GraphicDesigner Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Hi all, I'd like to create an ACTUAL grid in Affinity Designer because I want to export the grid. I could draw lines and replicate them continually. However, if I wanted to change the spacing of the grid I don't see a way to do that easily. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blende21 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Do a little math: On how many cm the grid should extend ? Which spaces in between ? The result is the number of Grid Lines you need. Then draw a first grid line on the zero-Position. Then create as many duplicates of it as you will need. Place the last one on the final position, and all the others between the first and the last one. Select all, use the „distribute evenly“ item to set them all with identical spacing between the first and last one. Group all together, protect against changes. For a vertical grid select the group, duplicate it and rotate it by 90• Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Helmar Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 8/31/2020 at 12:17 AM, Blende21 said: Do a little math: On how many cm the grid should extend ? Which spaces in between ? The result is the number of Grid Lines you need. Then draw a first grid line on the zero-Position. Then create as many duplicates of it as you will need. Place the last one on the final position, and all the others between the first and the last one. Select all, use the „distribute evenly“ item to set them all with identical spacing between the first and last one. Group all together, protect against changes. For a vertical grid select the group, duplicate it and rotate it by 90• That can't possibly it, can it? I mean, if there's a fancy cog builder, what am I missing to not see a grid builder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 If you are using Windows 10 you might find this of some use: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 I can provide a procedural texture filter which creates a grid of selectable grid size, and with selectable color. Interested? x y grid.afphoto Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Helmar said: That can't possibly it, can it? I mean, if there's a fancy cog builder, what am I missing to not see a grid builder? You aren't missing anything. There is no vector-based 'grid builder' in any of the Affinity apps. If you would like to see such a feature, you could post something to the appropriate Feature Request forum, or search for that in the already created ones & add your support to it. Helmar and Anonymous Puddle 2 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
v_kyr Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 There are a some online SVG based grid builders like ooorganize etc. available, do a Google search after this topic. - These allow to setup a grid and then to download it as SVG vector format which you can import/open/place into the Affinity apps. Helmar 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hjulstrom Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 You could create a grid by creating a rectangle with a stroke but no fill, after which, replicating the rectangle and snapping it to its neighbors would allow you to construct a grid quickly. You could then select all of the rectangles at once and group them, which would give you a single, selectable grid object. And by dragging the resize handles, you could adjust both the size and aspect ratio of the cells. Helmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmar Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 On 4/25/2022 at 12:46 PM, NotMyFault said: I can provide a procedural texture filter which creates a grid of selectable grid size, and with selectable color. Interested? x y grid.afphoto Thanks so much - much appreciated! NotMyFault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeper22 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 4/25/2022 at 3:46 AM, NotMyFault said: I can provide a procedural texture filter which creates a grid of selectable grid size, and with selectable color. Interested? x y grid.afphoto I know this is a little old, but I find it incredibly useful. Is there any way to adjust the weight of the grid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 7 hours ago, Keeper22 said: I know this is a little old, but I find it incredibly useful. Is there any way to adjust the weight of the grid? Yes, it is possible! Just double-click on the Live Filter icon. Now you can change the values of 'a' and 'b' Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.2 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.2605) Affinity Suite V 2.5.7 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Ferengi Acquisition Rule No. 49: “A deal is a deal is a deal.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeper22 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Thank you for responding. I understand that that changes the number of vertical and horizontal squares, but I’d like to change the weight (stroke) of the lines. On high resolution images it’s very difficult to see the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I will check, will be possible Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I quick method: in the PT filter, delete the c variable, create it new with type "R" and set a number of 2. This will thicken the lines, but only to the right / down direction. Getting the lines thicker symmetrically will require more extensive refactoring. x y grid V2.afphoto Keeper22 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeper22 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Thank you for trying. Let me know if you are able to increase the stroke of both horizontal and vertical. I really appreciate all the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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