fredolone Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Good evening community, I work over an illustration (I have to simplify it). It‘s a form which is imported and what in AI is called a compund shape. The original Illustration is on layer-1 (in blue) … im working on the red copy. I missed or deleted some forms in the progress of my work. I‘m used to get it back from the original (in AI) by copy/paste … aktivated parts and points of a compund shape. i also use very often parts to dublicate within this form. Problem: Affinity designer pastes not only the selected points but the whole shape. Is there something I didn’t find or does it really not work? Is there a workaround? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, fredolone said: Affinity designer pastes not only the selected points but the whole shape. Whole shape must be copied (in AI), otherwise it could not be all pasted. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I would guess that the shape from AI is all in one layer. Have you tried doing a divide to get the curves in separate layers. Then you can pick and copy the individual pieces. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredolone Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 misunderstanding … I imported the Illustration from AI via pdf. I work on it in AD. What you see in the images is that I try to copy parts of an compound shape from one layer to another within AD (i.e. because I deleted them in an early stage of my work). Even when I copy only the little form (as you see activated in img-2) it pastes the whole form and not only the small part of it. I don‘t unserstand this behaviour. I can delete points, move points … but not copy-paste them. I was used to do things like this in AI very often … I hope, sooner or later, I no longer need any workaround (like copy the shape on a extra layer, devide it and copy-paste it from there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 As @Gear makerwrote, it is (all shape) in one layer? Must be in separate layer. Try menu Layer, Geometry, Separate Curves. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredolone Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Thanks Pšenda, it‘s a workaround … it sometimes feels like in the early days of Illustrator … I hope I still work when AD is ready No joke … in so many fields it's so modern and I love it. I hope I soon can replace AI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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