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Dashed line behaviour - absolute measure gaps/line


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As I understand and experimented with, the "line" and the "gap" in a dashed line/stroke is relative/depending on stroke weight. So the gap/line changes bigger when one changes the stroke weight.

It would to really great if one could determine the absolute length of gap/line independently of the stroke weight. And control this in the metric system of measurement.

I am thinking this, because I draw/edit architetural plans in different scales in Designer, and sometimes creating strokes with gap/lines that fits the scale of the drawing will be easier for some design elements..

Anyway. Hope it makes sense and it gets on the "develop list".

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9 hours ago, erchdk said:

As I understand and experimented with, the "line" and the "gap" in a dashed line/stroke is relative/depending on stroke weight. So the gap/line changes bigger when one changes the stroke weight.

While that is true, you do have additional controls over it, using the control fields at the bottom of the stroke panel:

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By default, the first two fields say that the dash length and the gap both match the line thickness. If you had a 10pt line and you wanted a 20pt dash, you could put "2" in the first field. Conversely, if you had a 10pt line and you wanted a 5pt dash you could put .5 in the first field.

That's explained in the Help for the Stroke Panel.

That's probably not as much control as you want, since it's not absolute, and not easily "metric", but I wanted to be sure you understood that it is somewhat controllable.

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9 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

While that is true, you do have additional controls over it, using the control fields at the bottom of the stroke panel:

image.png.52a6107e36fd5befa0a5f1bf52f9e570.png

By default, the first two fields say that the dash length and the gap both match the line thickness. If you had a 10pt line and you wanted a 20pt dash, you could put "2" in the first field. Conversely, if you had a 10pt line and you wanted a 5pt dash you could put .5 in the first field.

That's explained in the Help for the Stroke Panel.

That's probably not as much control as you want, since it's not absolute, and not easily "metric", but I wanted to be sure you understood that it is somewhat controllable.

Thanks. I do know there is some control, but as you write, not as much as I would like. I have mad some workarounds for some things, but that's more luck than skills. Anyway - I hope Affinity records this idea, and maybe it gets featured somewhere down the line.

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