Aussie iTV Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Hi all, I'm trying to understand why the white line running down the main road of this graphic isn't showing the dotted profile set under the 'stroke' > 'dash' > '0, 2, 0, 0', it's a straight line with white stroke and no fill done by the pen tool. From what I understand from the Affinity help here, it should show the dotted profile. It makes no difference playing with the dash profile, any help is appreciated. I'm sure it's something simple that I've overlooked. Thanks, Quote Aussie iTV ******************* Windows 10 | Ryzen 9 5900X | RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 Affinity Designer | Affinity Photo | Affinity Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Hi @Aussie iTV, change "Cap" to "Square Cap" instead of "Butt Cap". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 My question is: “How is it that can you see the line at all?”. My interpretation of the dash parameters is that the first value gives the length of the dash and the second gives the gap between the dashes. Therefore, with a dash length of zero, how is it that you can see something? I’ve attached a screen-grab showing what I see when I use the same document size and Stroke parameters as I see on your screen-grab. I don’t use this functionality much so I’m probably missing something basic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GarryP Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I understand that the Square Cap adds half of the stroke width to the end of the dash/line but that doesn’t tell me why I see nothing but the OP sees something, with the same parameters. If you look at the parameters in the screen-grabs, they have Butt Cap set, as do I, but we get different results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie iTV Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 31 minutes ago, GarryP said: My interpretation of the dash parameters is that the first value gives the length of the dash and the second gives the gap between the dashes. Therefore, with a dash length of zero, how is it that you can see something? The official help says Quote A number grid on the panel sets the line's pattern using two number pairs: The first two values set the size of the initial dot or dash and subsequent space. The third and fourth values, when set, introduce a more complex pattern by setting a different size for alternate dashes and spaces. 33 minutes ago, GarryP said: My question is: “How is it that can you see the line at all?”. Without also seeing your colour tab, I'm really unsure, you're stroke is all the same, but I can't see your colour tab, I do see in the top left the stroke shows 20, but it also doesn't show a line next to where it has 20pt..... Quote Aussie iTV ******************* Windows 10 | Ryzen 9 5900X | RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 Affinity Designer | Affinity Photo | Affinity Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie iTV Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 19 minutes ago, G13RL said: 2 hours ago, G13RL said: Hi @Aussie iTV, change "Cap" to "Square Cap" instead of "Butt Cap". Made the change, still don't get the dashed effect. Quote Aussie iTV ******************* Windows 10 | Ryzen 9 5900X | RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 Affinity Designer | Affinity Photo | Affinity Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, GarryP said: I understand that the Square Cap adds half of the stroke width to the end of the dash/line but that doesn’t tell me why I see nothing but the OP sees something, with the same parameters. If you look at the parameters in the screen-grabs, they have Butt Cap set, as do I, but we get different results. Cannot be certain but I think what you are seeing is the Grid, not dashes. I added an orange line and three red highlighted boxes. 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...
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Aussie iTV Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 I opened a new canvas, and it works fine, but hiding everything on my current one, I've created new lines and none of them work. Quote Aussie iTV ******************* Windows 10 | Ryzen 9 5900X | RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 Affinity Designer | Affinity Photo | Affinity Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie iTV Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 Is it possible, it's an issue with isometric grids? Quote Aussie iTV ******************* Windows 10 | Ryzen 9 5900X | RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 Affinity Designer | Affinity Photo | Affinity Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Why is this up here? (see below) If you follow the blue bonding box it looks like you have a triangular shape selected not a line Can you upload the document, as it's getting near tea time? 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...
Aussie iTV Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 minute ago, carl123 said: If you follow the blue bonding box it looks like you have a triangular shape selected not a line It's a child object of a triangle, which is the underlying black shape. But the white line should be a pen made curve. The only difference between the two images I posted above is one had the isometric grid set long before I put the white line down, the second one had the line put in altered then the isometric grid applied. 4 minutes ago, carl123 said: Can you upload the document, as it's getting near tea time? Done Isometric Road Prac.afdesign Quote Aussie iTV ******************* Windows 10 | Ryzen 9 5900X | RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 Affinity Designer | Affinity Photo | Affinity Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I think your lines have a pen pressure applied If I remember correctly, you can't have dotted lines and pen pressure together Aussie iTV 1 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...
Aussie iTV Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 minute ago, carl123 said: I think your lines have a pen pressure applied If I remember correctly, you can't have dotted lines and pen pressure together resetting pressure and making a new pen line fixed the issue Quote Aussie iTV ******************* Windows 10 | Ryzen 9 5900X | RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 Affinity Designer | Affinity Photo | Affinity Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Double ninja-ed ! Aussie iTV 1 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...
carl123 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, Aussie iTV said: resetting pressure and making a new pen line fixed the issue Great, time for tea 😊 Aussie iTV 1 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...
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