DaveE Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 Please add my vote of support to the large number of Beta testers that have called for a Dimension Tool. In my humble opinion as a user that believed the move from Draw to Affinity should represent a forward progression in graphical capabilities rather than a step backwards. Do please introduce what in my view is an essential capability for what is otherwise a wonderful design/drawing package. Quote
IDR Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 For industrial designers, architects, technical illustrators, etc. an indispensable feature. For this target group a change to Affinity-Designer is not feasible. Quote
IDR Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 For this target group a change to Affinity-Designer is not feasible. Quote
PeanutsA Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 This thread goes back to October 2015 ........ and still not one single word from anybody at Serif. rt-it 1 Quote
DaveE Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 I do find it disappointing that Serif Draw that has had this capability for years should be a missing a dimensions feature in what purports to be Draw's replacement, packed with more up to date tools and features. Worse still is the continued silence from the Serif and the production team!? I for one had been looking forward to being able to remove Draw from the an increasing clutter on my PC, but sadly this appears for now not to be possible. Quote
Alfred Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 10 minutes ago, DaveE said: what purports to be Draw's replacement Affinity Designer is not a replacement for DrawPlus. It's an entirely separate app which just happens to come from the same company. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
DaveE Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 Hi Alfred, Thanks for your correction to my misinterpretation of how these application relate. I stand corrected. That said, it remains my opinion that Affinity Designer should have the capability to include dimensions on drawings, as voiced other readers. Obviously, each users may agree or disagree, as is their right to do so. And I continue to be disappointed that the development team has not responded. Kind regards, Dave Alfred 1 Quote
walt.farrell Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, DaveE said: And I continue to be disappointed that the development team has not responded Traditionally, and usually, the Serif staff do not comment in the feature request topics. They read them, and take note of what the users are asking for, but that's all. Alfred 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
DaveE Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 Hi Walt, Thanks for enlightening me. Much appreciated. walt.farrell 1 Quote
creatoro Posted August 6, 2019 Posted August 6, 2019 This is a really needed feature. Actually this has to be implemented with great attention to detail (meaning ability to measure length, angle, surface, etc.) and it will draw even more users to the Designer. Quote
kboone Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 Please include dimensions for a future update. The growing business for small business CNC, CAD/CAM would seem ideal for growing Affinity Designer's base. Quote
markguitar Posted October 23, 2019 Posted October 23, 2019 +1 for the dimension tool feature request rt-it 1 Quote
WoutS Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 +1 I would like a dimension tool (with unit/scale setting) as well. Used Hotdoor CAD-Tools before on Illustrator) Quote
PeanutsA Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 41/2 years and still a deafening silence on a/any dimension tool. Whilst I appreciate that Designer is not meant to be a replacement for DrawPlus I do think that the fact that Drawplus had a dimension tool and Designer does not, indicates - very clearly - that the (otherwise brilliant) Serif developers do not fully understand the meaning of the word Designer. The English dictionary definition of Designer - "One who makes artist designs, patterns , or plans of construction" the latter cannot be done without a dimension tool. Without a dimension tool "Designer" is a misnomer and misleading. Quote
davidgray Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 I have been searching for updated information on a “true” dimensioning tool in Affinity Designer. I would like to abandon the adobe products and leave behind the thought of using coreldraw or similar, but if the developers/leaders of affinity designer don’t seem to have clearly stated whether this tool will ever be included in their product, I am afraid I will have to sideline affinity designer and rather use other products to get my work done. It is a shame as designer seemed to have much promise, but alas I have to assume that it is more a “drawing” application than a “designing” one. jamesgabi and PeanutsA 2 Quote
DaveE Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 Hi David, Thanks for keeping this topic alive and well. By doing so it is hopefully sending a clear message from the User community to the Development Team that this is a facility that would indeed lift Affinity Designer above the drawing package mix up into a feature rich design platform. Quote
jamesgabi Posted March 18, 2020 Posted March 18, 2020 + 1 for this feature. When, measure angles, distances and so on is such a basic yet missing tool !! I have used Inkscape in the past and the tools for measuring are quite Okay. Unfortunately for this kind of work I still have to resort to Inkscape which I would completely love to avoid ! Looking forward to basic and not so basic measuring tools for the future ! !! PeanutsA 1 Quote
Xytraz Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 +1 native or the ability to use the HotDoors CADTools Plugin. Quote
M3rØj Posted April 30, 2020 Posted April 30, 2020 CADtools plugin will be great! As a Product Designer I need to provide drawings with dimensions. It will be great if I can do it in Affinity Designer. Hope we'll find this soon! Thanks Quote
DutchDude Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 Yep. Need it!! This thread is 5 years old and Serif doesn't appear to care. PLEASE prove me wrong! PeanutsA 1 Quote
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