Designer - unexpected result

[Chezqui]

So I made an arc and then rotated a rectangle and copies.

When I try and join them into one shape I get this bar across the image.

Sometimes a wide one that shows up and other times one that can be only seen in outline view.

Any thoughts welcome

[Gear maker]

25 minutes ago, Chezqui said:

So I made an arc and then rotated a rectangle and copies.

When I try and join them into one shape I get this bar across the image.

Sometimes a wide one that shows up and other times one that can be only seen in outline view.

Any thoughts welcome

The arc, was it a closed curve or open?  It looks like it might have been open and the geometric operation closed it.  If so try doing an expand stroke on it before joining them.

[Alfred]

Instead of joining up lots of separate pieces, I would create a shape with the Cog Tool and then intersect with a rectangle to leave the quadrant that I want to keep.
 

[Chezqui]

1 hour ago, Gear maker said:

The arc, was it a closed curve or open?  It looks like it might have been open and the geometric operation closed it.  If so try doing an expand stroke on it before joining them.

That is the answer tank you. I thought I had close the ends using the pen tool but obviously not.

I would normally use command J but it doesn't work in Designer.

[Chezqui]

So How do I go about joining these two ends please

 

 

[Gear maker]

4 minutes ago, Chezqui said:

So How do I go about joining these two ends please

If the other ends of these curves shown are connected then just do a Close Curve.  If not and you want these two nodes connected, select the end two nodes then do a Join Curves.

Pressing a cmd J will duplicate a layer(s).  Or a copy paste (cmd C cmd V) will duplicate a layer.

[Gear maker]

Your second picture shows what the joining line will look like.  If you opt click on the handle sticking out to the left (not the node) you can convert it into a sharp corner.

[Chezqui]

3 minutes ago, Gear maker said:

If the other ends of these curves shown are connected then just do a Close Curve.  If not and you want these two nodes connected, select the end two nodes then do a Join Curves.

Pressing a cmd J will duplicate a layer(s).  Or a copy paste (cmd C cmd V) will duplicate a layer.

Sorry to be a complete plonker but I did try join curves with this result shown

[Gear maker]

1 minute ago, Chezqui said:

Sorry to be a complete plonker but I did try join curves with this result shown

No problem, we've all been there before. The join does cause the node handle to stick out resulting in a bulbous end.  Just opt (alt) click on the left handle and it will turn into a straight line connecting the nodes.  If you want to join the other two nodes use the Close Curve.

[Chezqui]

12 minutes ago, Gear maker said:

No problem, we've all been there before. The join does cause the node handle to stick out resulting in a bulbous end.  Just opt (alt) click on the left handle and it will turn into a straight line connecting the nodes.  If you want to join the other two nodes use the Close Curve.

Phew! I made some progress - thank you.
As I have said before, in AI I romp through this stuff. I earnt my living with it for years. I have to learn AD.

[Gear maker]

1 hour ago, Chezqui said:

As I have said before, in AI I romp through this stuff. I earnt my living with it for years. I have to learn AD.

Chezqui, I did AI and PS as a hobby.  But I have found that the Affinity products are more intuitive than the Adobe.  And only a few things I now miss from them.  The subscription is of course not one of them.  Every once in a while I go back and use a copy I still have that is presubscription for one thing or another and find I don't remember it enough to be efficient and it's not intuitive at all.  Bottom line I'm glad for the switch.  I hope you feel the same shortly.

Your page looks great!

 

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, Chezqui said:

Phew! I made some progress - thank you.
As I have said before, in AI I romp through this stuff. I earnt my living with it for years. I have to learn AD.

Very nicely done, but you might want to fix the spelling!

Rain forrest Rainforest (all one word, one ‘r’ in ‘forest’)

fringers fingers (remove the superfluous ‘r’)

forrest cannopy forest canopy (one ‘r’, one ‘n’)

And finally, your tree frogs “have powerful back legs to allow them to spring.”

[Chezqui]

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

Very nicely done, but you might want to fix the spelling!

Rain forrest Rainforest (all one word, one ‘r’ in ‘forest’)

fringers fingers (remove the superfluous ‘r’)

forrest cannopy forest canopy (one ‘r’, one ‘n’)

And finally, your tree frogs “have powerful back legs to allow them to spring.”

Luckily I did the illustration and the copy will have been checked before publication Alf.

It's what is known as 'blurb'. Just put in place to give an idea of what copy would look like.

Gear Maker helped me out here... he gave me the answers I needed.