Joao Ferreira Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) I'm designing an icon library that requires isometric grid. The Affinity Designer grid tool is awesome but… it apparently has a bug. If you look at the video you can see that the math used to calculate the grid position is not working properly, which makes me misplace every point which will end up in blurry icons. Is this something you guys can fix quickly? This is a huge blocker. Have a look at the video and screenshots. The Artboard is correctly set to 512px, so that's not the issue. Screen_Recording_2020-07-10_at_13_02_07.mov Edited July 10, 2020 by Joao Ferreira Added more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joao Ferreira Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 So… I think I found my way around it. 1. Activated "Show axis editing handles" 2. Created two vector lines at vertical and horizontal center of my Artboard 3. Dragged the Axis to the intersection of both (exact center of the Artboard), and voila! From what I've tested so far the whole pixel positions seem to be correct with the Grid lines intersections This is imo a workaround and this is something that requires some attention. Also the Divisions are not working and Spacing below 6px doesn't work, but I guess that has been thoroughly reported. Hope, this helps someone having the same issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Hi Joao, If you use these settings you'll get what you are trying to achieve: 2:1 isometric with a spacing of 8,944 px Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joao Ferreira Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Thanks for helping out @Markio. That is one special number. Check my last comment, I think I also found a workaround. Hope it's helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Joao Ferreira said: Thanks for helping out @Markio. That is one special number. Check my last comment, I think I also found a workaround. Hope it's helpful. But do you have pixel alignment? it is actually impossible with 30 degrees isometric grid. 2:1 isometric is closest to standard isometric grid with pixel alignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted July 10, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Joao Ferreira said: This is imo a workaround and this is something that requires some attention.Also the Divisions are not working and Spacing below 6px doesn't work, but I guess that has been thoroughly reported.Hope, this helps someone having the same issues. Hi Joao, The issue with Divisions and Spacing is something we're aware of and with development to be fixed. Regards the other issue, as Markio has pointed out I don't think you will be able to get pixel alignment using those settings. See the image below - the checkerboard is a series of 1x1px rectangles snapped to a pixel grid. I then changed the grid to your settings and overlaid it on top (with the Grid origin set to 256x256). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joao Ferreira Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Yep, got it! Have a look at the video. Screen_Recording_2020-07-10_at_15_38_01.mov Sean P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joao Ferreira Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Thanks for the quick reply @Sean P Have look at my previous post and video. I think I found a way But would definitely love to see improvements to this. It's such a helpful tool and (as you know) key differentiator from the competition. Sean P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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