mel_lez Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Hello, I am a newbie to Affinity and I would like to know if there is a way to enable these helping (pink) lines when using Pen tool in Affinity Designer. Please take that picture below just as an example of what I have on mind. I know I can use a rectangle tool for this shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted November 29, 2019 Staff Share Posted November 29, 2019 Hi Mel Lez, Welcome to the forums I'm not sure if I understand your question what fo these pink lines do? Thanks Callum Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel_lez Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) Hello, thank you very much! I just noticed the text on the screenshot is in my language. Sorry for that. "Průsečík" means a point of intersection. I think the best way to ask this question correctly is to show you and that is why I uploaded two videos of simple examples. One from AI, one from AD. The pink lines are showing me that I am either in horizontal or vertical alignment with another point while using a Pen Tool and my question is whether I can enable some kind of these lines in AD. I have been looking for something like this in Snapping Manager and did not find anything but it is possible I overlooked it and if so, please accept my apologies. Edit: I accidentally uploaded videos with audio and wanted to replace them wih no audio. Didn't know I can't delete the previous two. ai_points.webm ad_points.webm Edited November 29, 2019 by mel_lez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Zdravím. Ty videa se mi nepodařilo spustit, ale asi myslíte "snapping" https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/snapping.html mel_lez 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 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 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. 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...
R C-R Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Hi @mel_lez Welcome to the forums. The Curve snapping: nodes and control handles video tutorial demonstrates the functions of the 5 Snap options that appear on the context toolbar when the Pen or Node tools are in use. I think for what you want, all you need to do is make sure the first one, "Align to nodes of selected curves," is enabled. Note that as mentioned near the beginning of the tutorial, these snapping options are independent of the global snapping options on the main toolbar. mel_lez 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 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...
mel_lez Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 Hello, that's exactly what I needed! Thank you very much. Have a nice day. ML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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