearly…I’m trying to change “Style” to “lead-in paragraph.” Publisher isn’t having it..

Am I wrong to try to do this under “Edit?”

[iPad V2 Publisher: how to show hidden characters, ie, spaces, paragraphs]

Not finding this under Help..still poking around..

Thank you

[iPad V2 Publisher: multiple taps required to insert Page numbering #]

Excellent! Thank you. 

Where is the shortcuts icon for those using a physical keyboard?

 

EDIT: it appears along the bottom when a working with text.

[iPad V2 Publisher: multiple taps required to insert Page numbering #]

Anyone else experiencing this?

iPad Pro 12.9” 2nd Gen, Apple pencil 1st Gen, iPad OS 16.1.1

[iPad V2 Publisher: Guide settings don’t appear]

Interesting Development:

The document in which I had the Guides Settings not appearing resides on the iCloud. I saved it to the iPad and tried again. Guide Settings appeared!

Could working on a document which lives on the cloud interfere with this and with other V2 Publisher for iPad functions?

Thank you

[iPad V2 Publisher: Guide settings don’t appear]

Works in a test document, tho I didn’t try any other studio, then back to guides. 

[iPad V2 Publisher: Guide settings don’t appear]

Attached screen recording shows what I’m doing. Any thoughts?

 

[iPad V2 Publisher - Document Rulers?]

Are document rulers considered no longer important by some? I find they provide helpful, at-a-glance information about a document and its elements, even well after I’ve built the document.

will there be rulers for those who want them, and maybe an OFF switch for those who don’t?

thanks

[Publisher iPad: Curious behavior adding stock images]

Continuing the experiment with the same document in the first example above:

With 3 images placed in layout, the fourth stock image landed on a page, but not on the page I dragged it to.

The 10th placed stock image landed between two pages, such that I could only see its control handles.

The 12th placed stock image landed mostly on one page, much further down in the document than I’d placed; only control handles visible.

The 13th image landed not or between any page, but well off the pasteboard area. Control handles visible.

I get better results if I drag from the Stock images onto the page if I’m zoomed out enough to see all the pages at thumbnail size; better in that the image lands on the page I drag it to, and I can see the image and its control handles.

This test document is a simple one - 20 pages - I set up to play around with V2 Publisher for iPad, and contains nothing more than placed images and one rectangle placed on page 1 and given a simple color fill. I gave he master page a grey color to be easier on the eyes.

After placing the 13th stock image, I placed one by using the Image tool and navigating to a folder on the iPad where I keep images. I was able to place this image exactly where I wanted to.

As Walt mentioned, the results are inconsistent. Hope this provides some clues.

[Publisher iPad: Curious behavior adding stock images]

Just did a quick experiment with this. One document: very few images already in the layout, then added some images from Pixabay. The images “landed” basically on the intended page.

Added images to another document with a fair number of images already in the layout..none of the images landed on the page I dragged to, but instead, at the end of the document, and not on any page. On half the tries, I couldn’t even see selection handles, and these may be because the image was deposited  way  below the last page..so far below that the selection handles could be seen only by zooming out on the document.

Might it be that, in documents already loaded with images - however they got there - leaves the app with its hands full, so to speak, and unable to accurately place images dragged from the stock image Studio area?

[Moving files from V1 to V2]

So, if each item in Live Docs is taking up RAM, even those with RAM to burn would be wise to keep the Live items pared to just the few active ones, correct?

[Publisher iPad: Curious behavior adding stock images]

The two stock houses load in a wink. Dragging to the page does not deposit the desired image onto the page, but off of a page at the end of the document. As long as the selection handles remain visible, you’re fine. But I’ve also seen them simply vanish and am unable to re-select them by marqueeing around where they’d been.

Is this a bug, and if so, is my text description adequate or must I take a video of what I’ve described?

Thank you

[Moving files from V1 to V2]

I Airdropped a Publisher project folder ( appx 1.6GB total ) from M1 Mac Mini to 2nd-Gen iPad Pro 12.9”

Opened with iPad Publisher lickety split, no squawks, no issues.. Resource Mgr alerted me to missing assets. I pointed it to the folder where they all resided, found one image, Publisher found the rest.

I’m only 20 minutes into using it..sure was worth the wait!

[Universal V2: actually getting the iPad versions?]

Ok. Thank you. Grabbed the apps and I see the screen where you can either purchase or activate. I’ll do that bit later. 
 

thank you for your help and patience. 

[Universal V2: actually getting the iPad versions?]

Went there, balked at the actual downloading because I saw no evidence that my V2 license had been acknowledged by the App Store. 
 

thank you

[Universal V2: actually getting the iPad versions?]

Thank you, Rajeeve;

When I scan the QR code, or click the link on my iPad, I’m not taking to the actual app store, where I can download the iPad apps, but am taken instead to the page shown in the screen capture attached.  At least I got the Desktop apps…fits and starts..