Janne Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hi, I'm doing sketches on garments and trying to sort out how to easily select and copy a part of a outline. Let's say I want to copy the neckline shape on the garment in the picture below, to add a top stitch around the neck hole but I don't want to re-draw it, I just want a copy of the neckline shape to make a dashed line to illustrate a stitching. ( I have no problem with dash lines, only copying). In illustrator I could easily select single lines on a object and drag a copy of selected lines, but on Affinity I don't know how to do this and it slows down the work a lot. IngridpeM, Bla1nchepn, MelindaRuh and 22 others 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFisher Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi JanneWelcome to the forums :) Would it be possible to attach the file you are working with so I can take a closer look? Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi Jack, Thanks for checking this! I'm enclosing the file below. I wrote some notes on the sketch. So far seems hard to make few easy things I need in my work, but I hope to soon find ways to do these things well and effectively. //Janne Tunika sketch.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 14, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi Janne, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) To quickly copy the path with the brush, press ⌘ (cmd) or ⌥ (option/alt) and drag the shape with the Move Tool. You can also copy/paste. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi Jack, Pls see my answer and the file above. Thanks for your help! //J Hi JanneWelcome to the forums :) Would it be possible to attach the file you are working with so I can take a closer look? Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi Janne, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) To quickly copy the path with the brush, press ⌘ (cmd) or ⌥ (option/alt) and drag the shape with the Move Tool. You can also copy/paste. Hi, Thanks for the reply. I know the normal way to alt drag to make copies of objects, but what asking for is a change to select only a segment between two points and copy that. I can only choose a whole object with the move tool but can't find a way to select a single line to copy it. I can work around by breaking curves but in that case it's faster to just manually draw the new shapes I want instead of drag-copying them. //Janne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 14, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi janne, Sorry, seems i misunderstood your post. It's not possible to select and copy just a segment of a shape/path. You have to break the curves as you are already doing. Maybe you should add this to the Feature Requests section, so it doesn't get lost here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi janne, Sorry, seems i misunderstood your post. It's not possible to select and copy just a segment of a shape/path. You have to break the curves as you are already doing. Maybe you should add this to the Feature Requests section, so it doesn't get lost here. Hi Meb, Ok, thanks for the answer. I'll add it to the feature requests, since it's a very basic and useful feature. //Janne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metajake Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I wonder if this made it into a version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cooper Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Following up on this: is there a way yet to copy a part of path or shape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 In which SVG editor except AI (can´t proof it) is this a "basic" feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, PixelPest said: In which SVG editor except AI (can´t proof it) is this a "basic" feature? Is that significant? Some people would find the feature to be useful in Affinity apps, regardless of which other apps have the feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, anon2 said: Is that significant? Yes, it is for me as I have not come across that feature in 3 decades I´m making vector drawings... and as we know "basic" should imply "easy-to-implement". 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 3, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 3, 2020 On 7/31/2020 at 9:39 PM, Jon Cooper said: Following up on this: is there a way yet to copy a part of path or shape? Hi Jon Cooper, Welcome to Affinity Forums There's still no way to copy/duplicate just a segment of a path or shape without breaking it first, sorry. There's a related functionality you may not be aware of - copy node's handles (check the clip below notice the duplicate icon cursor while i drag a node over another one) - but it's not what you want. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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