Can't snap to grid perfectly

[incher91]

Hello,

I have a problem with perfect snapping with an isometric grid.
As you can see in the first picture, it doesnt snap perfectly.
My settings are in pictures 2 and 3. It also doesnt work with the option "force pixel alignment" toggled off 😞

 

Can anybody help me please?

 

Greetings

Fabian

[Alfred]

Leave ‘Force pixel alignment’ enabled, but disable ‘Move by whole pixels’. The latter takes precedence when enabled.

[incher91]

Hi Alfred, your Solution works Form my Windows Version, but unfortunatly Not For my iPad App...

same issue

[Alfred]

I’m sorry to hear that, Fabian. Perhaps you could share a misbehaving document so I can test it on my iPad (and other iPad users can test it, too).

[incher91]

Of course, Great Idee. Here you go

grid snap problem.afdesign

[DM1]

7 hours ago, incher91 said:

I have a problem with perfect snapping with an isometric grid.

I found that to get it to work I needed to have Move by whole pixels on.

[incher91]

Hi DM1, if you look really close, than you can see that isnt snapped perfectly. Also you disabled the "Snap to grid" option.

[Alfred]

I can confirm that it isn’t snapping for me when I have only ‘Snap to grid’ enabled. ‘Force pixel alignment’ seems to mess things up even more (presumably because it’s keeping the edges of the shape away from grid lines that aren’t aligned to pixel boundaries).

[DM1]

59 minutes ago, incher91 said:

if you look really close, than you can see that isnt snapped perfectly.

Yes, I have to agree. Either snapping is not working or the grid display is still off when zoomed.

The fix list for 1.84 states: Fix for incorrect rendering of grids past certain zoom levels??

[Sean P]

Hi incher91,

Unfortunately this is still a known issue on iPad when attempting to snap to non-square grids. I'll get the issue bumped with development and pass your comments over.

[incher91]

Hey all,

thank you for the confirmation!

 

7 hours ago, DM1 said:

The fix list for 1.84 states: Fix for incorrect rendering of grids past certain zoom levels??

The renderings of the grid in some zoom levels are still incorrect

 

[Ision Industries]

On 8/7/2020 at 9:57 AM, Sean P said:

Hi incher91,

Unfortunately this is still a known issue on iPad when attempting to snap to non-square grids. I'll get the issue bumped with development and pass your comments over.

Hi Sean, 

New affinity user here. Maybe it’s my OCD but is there a workaround to make precise isometric designs? I’ve been trying to follow some tutorials but now that I realize that the points do not exactly align with the grid I am hesitant to work on more isometric work. Will I have to manually align each point when I make isometric elements?

[DM1]

15 hours ago, Ision Industries said:

Will I have to manually align each point when I make isometric elements?

I think mods have previously said the alignment doesn’t move, just that the grid is not drawn properly when zoomed, making it look like it is no longer aligned. Hopefully they can confirm this.

[Ision Industries]

15 hours ago, DM1 said:

I think mods have previously said the alignment doesn’t move, just that the grid is not drawn properly when zoomed, making it look like it is no longer aligned. Hopefully they can confirm this.

Do you mean it's a bug with the grid zoom? And not the alignment snapping?

[DM1]

1 hour ago, Ision Industries said:

Do you mean it's a bug with the grid zoom? And not the alignment snapping?

I believe so but mods would need to confirm.

[Ision Industries]

13 hours ago, DM1 said:

I believe so but mods would need to confirm.

Please confirm this mods! My OCD is killing me and it's making me very hesitant to work on any isometric design work 

[DM1]

4 hours ago, Ision Industries said:

Please confirm this mods! My OCD is killing me and it's making me very hesitant to work on any isometric design work 

I found this post by DanC confirming Grid snapping is mathematical function, (invisible grid), the visible grid is overlaid (and has position issue when zoomed). Snapping grid is however , unaffected.🙂
 

[Ision Industries]

@DM1 so it seems like the only work around to get precise alignment is to work on isometric design at 100% (normal) zoom? 

[DM1]

Seems to be the case though at 200% it still looks aligned  to my (tired) eyes.

 Serif fixed the standard grid in this release so hopefully a fix for isometric won’t be too far off. 🙂

[MichaelSwengelMV]

I can confirm this is still an issue as of today. I’m using the latest versions of iOS and affinity on an iPad Pro 10.5.

[DM1]

On 6/19/2021 at 8:35 AM, MichaelSwengelMV said:

I can confirm this is still an issue as of today.

Disappointing, but it’s only been 12months. 🤭

[BenjaminBugl]

Bump nearly another year later. I am on a 6th Gen iPad with Affinity Designer 1.10.5 and it's not even working with square grids. Drives me crazy. Plz fix.

[Onfordarken]

Hi, just came across this issue on my iPad. Two years and counting….