ProColorGraphics Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 It would be nice to be able to set the default units, and units of rulers, text, stoke, etc. independently. When working on files that I previously did in Illustrator, it always opens them up with pixels as the unit of measurement. Although I like my rulers in inches, I like to work with text and strokes in mm. I am able to do that in illustrator and works great for my workflow. CTKJOSE and GregsMC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTKJOSE Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I second this feature request. Annoys me to work in Points and having to deal with decimals... Mike Fleagle and GregsMC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 There is a preference in User Interface section which has a couple of checkboxes. Show Text... Show lines... in points they are by default checked, uncheck them. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen12345 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I also would like to be able to set the default units to either mm or cm's rather than pixels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregsMC Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I have this same request. For another idea, could there be a feature that allows you to override units that are set at the document level? For example, I *always* want to work in mm, never in points or pixels even though my SVG files are saved that way. It would save me the frustration of having to click the ruler or document to change, which interrupts my creative thought process every time I open an SVG document, which is frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 @GregsMC Who is stopping you from creating your own templates? There you can set your favorite unit of measurement and all other document units. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregsMC Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 52 minutes ago, Komatös said: @GregsMC Who is stopping you from creating your own templates? There you can set your favorite unit of measurement and all other document units. Time and sanity. I have about 1000 SVG documents that used to work fine in Adobe Illustrator, auto defaulting to millimeters. I don't want to have to re-create new documents for all those. So having the app just use my default preferred units would be fantastic and a huge time saver. Komatös 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlvsworld Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 12/12/2022 at 7:30 AM, Komatös said: @GregsMC Who is stopping you from creating your own templates? There you can set your favorite unit of measurement and all other document units. What if you are importing documents? So I have to place them every time? I also am requesting this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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