DarkClown Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I wonder if there is a way to align an object not only on the wireframe but also on the outside/inside of the (brush) stroke size? This is the standard: This is what I need: Cheers, TImo adi_cataleya and Frozen Death Knight 2 Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 28, 2020 Staff Share Posted October 28, 2020 Hi DarkClown, No way to do it directly currently. It's only aligns/snaps to the object path (the thin blue line). Thanks for the feedback. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkClown Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Thanks for your quick response. I'd just like to briefly explain why this would be a looked after feature: When you precisely need the Object (including the stroke width) to end at defined measures (e.g. a surrounding frame on printed sign) it is important to have the stroke width included. Elsewise the sign would be cut of at the middle of the frame (at the wireframe). Joachim_L 1 Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Definitely useful. Right now I have to calculate or have to use "Align Stroke to Inside". Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkClown Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Joachim_L said: Definitely useful. Right now I have to calculate or have to use "Align Stroke to Inside". Well the numerical input features in AD are ... quite basic. Of course it's not a CAD system so nothing to be called a "must have" feature. But as a result it's quite some effort and needs a lot of workaround to realise numerial precision. Especially since the stroke width can be entered in mm/cm but instantly is converted into px and not maintained as a standard measurement unit for strokes... Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, DarkClown said: Especially since the stroke width can be entered in mm/cm but instantly is converted into px You meant pt? Preferences >> User Interface >> Uncheck "Show Lines in points"? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, DarkClown said: Well the numerical input features in AD are ... quite basic. Of course it's not a CAD system so nothing to be called a "must have" feature. But as a result it's quite some effort and needs a lot of workaround to realise numerial precision. Especially since the stroke width can be entered in mm/cm but instantly is converted into px and not maintained as a standard measurement unit for strokes... Do you have the preferences changed here? It will take whatever your document units are if it is unchecked. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkClown Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Oh, I got trapped ... it is driven by document units ... when you uncheck the box ... (I had the impression it would only switch between pt and px - but that was my mistake) - Thx for pointing that out. Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 You are welcome. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Death Knight Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Good idea. Not sure if this is helpful or not, but one workaround to this is to copy the objects and use expand stroke so they will recognise the outlines of each other and then finally delete the copies if you don't need them. Far from ideal, but it works somewhat. Alternatively you use guides to help assist the snapping process a bit more when you want to repeat the process on several objects at once with the same outline widths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkClown Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 I'm currently using numerical input for guidelines and calculate the brush width to it ... not really elegant - but works with additional effort. Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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