Logo in Affinity Designer, Shape Tool.

[Designer1]

Is it possible to build such a logo in Affinity Designer? In Affinity Designer is missing Shape Tool and other tools from Adobe Illustrator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NHXiq7RIf4

[Designer1]

Although it is a simple four-circle shape design, it does not work in Affinity Designer. I have also tried it in CorelDraw, it works very well and fast. The question is, why doesn't it work in Affinity Designer?

[Aammppaa]

You are correct that Affinity doesn't have the shape builder tool.

But you should be able to achieve the same result (in a more labour intensive way) using the Boolean tools.

Specifically Divide.

Have you tried this?

What part of the process isn't working?

[GarryP]

Yes, this is totally possible in Designer, see attached image.
As Aammppaa said above, it needs a bit of work, but it’s doable.
I’ll see if I can put a video together to show the process but I might not be able to get round to that today.

[Designer1]

Aammppaa

Unfortunately Specifically Divide does not work properly. Parts with unclean contours are created, with many points. It is clear that one can divide the circles into individual parts and then merge the required parts.

[Designer1]

GarryP

A video would be great!

[h_d]

@Designer1 I believe that the Geometry/Divide command has picked up some nasty bugs in version 1.8.1. As I understand it the developers are aware.

[Bad_Wolf]

Hi GarryP,

A video will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Chris

 

 

[G13RL]

I see two ways to do this without going through Boolean operations, there are certainly others, perhaps simpler and faster.

First method:
1/ Draw a crescent, adjust its thickness and apply a gradient to it.
2/ With the crescent selected, "Ctrl/Cmd + J", rotate it by 120° (for 3 crescents).
3/ Do "Ctrl/Cmd + J" a second time.
4/ Select one of the crescents, convert it into curves.
5/ Take "Node Tool", select the two central nodes and do "Break Curve".
6/ Select one of the two parts, place it under one of the other crescents.
7/ Select the other part and place it on the second crescent.
8/ To avoid the gap between the two parts of the cut crescent, select one of them, "Close Curve" and draw the line slightly in the other part.

Second method:
1/ Draw the three crescents as in the first method.
2/ Duplicate one of the crescents and place it on top of the others.
3/ Draw a shape without filling or contour covering entirely the part opposite to the one to be modified, place it under the crescent.
4/ Lower the upper crescent into the shape until a horizontal blue rectangle is obtained at the bottom right of the label.

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[Designer1]

h_d

I hope that this Geometry/Divide bug will be fixed soon. One is dependent on this important function!

[GarryP]

Here’s a link to the video which I’ve just posted to the Tutorials section of the site: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/108700-how-to-make-a-tri-part-circular-logo/
It contains a few different techniques so it might be useful to watch even if you don’t want to make this specific shape.

[Designer1]

GarryP

Many thanks for this video tutorial !

[GarryP]

You're welcome.