dovy Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 In my opinion Shape Builder Tool is very necessary. I can't switch to Affinity Designer from Illustrator completely just because of this one missing tool. I've seen post back from 2015 of people asking for this tool, why 4 years later this still isn't a thing? I'm very frustrated... Jones Santiago, stellar, morschois and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuando Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 +1 I agree with you. dovy, moi.cool and affinityfan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyptanuy Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Totally agree moi.cool and affinityfan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I'm sure it would be nice to have, but I'm also sure there's nothing you can do with a Shape Builder Tool that can't be done, in other ways, without it. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhulse Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Please, shape builder tool would be amazing. For me, the ability to erase unwanted lines that overlap is super fast, and I think superior to boolean operations. The next feature I'd vote for, would be live paint tool. Being able to quickly trace artwork, then fill the shape-built traced areas with colors is an amazing, efficient and fast workflow in comparison to boolean workflow. affinityfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmild Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I will also vote for it but i think it's a feature that takes long to implement so i am not expecting it anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Last official message about this is that it’s planned for a future version. Best regards! affinityfan 1 Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuttyjoe Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 12:20 AM, mhulse said: Please, shape builder tool would be amazing. For me, the ability to erase unwanted lines that overlap is super fast, and I think superior to boolean operations. The next feature I'd vote for, would be live paint tool. Being able to quickly trace artwork, then fill the shape-built traced areas with colors is an amazing, efficient and fast workflow in comparison to boolean workflow. In the meantime, you can still buy a copy of Serif's discontinued DrawPlus which actually has two items on your list there. Shapebuilder, and live paint tool. I just bought a couple extra copies myself for $15.99 each from Bonanza. I can see DrawPlus on ebay for 2 dollars! LOL You can't go wrong even if you use it once and throw it away. DrawPlus also has a true vector eraser and vector tracing of raster images, although it's very much hit and miss with some of this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 49 minutes ago, Kuttyjoe said: In the meantime, you can still buy a copy of Serif's discontinued DrawPlus which actually has two items on your list there. Shapebuilder, and live paint tool. I just bought a couple extra copies myself for $15.99 each from Bonanza. I can see DrawPlus on ebay for 2 dollars! LOL You can't go wrong even if you use it once and throw it away. DrawPlus also has a true vector eraser and vector tracing of raster images, although it's very much hit and miss with some of this stuff. The Shape Builder Tool in DeawPlus has some problems with the accuracy in the results. Best regards! Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuttyjoe Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 18 hours ago, Mithferion said: The Shape Builder Tool in DeawPlus has some problems with the accuracy in the results. Best regards! Yeah. And the other items I mentioned also have some quality problems, but for the current price it could be worth it. Affinity Designer has problems too but people are using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorox Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 I totally agree with this request. Something like the Shapebuilder Tool would be a HUGE addition to Affinity Designer in terms of ergonomy and speed of workflow. I actually ignored the tool in Illustrator for some time as I already had other established ways (Pathfinder etc.) of combining shapes, but when I finally took up using the tool I was amazed how easy and intuitive it made the process. Even though I try to use Affinity Designer ever more and really want to prefer it to Illustrator I always find myself missing that super helpful tool every so often! So please, please give AD version 1.9 an equivalent to the Shapebuilder Tool. affinityfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillywilson Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 The lack of shapebuilder style tools is the only reason why I still use illustrator, it's become an essential in modern workflow affinityfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorox Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, chillywilson said: The lack of shapebuilder style tools is the only reason why I still use illustrator, it's become an essential in modern workflow For me I wouldn't actually consider it a „KO criterium“ for not using Designer on the average design job but using the shapebuilder in AI is so much more convenient than the Pathfinder (or Geometry Tools in AD) that I'd feel much more at home with the program if there was one in AD. Same goes for some decent envelope distortion tool (and – finally – support for SVG fonts)... Of course, you can always tell yourself: Well, it‘s not even version 2 yet, but then these are features that aren't exactly fresh on the map, as vector graphics in general go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grauzorn Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 +1 for this tool to be added. It is such a time saver and it really helps you being more cretive with your paths. affinityfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonyJodha Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 +1 for this tool to be added. I really want this tool in affinity. Also live paint. affinityfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorox Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 10:46 PM, JonyJodha said: +1 for this tool to be added. I really want this tool in affinity. Also live paint. Yeah, definitely. And some envelope distortion options, too. Missed them dearly recently... Jowday and affinityfan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-rod Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
affinityfan Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 +1 for Shape Builder Tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellar Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I agree. The Shape Builder tool is one of the features that I really want to see in Affinity Designer. affinityfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.: NICKY G. :. Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 +1 shape builder tool for Affinity Designer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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