eobet Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 When I create a closed shape with the pen tool by clicking in a few places and finally clicking where I started, I expect the first and last vertices to be merged, but that doesn't happen. They get placed on top of each other. 1. How can I disable this silly feature and make it so that they are merged by default? Also, when I want to continue a line, I select it with the pen tool, select the vertex I want to continue, and then click somewhere else... but instead I get a new line which I dont' want. 2. Again, how do I get the pen tool to automerge/continue my old line? Finally, is there no merge vertices command at all in Affinity Designer? Do I first need to connect (and make sure that the curves are reversed so that both red ends are near each other)? I hope I'm wrong, because I find that to be incredibly tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 There is a context menu when using the pen tool and under the section Action: you have controls to Break Curve, Close Curve, Smooth Curve, Join curve and Reverse curves. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eobet Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: There is a context menu when using the pen tool and under the section Action: you have controls to Break Curve, Close Curve, Smooth Curve, Join curve and Reverse curves. Ok, what I see in that video is what I want, but that's not how my Affinity Designer works. It never merges. How did you get that behavior? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, eobet said: When I create a closed shape with the pen tool by clicking in a few places and finally clicking where I started, I expect the first and last vertices to be merged, but that doesn't happen. They get placed on top of each other. When using the Pen Tool, if you click on the first node created, the curve will close ... but if you are off even by a tiny amount that won't happen. You can tell when the pointer is exactly on top of the first node if you look carefully at the Pen Tool's icon -- the tiny little plus sign at the bottom right will change to a tiny little circle. A less eye-straining & more goof-proof alternative is to use the Close Curve button on the context toolbar. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, eobet said: Ok, what I see in that video is what I want, but that's not how my Affinity Designer works. It never merges. How did you get that behavior? If you mean switching to the Node Tool & dragging the last created node over the first one to close the curve, this works if another context toolbar setting is enabled, the "Snap to geometry of selected curves" button, the second one in the Node Tool's "Snap" options: (Don't confuse this with the snapping options of the main toolbar. The Node Tool has its own set of snap options in addition to those.) johnyoungphotos 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eobet Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 14 minutes ago, haakoo said: Thanks, the double click worked, but I still have this situation: EDIT: No idea why the cursor is displaced in the video... grr.webm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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R C-R Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 20 minutes ago, eobet said: EDIT: No idea why the cursor is displaced in the video... I am not sure why either, but if you do not have an end node already selected, the Pen Tool will start drawing a new curve. (That's why the stroke color was different in your video.) A quick way to select an end node when the Pen Tool is active is to hold down the CMD key (on Macs), which temporarily switches it to the Node Tool. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eobet Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 22 minutes ago, haakoo said: EDIT Use the "add new curve to selected curves object" Oh, my god, thanks! Why isn't that option enabled by default?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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R C-R Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 8 minutes ago, eobet said: Why isn't that option enabled by default?? One reason is when you add new curves to the selected curves object, all the curves must have the same stroke & fill properties. Pšenda 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 On 10/30/2019 at 8:42 AM, eobet said: Also, when I want to continue a line Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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