Chillr2021 Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 Please can anyone help on Affinity Photo I want to bring out a guide and snap to the centre of a rectangle shape, I've gone through all the settings in snapping but can't find any of them that will snap a guide in the centre. Can this be done? Quote
Ron P. Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 Just tested this, In the Snapping Manager, check the box beside Snap to Object Bounding Boxes AND Include Bounding Box Midpoints . I think that should do what you want it to. It did for me. Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD
Chillr2021 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ron P. said: Just tested this, In the Snapping Manager, check the box beside Snap to Object Bounding Boxes AND Include Bounding Box Midpoints . I think that should do what you want it to. It did for me. Dunno then just tried your exact setup and still no, just goes straight by the middle without no snap at all, I set it to just this https://prnt.sc/1m8xzbk but still nothing, maybe theres a limit to how many guides you can use on a document as I'll have around 15-20 I would think, I dunno, it's weird it won't do it on mine (all updated). Thanks anyway. Update - Just tried it on new document and works so yeah must be cause I'm already using so many guides. Edited August 10, 2021 by Chillr2021 adding update Quote
Ron P. Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 I just tried again, this time with about 10 rectangles, and it works. Just make sure your cursor is over the rectangle, and you'll see when the shape gets focus. The guide should snap. Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD
Chillr2021 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Posted August 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ron P. said: I just tried again, this time with about 10 rectangles, and it works. Just make sure your cursor is over the rectangle, and you'll see when the shape gets focus. The guide should snap. Hi Ron, how many guides though, unsure if its the number of guides already on the document as I say I have around 15-20 already on the same document, definitely doesn't snap though. Are you bringing the guides from the left side with the move tool with the ruler showing dragging it out and having the rectangle highlighted in layers, just doesn't do it on mine. Quote
Ron P. Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Chillr2021 said: Hi Ron, how many guides though, unsure if its the number of guides already on the document as I say I have around 15-20 already on the same document, definitely doesn't snap though. Are you bringing the guides from the left side with the move tool with the ruler showing dragging it out and having the rectangle highlighted in layers, just doesn't do it on mine. I had 2-guides per rectangle, 1-vertical, 1-horizontal. So 10 rectangles x 2= 20 guides. Yes, I'm dragging the guides from the rulers. I'm not sure if I'm describing it correctly. I'm not really paying any attention to the layers panel. It's when I'm dragging a guide, when my cursor gets over a square, there's a thin border that sort of highlights the rectangle, so you know it's the object that is receiving the focus. Then when I"m at the center of the rectangle, you can tell it's snapped, and the guide changes color. 2021-08-10 12-02-31.mp4 Edited August 10, 2021 by Ron P. Add Screen Recording Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD
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