Hunnicutt Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I'm working in Affinity Designer and I'm having some trouble with snapping the edges of an artboard to objects, and I'm not sure that artboards are designed for what I need to do. Below, I have a logo and shapes used for x-heights. I can adjust the artboard, but I can't find a way for the artboard to snap to the objects inside of it so that I can have the artboard sized to exactly where I need.. Here are my snapping settings: Am I using artboards wrong, or is there a setting I'm not seeing? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 6 hours ago, Hunnicutt said: I'm having some trouble with snapping the edges of an artboard to objects Why would it be necessary to set the dimensions of artboards exactly to the boundaries of the object? When exporting (Export Persona), the Slice is created exactly according to the dimensions of the exported object, and can be freely adjusted if necessary. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) 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 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. 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...
lepr Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Hunnicutt said: I can adjust the artboard, but I can't find a way for the artboard to snap to the objects inside of it so that I can have the artboard sized to exactly where I need.. Here are my snapping settings: Am I using artboards wrong, or is there a setting I'm not seeing? Thanks! You are doing nothing wrong. In current Affinity apps, an object cannot snap to its contained objects. This can be inconvenient at times, as you've discovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 As has been mentioned above, you cannot snap an artboard to its contents. However, you can use the Layers Panel to move the artboard’s contents to be ‘outside’ of the artboard, then snap the artboard to that which was previously inside it, and then move the previous contents back ‘inside’. That sounds a bit weird so I’ve attached a short video showing the process. 2020-10-23 08-46-11.mp4 Hunnicutt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatGuy Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 you can fit the artboard to your selection when creating it: Hunnicutt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunnicutt Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Thanks so much. The above two posts helped me a lot and got me where I wanted to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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