Lock Aspect ratio & Scaling Affinity Suite

[thathairlesswookie]

Hi Everyone, 

I'm trying to figure out the lock aspect ratio, after some searching I found a topic about the constraints tool, but let me start at the beginning.

Working on a design for a client, on a 5 x 5 in Artboard, when it came time to place the design into some mock-ups the issue appeared, the entire design looses it shape, I've used Shift while adjusting the size using the  click and drag. But this is a temporary fix, is there one more permanent, as I have a few of these to generate, and move over to publisher, once my design reaches past a certain size it just looks like a splotch on the Artboard. Across the Suite, it never keeps the aspect ratio, how can this be resolved. I tried the constraints tool, but that also didn't help. 

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

Across the suite, Affinity operates consistently, but in a way that seems to confuse many users.

By default, if you drag the corner of an object to resize it:

• If the object has a "native" aspect ratio, it will be maintained;
• If the object does not have a "native" aspect ratio, the object can distort.

You can reverse that behavior by holding the Shift key as you drag the corner. That is, with shift held, objects with a native aspect ratio will distort, and those that do not have one will not distort.

If you find that confusing, there's a Preference to change it:

You can choose to constrain the aspect ratio by default, or not constrain it. Either way, pressing Shift will reverse the behavior.

You will probably want to set that option the same way in all of your Affinity applications

[thathairlesswookie]

Thank you Walt for rolling out the welcome mat.

I've had no issues with the suite, took to it very quickly, this was the only noticeable problem, which I only picked up on yesterday. I will retry your suggestions, see if this gets me the results I'm expecting.

Thanks again Walt.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome

[Pšenda]

4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

but in a way that seems to confuse many users.

Changing the cursor type would greatly facilitate understanding of the current function (with/without aspect).