only7yb Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Hi, I'm trying to export some icons from Affinity Designer to another software but I want to keep them as strokes/curves. For some reason Designer keeps on flattening them (expanding strokes/converting strokes to curves). Sometimes it happens to only some of the curves and the rest stays as they are. What is the logic behind this?! It happens when I simply copy and paste the shapes but also when I export them as SVG or EPS. Thank you for any ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 15, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2019 Hi only7yb, Can you attach the original afdesign file shown in the screenshot above please (from which you exported the SVG)? Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only7yb Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 Sure! Here it is giwk-www-assets.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only7yb Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Thanks Lagarto! I've noticed that. Unfortunately this doesn't solve my case. I need to use both kinds of corners and keep them as strokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I am running into the same problem with my strokes... no matter what I do it wants to expand my strokes into fills when I export the design to Illustrator. I checked my pressure and opacity and to be sure it was on "Solid Line Style". I may have missed something else and I leave room for that - hence why I bring it up here! thanks line test.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 8, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 8, 2020 Hi only7yb, This is now fixed in Affinity Designer Customer Beta v1.8 on macOS (when available) and Windows. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 8, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 8, 2020 Hi Boldlinedesign, To what format are you trying to export? Are you running Affinity Designer on Windows or macOS? I'm not getting expanded strokes (filled shapes) but lines. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, MEB said: Hi Boldlinedesign, To what format are you trying to export? Are you running Affinity Designer on Windows or macOS? I'm not getting expanded strokes (filled shapes) but lines. Thanks for getting back to me - I'm running Affinity Designer on Mac - El Capitan. I was trying to save out a file that I could open in Illustrator CS6 that would leave the strokes as strokes and not automatically expanded to fills. I had tried saving it out as an svg and as an eps file with no luck. Copying and pasting the selection from Affinity over to Illustrator also converts them to fills. I'm glad to hear you were able to open the example as actual lines in another app. Sounds like the problem is me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 8, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 8, 2020 Can you check something for me? How does the attached svg file open for you in Illustrator CS6? Lines or filled shapes? line test.svg Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 The file you sent me opened perfectly in Illy CS6 with all lines! What did I do wrong prior to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 8, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 8, 2020 Nothing, you did nothing wrong. What Affinity Designer version are you using? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Affinity Designer 1.73 for Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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