NevraArts Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 this is a question for the IPAD version: let's say I have an irregular shape (black in the example image attached) and I want tog et an inner line that follows in a perfectly equally distanced way the outer line (like the red Lin in the same image), how can I obtain that? (must be simple but for some reason I am not getting it in designer iPad) thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall123492 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 For vector shapes there's an option in the appearance panel to add multiple strokes and fills. This will work. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstantnnn Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I hope these images helped you. For anything else, feel free to reply. Quote Hackintosh running Big Sur 11.2.3, Coffe Lake i3 with UHD630 graphics MacBook (Early 2015) running macOS Mojave iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) running iPadOS 13.5 Vista PC in the attic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Niall123492 said: For vector shapes there's an option in the appearance panel to add multiple strokes and fills. This will work. Inner-dash.afdesign DM1 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevraArts Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 42 minutes ago, konstantnnn said: I hope these images helped you. For anything else, feel free to reply. thank you anyway, but unfortunately this is not what I need to get, since I need something like the Alfred's reply shows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevraArts Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, Alfred said: Inner-dash.afdesign 23.84 kB · 0 downloads this is exactly what I need, but with the iPad I cannot achieve that... any suggestion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevraArts Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Niall123492 said: For vector shapes there's an option in the appearance panel to add multiple strokes and fills. This will work. I saw that but I can't achieve that with the iPad, even though I found the appearance panel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstantnnn Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Quote Hackintosh running Big Sur 11.2.3, Coffe Lake i3 with UHD630 graphics MacBook (Early 2015) running macOS Mojave iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) running iPadOS 13.5 Vista PC in the attic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevraArts Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 If you look this image, what I need is to get that red line at least few millimetres from the external border Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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konstantnnn Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I don’t know theres even an option in the desktop version to distance the stroke that much from the edge. Could you send me the document so I can manually try to do something? I would manually duplicate the object, resize some parts of it down and hide the fill. Then i would apply a stroke on that object Quote Hackintosh running Big Sur 11.2.3, Coffe Lake i3 with UHD630 graphics MacBook (Early 2015) running macOS Mojave iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) running iPadOS 13.5 Vista PC in the attic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevraArts Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, konstantnnn said: I don’t know theres even an option in the desktop version to distance the stroke that much from the edge. Could you send me the document so I can manually try to do something? I would manually duplicate the object, resize some parts of it down and hide the fill. Then i would apply a stroke on that object I cannot send you the actual file (which is not this elephant), since it is for a work, but resizing does not work, since it messes up many proportion unfortunately. I am sure there is a way because I have done it with other softwares time ago, but here I cannot find a way, and it is VERY strange.... you can anyway try with whatever irregular shape you want, it just have to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 17, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 17, 2020 Hi NevraArts, Check the attached file. Basically you can add a white stroke to the elephant then place the dashed stroke above this one (with a smaller width) to give the impression that the dashed line is offset from the edge of the elephant. The offset distance is dictated by the size of the white stroke. This affects the original appearance of the elephant a little (it becomes fatter due to the added white stroke width but you can compensate for it if you plan ahead. There may be other solutions specially if you don't need the rounded corners for the dashed line. Untitled_1.afdesign Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 hour ago, NevraArts said: this is exactly what I need, but with the iPad I cannot achieve that... any suggestion? I did it on my iPad! Maybe @MEB’s file will help you to see how to achieve a similar result. 15 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi NevraArts, Check the attached file. Basically you can add a white stroke to the elephant then place the dashed stroke above this one (with a smaller width) to give the impression that the dashed line is offset from the edge of the elephant. The offset distance is dictated by the size of the white stroke. This affects the original appearance of the elephant a little (it becomes fatter due to the added white stroke width but you can compensate for it if you plan ahead. There may be other solutions specially if you don't need the rounded corners for the dashed line. Untitled_1.afdesign Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevraArts Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, MEB said: Hi NevraArts, Check the attached file. Basically you can add a white stroke to the elephant then place the dashed stroke above this one (with a smaller width) to give the impression that the dashed line is offset from the edge of the elephant. The offset distance is dictated by the size of the white stroke. This affects the original appearance of the elephant a little (it becomes fatter due to the added white stroke width but you can compensate for it if you plan ahead. There may be other solutions specially if you don't need the rounded corners for the dashed line. Untitled_1.afdesign thanks! this actually helped but it is a walk around, so I would definitely suggest to add this as a native feature, not to have all the cons of this methods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DJ Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Hi, I miss not having a proper offset path tool. My workaround is to expand the stroke- release curves and then you have perfectly offset paths. -Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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