noe_05 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi, I am stuck a little and need some help please. I try to duplicate an object around a fixed center. I can use "comand j" to duplicate and do a lot of things. But I want the object to spin around a fixed a defined point. In Rhino 3d this is called ArrayPolar (see attachment) and I am looking for a simulare function in AD. In AD I didn´t find a way to place a center point outside the object. Does someone know how to do this? Thank you for your help heiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 14, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi heiko, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Tha latest Affinity Designer Customer Beta lets you specify a user defined rotation centre (check the context toolbar for the Move Tool). You can use it in conjunction with ⌘ (cmd) + J (Power Duplicate) to rotate an object around a point. Gear maker 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noe_05 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Great news, you guys are great, moving forward. AD will have a great future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManfrediC Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Hey! That looks super cool! ...unfortunately it's not working for me! Can you be a little more precise on how to do it? Sorry I'm new to AD! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Hey! That looks super cool! ...unfortunately it's not working for me! Can you be a little more precise on how to do it? Sorry I'm new to AD! :) An Example: Turn snapping on. Draw a circle near the top of a work space, centered on the vertical center axis. With the circle selected, click on the context toolbar widget that looks like a cross-hair. That will show the object center of rotation. By default, at the center of the circle.It can be moved wherever. Click on it and drag straight down till it snaps to the horizontal axis. Use the duplicate command. Rotate the new duplicate. I'll suggest using the shift key to constrain the rotation to 15 degree intervals. Continue using the duplicate command, which will then place copies around the same center. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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