DGB Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 I wish top add my name and voice to the above requests. I am a structural engineer in UK and I have used Draw Plus for years to convey ideas, provide technical drawings and to illustrate calculations. I want now to be able to use Affinity to produce my technical sketches etc so need the dimensioning and scaling routines. It is a real disappointment that Affinity with all its power and ability cannot provide the basic functionality of dimensioning which all drawing and sketching packages should have. marcos_wpg, rt-it and mdriftmeyer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQL Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) +1 I'm an Affinity Photo for iPad and Desktop user but I use Designer on iPad only. If I had this for Designer I'd go for it on the Desktop too for sure. It's really the only thing making me stand because, as an Architect I need this for everyday work and even if the vector tools I use are rudimentary compared to Designer, they allow dimensioning... Edited October 8, 2021 by JQL Incomplete feedback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damion Hill Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) Same here. I’m trying to convince the exhibit company I work for to switch to Affinity products. We need to have the dimension tools to make it worth it. We could save money by dropping down to a couple Adobe licenses instead of a handful. C’mon Serif! Let’s get this done!! Edited February 16, 2022 by Damion Hill Misspelling Dazmondo77 and Fixx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t1000 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Just bought Affinity Designer after researching vector drawing tools for a Mac. Expected it would have dimensioning since that is standard on so many other tools. Couldn't find it anywhere and bumped into this thread looking for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 People have been asking for this since it came out, but for some reason they have not responded. I, for one, might have ordered it, but I continue to use Draw Plus, which has dimensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 On 2/26/2021 at 1:55 PM, Jay K Elemenopy said: Let me be quite clear about this: Affinity, you are losing out on MASS ADOPTION of Designer as a production tool for this ONE SINGLE FATAL DRAWBACK. True. I am baffled why a company would invest so much to develop this product and omit such a basic function. I've emailed support twice in the last year and still there's no word on when this will be available. I paid for an affinity license over a year ago, but until they add dimensioning to the app I will continue to use Intaglio as my primary drawing tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inclusive Design Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I love the measure tool in Designer 2 but why can't I bake that in as a dimension element? Am I missing anything from all the requests from the past 2 years? Still fantastic piece of software/suite. marcos_wpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcos_wpg Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 I'm also waiting for this feature. Just like Specees on Illustrator or dimensional tool on CorelDraw. I can't use Affinity because of that. Dazmondo77 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Unbelievable. People have been waiting YEARS for the ability to dimension a drawing, and Affinity adds a measurement tool that doesn't even print? Hello??? marcos_wpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica W Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I wanted to give this thread my +1. I use affinity to clean up my plots and figures for research papers. The dimensioning tool would be super useful for adding scale bars etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areohbe Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 +1 for dynamic dimensions. I am woodworker and this would allow me to move my entire workflow to Affinity. Distortion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Langham Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 I'm an architect and I think Affinity Designer is almost there in it's ability but I can't use it if I cannot quickly tap on a couple of points and leave a permanent dimension there as I can in say CorelDraw. It's such a shame because there would be many more users if this simple thing was added. The measurement tool almost does it but then the measurement just disappears when you move to another tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Langham Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 I'm an architect and I think Affinity Designer is almost there in it's ability but I can't use it if I cannot quickly tap on a couple of points and leave a permanent dimension there as I can in say CorelDraw. It's such a shame because there would be many more users if this simple thing was added. The measurement tool almost does it but then the measurement just disappears when you move to another tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pscharff Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 I can only egree with you. A dimensioning tool in the designer would be great. This missing feature actually holds me back from buying this software. Please add this tool, and you have got a new buyer. Regards, Patric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQL Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 I have V1 and never use it because of this. I would immediately upgrade for V2 if it had it and was as thrilled with the measurement as I thought it meant a dimension tool. Coming here time to time just to see if this will ever happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerreraz Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Hi everybody 👋🏼 new to the forum, but have been using Designer and Publisher for a couple of years now. I just wanted to express my support for this feature request. But first, I would like to take a second to thank and congratulate the Affinity team 🎊 for their hard work on V2, which saw major improvements and new features, like the vector warp and shape builder tools, which the community (myself included) had been wanting for a long time. Now back to the topic at hand... I work for an architectural signage company and we use CorelDRAW to design our sign systems and to produce design approvals for clients, and no one in the office likes it very much. Naturally, I introduced them to Designer and Publisher and everyone loved it. The only problem is we can't ditch Corel just yet because Affinity lacks a dimensioning tool, which we rely on daily 📐 and the frustrating thing is that the Measure Tool is practically it, if only the measurements stayed and changed upon resizing, as opposed to disappearing the second you click elsewhere. But here's to hoping that a proper dimensioning tool is on its way! Ps: I will personally buy all these people at work Affinity licenses if the feature's released sooner rather than later lol. Backroad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcos_wpg Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Hey mate, I don't want to discourage you, but I've been eagerly anticipating this for years which made me frustrated. I work in the sign industry too, and while I find Affinity much faster and more reliable, I can't switch to it because of the dimensioning tool. I don't think we will see this too soon, we better stick to what we have. michael_gr and yerreraz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arifg Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 just to keep this post fresh, I also support this dimensioning tools to come to Affinity, especially Designer. I use Coreldraw for 7 years, and IMO this tool doesn't have to be very detailed as much as Corel. They have "horizontal or vertical Dimension" because "parallel dimension" doesn't work if the mouse is too far away, not necessary. It also has node constraints so if you pull a node the dimension will follow the node, but from experience I turned this off because remarks from customer can make you forget/make mistake. Affinity already have other features like arrow tips and like profiling and the UI is already way better than Corel ( they added variable curve thickness, to somewhere, just this year). And they published the measuring tools. I mean Affinity is "this" close to what we want,and it does not has to be as complex as Corel. Callout (or leaders) are also mandatory. the workaround is simply use the "dimension" in the Styles panel/studio, then add text to where you want. Angular Dimension is good to have. My manufacturers doesn't need them anyways but if you sketching furniture it is mandatory. In short, except the Angular dimensioning, you'll see the only automation/code we need is put a text that has the info of the curve length to the middle of the curve, or to the tip of the curve for callouts. why Dimensioning especially necessary for a vector design program? I am doing perfume&packaging designs internationally and technical drawing programs like autocad or rhinoceros doesn't have the appeal to show your beauty of your design to the customer, where rendering is too slow and expensive at first steps of design communication. Corel knows this and they are gaining profit because of this. JQL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinix Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 A vote from me too for a dimensioning tool. I've been wanting to fully migrate from Canvas Draw GFX to Affinity but need a dimensioning tool in Affinity. The Affinity Area calculation tool is a great feature and the Ruler tool useful too. Thanks. Backroad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guilherme Carvalho Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) Hello, joining the voice to request the hability to keep the dimensions on the drawing. I am also part of the people leaving Corel Draw, and as architect this is a very important tool for me. I have several friends that work at the expo industry, we use Corel Draw extensivelly, we are searching for a tool that can fully replace it and seems that affinity can do it, but the measuring tool is an important missing element. (i use coreldraw since version 2, so, almost 30 years using it) Edited December 5, 2023 by Guilherme Carvalho Backroad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcook13 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 OK. It is time! Adobe has now finally introduced a real dimensioning tool in Illustrator. Please add this to Designer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 54 minutes ago, billcook13 said: Adobe has now finally introduced a real dimensioning tool in Illustrator … and it took them mere 37 years. Alfred, GarryP and ronnyb 3 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQL Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 DWG import and export but still no dimensioning. I hope it will be developed, eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_gr Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guilherme Carvalho Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 +7 (as i represent my design bureau) Backroad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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