nelsencaleb Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 Hi, I am in the process of learning Affinity Designer for desktop. I am trying to draw a straight line with the pen tool. I select the pen tool, plot my point, hold shift, and go to the other end of the line. The line that is created is choppy and raises, not straight. I have provided an image and a video so you can watch. Does anyone know why this appears not straight. Screen_Recording_2020-02-24_at_7_50.13_PM.mov Quote
GarryP Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 Welcome to the forums. It looks like your canvas or artboard(s) may have been rotated by a tiny amount. First choose menu “View → Reset Rotation”. If that doesn’t work, select your artboard and check that the R (rotation) setting – in the Transform Panel – is 0. If it’s not, change it to 0. nelsencaleb and Callum 1 1 Quote
nelsencaleb Posted February 26, 2020 Author Posted February 26, 2020 @GarryP Hi, Thank you. That was the fix! I appreciate your help Quote
GarryP Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 You’re welcome. Just out of interest, which fix was the one that worked? Quote
nelsencaleb Posted March 2, 2020 Author Posted March 2, 2020 Hi @GarryP, It was View > Reset Rotation. Quote
GarryP Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 Interesting. The “Reset Rotation” function only relates – as far as I know – to the Canvas Rotation and I thought that the user could only rotate the canvas by 15 degree increments. I wonder how you came to have the canvas rotated by such a small amount. If the user can’t rotate the canvas by an amount smaller than 15 degrees then it looks like the software has done it by itself, which is a little worrying. I wonder if anyone else has an explanation. Quote
R C-R Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 2 hours ago, GarryP said: The “Reset Rotation” function only relates – as far as I know – to the Canvas Rotation and I thought that the user could only rotate the canvas by 15 degree increments. On Macs, the canvas can be set to any angle if done with a trackpad that accepts gestures & Preferences > Tools is set to enable that: Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.7 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
GarryP Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 Ah, I see, yeah, that would do it. Thanks R C-R. Quote
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