GTWillison Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Hi Everyone Am unable to locate the Artboard Tool in Affinity Designer. Has this tool been removed? I can create an artboard using Doc Setup. Can also select the artboard that gets created and duplicate into a new artboard and rename. However the actual Tool within toolbox is missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Can you restore it via menu "View" > "Customise Tools..." ? GTWillison 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Welcome to the forum, Go to: View > Customise Tools GTWillison 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Ventura 13.6, iMac 27" Late 2013 running Catalina 10.15.7 - Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 I have not used the default Tool panel layout for years so I may have this wrong but I think by default the Artboard Tool is a secondary tool grouped with the Node Tool. Tool groups are indicated by a tiny triangle at the bottom right corner, like the ones shown in the screenshots. To switch among grouped tools when using the default layout, either click on the triangle or click & hold briefly on the tool's icon until a menu pops up with all of the group's tools & select the desired one from there. Quote All 3 1.10.6, & all 3 V21.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.6; Affinity Designer 1.10.6; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 19 minutes ago, R C-R said: but I think by default the Artboard Tool is a secondary tool grouped with the Node Tool The Artboard Tool does not come grouped with any other tool, it is a separate tool all on its own R C-R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTWillison Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 Solved. Thank You On 6/3/2020 at 1:00 PM, thomaso said: Can you restore it via menu "View" > "Customise Tools..." ? ...was going to incorrect menu link of "Customize Toolbar...". Will sharpen up on the menus. All the answers where helpful in learning. thomaso 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Zakar Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I have this problem as well. No artboard icon. See the screenshot. Not in the tool customization either, from what I can see. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, Susan Zakar said: I have this problem as well. No artboard icon. See the screenshot. Not in the tool customization either, from what I can see. Any ideas? I think you're in Affinity Photo. Artboards are a feature of Affinity Designer, and there's no Artboard Tool in Photo. Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Zakar Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: I think you're in Affinity Photo. Artboards are a feature of Affinity Designer, and there's no Artboard Tool in Photo. Oops... Thank you for enlightening me. Serious senior moment. [blush face] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 A lot of us have them, Susan Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie478 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I, too, am not able to locate the artboard tool. I went to View > Customize tools and it's not there. Any help? I'm sorry. I don't know how to link a picture here, but here is a screen shot. https://imgur.com/iPD3JqV Thanks for your help! Julie On 6/3/2020 at 1:01 PM, firstdefence said: Welcome to the forum, Go to: View > Customise Tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, Julie478 said: I, too, am not able to locate the artboard tool. I went to View > Customize tools and it's not there. Any help? I'm sorry. I don't know how to link a picture here, but here is a screen shot. https://imgur.com/iPD3JqV From your screenshot, you are using Affinity Publisher, not Affinity Designer. The Publisher Persona of Affinity Publisher does not have an Artboard tool (although there is one in its Designer Persona if you can use that through StudioLink). Quote All 3 1.10.6, & all 3 V21.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.6; Affinity Designer 1.10.6; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie478 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Oh, ok. Thank you. I just went back looked at the video I was following and realized the teacher was using Designer and not Publisher. doh. I need to pay better attention!! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 I had been using the toolbox but it has disappeared. Even if I open an old file, the tool box is gone. This means that I can not do anything!!!!!! mac os mojave 10.14.6 I was just getting to the point where I could get things done and I am feeling very grumpy. Yes, I have tried the customized bit and still no tool box!!! It disappeared about three days ago. Is it possible to get money back? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Hi marilynm, wish well warm welcome to this forums! That sound really horrible. There is good hope to get your Affinity user interface back to your previously used state, – even after three days of disappearance (is there a certain period which would be acceptable to wait for it coming back solely just by itself?) Do you miss a certain tool, like the Artboard Tool, as this thread's topic implies – or do you miss the entire Tools Panel, as your term "tool box" sounds? If it concerns the box of tools, the Tools Panel, consider it might be hidden behind and covered by other panels, for instance: UI tools panel hidden.m4v p.s.: There is no cash-back action for lost UI items. And no fee to restore them. p.p.s: @ 🦄: hiding the tools panel is nasty. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 14 hours ago, marilynm said: I had been using the toolbox but it has disappeared. If that is all that is missing from your User Interface, then use the View menu and make sure that Show Tools is enabled. If that does not resolve it, perhaps you could give us a screenshot of your Affinity Workspace with the View menu expanded so we can see your setup and provide further advice. Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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