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I was reading about “measuring guides” for the desktop app in this article here. I mainly use the iPad app in my workflow so I’m curious how I can enable these type of guides while working on the iPad without a keyboard. How can I see the distances between objects relative to their group and other objects?  I have attached screenshots of some of my projects on desktop. 

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The distances show up automatically for me on iPad as long as Snapping is activated. No need for holding any keys.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

  • 3 weeks later...
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On 8/7/2021 at 11:47 AM, walt.farrell said:

The distances show up automatically for me on iPad as long as Snapping is activated. 

These snapping guides are called Dynamic Guides and they do help out when snapping but this isn’t exactly what I am looking for. I am looking for Measuring guides that show the distances between objects relative to the selected object, as shown in this screen recording. Note, this screen recording is showing the measuring guides feature on the Affinity Designer desktop app, I am looking to access this feature on the iPad app.  

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7 hours ago, Ision Industries said:

These snapping guides are called Dynamic Guides and they do help out when snapping but this isn’t exactly what I am looking for. I am looking for Measuring guides that show the distances between objects relative to the selected object, as shown in this screen recording. Note, this screen recording is showing the measuring guides feature on the Affinity Designer desktop app, I am looking to access this feature on the iPad app.  

I'm not talking about the dynamic guides. I'm talking about the distances; they're automatic when moving objects in Designer on iPad, for me, as long as Snapping is active.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

  • 2 weeks later...
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2 hours ago, Ision Industries said:

I already know how dynamic guides work, my question is regarding “measuring guides” on iPad specifically.

And my answer was that they work the same way on  as on the desktop, at least for me. If they're not working for you, and you have enabled Snapping (as they are a Snapping feature) then I'm not sure why you don't get them. Sorry.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Posted
On 9/7/2021 at 9:40 AM, walt.farrell said:

and you have enabled Snapping (as they are a Snapping feature) then I'm not sure why you don't get them. Sorry.

Initially I didn’t see them either but after creating several separate objects and moving them around the iso guides, the distance measurements were apparent in certain locations. It appears necessary to have an 'active' object ie tap and hold/move. Selecting and object (tap and release) does not display any measurements.

M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB   lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen).
Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 
Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas.

Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ 

 

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10 hours ago, DM1 said:

It appears necessary to have an 'active' object ie tap and hold/move. Selecting and object (tap and release) does not display any measurements

Right. The distances are shown while one is moving an object. Thanks for that clarification.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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