RadioJasper Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Hello all! I've recently discovered isometric guidelines in Affinity Designer and oh my that inspired me so I started to work on it. I've created a city scape with a topdown birdseye view and it's starting to look super cool. But then I zoomed in and noticed that many objects are not aligning properly to the guidelines? It seems to fit perfectly fine, but when you zoom in, things start to get iffy. Am I doing something wrong? Can I set a certain precision somewhere? Please see attached video to see an example of the issue I am facing. I've looked for other topics about the subject, but it seems that apart from handful old '14 topics, I couldn't really find anything related to this issue. I hope I'm just doing something wrong :) aC0dJFUoZ9.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BofG Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 You need to use snapping to the grid. Switch to the appropriate view (side/top/front) to make the grid change as appropriate for the plane the object is on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioJasper Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 I did that! Without snapping to the grid it's not doable. The problem is more that that snapping isn't very reliable. My snapping settings might be off? My Grid and Axis manager settings and my Snapping Manager settings are attached. Do you see something off there perhaps? Thanks for your help - especially on a Saturday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioJasper Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 I see now how dumb those Snapping Manager settings have been setup and have corrected it. It now works as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BofG Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Glad you solved it. When it's snapping to the isometric grid you will see small fading red lines going out along the grid from the snapping point which can help to see if it's snapping to the grid or another element on the design. RadioJasper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Would be nice to see the finished project, you can show off your work here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/10-share-your-work/ RadioJasper 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioJasper Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: Would be nice to see the finished project thank you, I will post it there when I feel good about it! firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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