Affinity Designer - Dashe aligned to corner and path ends

[Dams]

Hi,

 

Trying to make a shape with dashes, but seems Affinity designer is missing a huge feature from illustrator: Aligns dashes to corner and path ends in order to have beautiful and regular shapes. Right now the dash option is rather unusable as the dash lines are almost impossible to control at all.

 

 

[Markio]

Yes I can't emphasize the need for this kind of control.

[Oval]

Yes I can't emphasize the need for this kind of control.

 

Why not, Markio?

[Markio]

I meant, I cannot emphasize enough the need for this kind of control.

(damn typo changes the meaning completely)

[Oval]

I meant, I cannot emphasize enough the need for this kind of control.

 

Whew! Thanks for clarifying.

[evtonic3]

The dashed line in AD is a mess, I hope this will be improved soon! 

[Richard S.]

+1 for this :)

Only yesterday I was trying to create a symmetrical dashed rectangle, but had to give up in the end :(

[Oval]

Affinity cats, can’t you hear your flock of birds:

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[Guest]

Affinity cats, can’t you hear your flock of birds:

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[Alfred]

Affinity cats, can’t you hear your flock of birds:

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Are you hoping that the developers will be filled with remorse for not having this fixed already? 

[Richard S.]

-.-- . ...

[Guest]

Alfred, for my part it was just a nod to DesignMeister from a former radio operator. ;)

[Richard S.]

A nod?

[Guest]

A nod?

Sorry for the wrong translation of Google (my English is too bad I need his help!) I meant a wink. :(

[Alfred]

Sorry for the wrong translation of Google (my English is too bad I need his help!) I meant a wink. :(

 

Machine translation still needs some improvement, but it isn't as bad as it used to be! I heard a wonderful story a few years ago, about a hotel in France which listed a number of activities on its website, including scuba diving. In the French version of the site it said "la plongée sous-marine"; in the English version this was translated as "diving under navy".  :D

[Oval]

Are you hoping that the developers will be filled with remorse for not having this fixed already? 

 

No, just a binary way to explain that some more users are in great distress without that feature. From now we hide messages in dashed lines.  ;)

[Alfred]

No, just a binary way to explain that some more users are in great distress without that feature. From now we hide messages in dashed lines.  ;)

 

I think you overlooked the reference in my post. :blink:

 

Are you hoping that the developers will be filled with remorse for not having this fixed already? 

[Oval]

I think you overlooked the reference in my post. :blink:

If you missed the praise for your pun:  :wub:  :)  :wub:  :D

 

But really not hoping “the developers will be filled with remorse”, just piping constantly u n a l i n g e d  S O S until dropping down the Christmas tree.  :( ;)

[Alfred]

If you missed the praise for your pun:  :wub:  :)  :wub:  :D

 

Thanks, but I think it was more to be groaned at than praised! ;)