rotate in 3D axis

[Khilip]

Hi,

I have a quadratic plane (2D) which I wish to rotate. I can rotate it so far only in 2D-space, but I wish affinity designer to assume that it is a 2D object in a 3D space, so how can I tilt this object?

thx

[Ben]

Sorry, no real 3D support.  You can shear/skew and rotate in 2D to give a parallel perspective (such as isometric), but we have no vanishing perspective support.

[TestTools]

I have looked as best I can in the Help and in all the menus for Skew and Shear, but can't find those commands at all. Please assist.

 

Thanks.

[MEB]

Hi TestTools,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

With the Mode Tool selected approach the middle bounding box handles of the objects from the outside until the cursor changes to two opposite arrows, then click and drag to skew/shear the object.

The bounding box corner handles work the same way. mouse over them to scale the object, approach from outside until the cursor changes to a rotate icon then click and drag to rotate objects.

[SM Designs]

Hey,

last response to this topic is from 2017, so is there now a possibility to perform a 3D rotation or is such a function in planning?

Best Regards,

Sebastian

[Helmar]

Reviving this topic... which is a wee bit overdue, not?

[MEB]

Hi SM Designs, Helmar,
There's no way to perform rotations (or any other operation in 3D space) nor is anything planned in this area as far as i'm aware. Affinity Designer is strictly a 2D design app.

[Helmar]

Thanks, @MEB. It's a pity, because calculation- and display-wise it shouldn't be a big deal. But even AFP is severely limited with it's mesh transform feature, rendering it nearly useless. But, hope dies last. 🙂

[Spanospy]

Guys, GIMP has a 3D Transform tool. I'm surprised Affinity doesn't have its own!

Definitely something that would wonderful to have in Affinity so I don't have to swap between image editors.