MJ2112 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hi, I'm brand new to graphic design, and giving Affinity Designer a whirl. Can anyone tell me why in blazes the Octagon shape in the picture is at an angle, while the other shapes are normal? What am I missing? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hi @MJ2112 and welcome! Check the rotation (R) in the Transform panel: (Although I have to say your octagon looks perfectly level to me, and the left and right points align perfectly when I paste your screen grab into Designer and drag a horizontal guide over them.) Cheers, H Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 As h_d said above, your octagon looks to be drawn just fine and level to me. The Polygon Tool starts drawing its shapes from the top-centre of the bounding box, which allows it to draw all polygons consistently. If you want the ‘flat edges’ of an octagon to be horizontal then all you need to do is rotate the shape by 22.5 degrees (360 divided by number of sides divided by 2), see attached image. Note: The formula above only works for regular shapes; if they are stretched in some way then it won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 @haakoo is correct, the octagon is rotated by about -0.5 degrees. On a Mac, holding down ctrl key while dragging a bounding box handle to scale will enable simultaneous rotation, so maybe something like that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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