Constraining Vector Brush in Affinity Designer

[Greyfox]

Is there any way of constraining the Vector Brush tool so the brush stroke is a straight line (similar to holding down the shift key when using the pen tool)?.

I can obviously delete intermediate nodes after using the brush, but that seems a bit clunky.

[walt.farrell]

Have you tried clicking with the brush at the starting point, and Shift+clicking at the end point?

Or (for horizontal or vertical) starting the stroke then pressing Shift?

[Greyfox]

2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Have you tried clicking with the brush at the starting point, and Shift+clicking at the end point?

Or (for horizontal or vertical) starting the stroke then pressing Shift?

Yes, both, and neither constrain the stroke. I'm using the current Windows version, maybe it is different on a Mac.

 

[walt.farrell]

26 minutes ago, Greyfox said:

Yes, both, and neither constrain the stroke. I'm using the current Windows version, maybe it is different on a Mac.

 

As you can see from my sig, I'm on Windows, too.

But you're right; I can see that it doesn't work, now that I'm back at my computer. Sorry, bad remembering, I guess.

You can, of course, use the Pen Tool to create a straight line, then use the Stroke panel, select the Textured Stroke option, and pick the brush you want to use.

[Greyfox]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

As you can see from my sig, I'm on Windows, too.

But you're right; I can see that it doesn't work, now that I'm back at my computer. Sorry, bad remembering, I guess.

Thanks for confirming.

So unless there is some other way,  I guess my question should now be "is there meant to be a way to constrain the brush stroke?", or perhaps "is it a function that has not ever been in Designer and needs to be the subject an improvement request, or was it present at some stage but no longer works, in which case maybe a bug report?"

[Lee D]

On 6/4/2021 at 3:21 PM, Greyfox said:

Thanks for confirming.

So unless there is some other way,  I guess my question should now be "is there meant to be a way to constrain the brush stroke?", or perhaps "is it a function that has not ever been in Designer and needs to be the subject an improvement request, or was it present at some stage but no longer works, in which case maybe a bug report?"

Hi @Greyfox The Vector Brush doesn't have the same option as the Pixel brush to create a straight line. This is logged as an improvement request for Designer, however I can't say if/when it'll be added.