Alignment Guides

[ADCO]

Hi,

I've moved from Corel Draw to Affinity Designer today. In Affinity Designer I'cant find to get the alternate tool of Corel Draw ALIGNEMNT GUIDE while creating any object. Snapping is turned on, but it still doesn't show up. I checked a few videos on youtube and saw the functionality available on Affinity D. But somehow I am unable to get it enabled.

Ref to what I'm saying is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hWJc73Ja2U
If you watch the video from 0:54 secs onwards, while creating 3 identical objects it guides with the measures to create similar sized objects (green guidelines).

How do I enable this in Aff Designer 1.9? What am I missing?

[Pšenda]

You mean Dynamic guides or classic Guides?

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/dynamicGuides.html

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/guides.html

 

Snap to Guides is on?

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/snapping.html

[ADCO]

11 hours ago, Pšenda said:

You mean Dynamic guides or classic Guides?

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/dynamicGuides.html

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/guides.html

 

Snap to Guides is on?

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/snapping.html

Not really sure. Could you please have a look at the video link I shared in my earlier post??

I'm talking about the green and red dimension guide lines (with arrows).

They are not visible when I'm creating objects like squares. Snapping is to guides is already on.
Can you help figure out what's the issue?

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hWJc73Ja2U

 

 

Edited May 7, 2021 by ADCO

[Pšenda]

Do you mean this?

These dimensions are displayed and snapped only when resizing, not directly when drawing objects.
When drawing, they are displayed and snapped only when Candidate list are enabled (unfortunately but not always).

P.S. I don't watch tutorial videos - they are in a language I don't understand.

[ADCO]

3 hours ago, Pšenda said:

Do you mean this?

These dimensions are displayed and snapped only when resizing, not directly when drawing objects.
When drawing, they are displayed and snapped only when Candidate list are enabled (unfortunately but not always).

P.S. I don't watch tutorial videos - they are in a language I don't understand.

Yes.

But are you pretty sure that the dimensions are not displayed when drawing objects?

[iconoclast]

Hi ADCO!

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean, but did you check this?

[ADCO]

3 minutes ago, iconoclast said:

Hi ADCO!

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean, but did you check this?

Yes. Snapping is turned on. But the dimensions are not visible while drawing, instead its visible only while resizing.

[Dan C]

42 minutes ago, ADCO said:

But the dimensions are not visible while drawing, instead its visible only while resizing.

 

5 hours ago, Pšenda said:

These dimensions are displayed and snapped only when resizing, not directly when drawing objects.

As above, this is the correct behaviour in Affinity

[ADCO]

2 hours ago, Dan C said:

 

As above, this is the correct behaviour in Affinity

@Dan C so these dimensions will only display and snap only when resizing, not directly when drawing objects...correct?

[Dan C]

17 hours ago, ADCO said:

so these dimensions will only display and snap only when resizing, not directly when drawing objects...correct?

As I understand it, the red and green snapping markers with sizes shown in Psendas screenshot will be shown when transforming (moving or resizing) already drawn objects.

The black box offset to the bottom right of the cursor with a W & H value is shown when drawing or transforming objects