Kiarian Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Can someone help me out here? I create a circle (10px by 10px) with a thickness of 2, CTRL+J to copy, go into the Transform box and type +8 in the W: and H: section. So I now have my duplicate circle (increased 8 pixels both in the width and height). OK, so all I want to do now is to power duplicate and keep pressing CTRL+J however many times I want to make these circles, each one 8 pixels larger than the previous. Isn't the expression of +8 in both the W and H correct? I'm not getting each circle +8 pixels larger than the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 The duplication is 180% not 8 pixels. I don't think that we can specify a fixed unit increase/decrease. When you think about decreasing the size this using the times/percent instead of a fixed unit of measure makes sense. Start with a ten pixel diameter circle and decrease it by 8 pixels and repeat, what does a negative 6 pixel wide object look like? Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | 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...
Alfred Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Old Bruce said: what does a negative 6 pixel wide object look like? The same as a positive 6 px wide object, but flipped horizontally? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Power Duplicate scales by the ratio of the first duplicate's size to the original object's size. It has no knowledge of how the duplicate's size came to be. Currently, there is no tool for repeatedly duplicating with application of an expression such as "w += 8; h += 8" which would increment the width by 8 and height by 8 for each iteration, but it has been requested. Kiarian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiarian Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: I don't think that we can specify a fixed unit increase/decrease. Ahh, I was typing a combination of either just 8, or 8px to see if I could specify a unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Kiarian said: Ahh, I was typing a combination of either just 8, or 8px to see if I could specify a unit. You can specify a unit if you want to, but it won’t help! Entering +6pt when your document units are pixels will give you the same result as entering +8px (i.e. it will still end up being treated as if you’d specified a scaling amount). Kiarian 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary danang Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 So I am trying to replicate lines at 4mm intervals.. but every duplication results in a slight large increment - surely this is a bug.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, gary danang said: So I am trying to replicate lines at 4mm intervals.. but every duplication results in a slight large increment - surely this is a bug. ? I don't think it has been logged as a bug but currently "By design". There may be an improvement request in the pipeline somewhere. For now, you can power duplicate your lines at any interval then use the Distribute option in the Alignment button pop-up to space them at exactly 4mm intervals Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary danang Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Thx Carl,, yes will resort to that.... interestingly it does not incrementally increase when you rotate.... may not be a bug but it is definitely a lazy oversight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 11 hours ago, gary danang said: So I am trying to replicate lines at 4mm intervals.. but every duplication results in a slight large increment Example? I have no problem with that. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 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 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. 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...
gary danang Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 hmmmmm,, thx... thats strange then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 We have to be careful with the duplicate then Move and or Rotate (whatever). If I inadvertently reselect the duplicated object then the duplicate command will just place the third in the same spot as the second, not move/rotate it. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | 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...
R C-R Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Pšenda said: Example? I have no problem with that. Same here on a Mac. The 21 lines in power dup.afdesign were made using power duplicate. Only after doing that did I set a 4 x 4 mm grid & then snap the lines to the grid to show that the spacing was uniform. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & 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...
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