LostInTranslation Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 I often build symbols and logos out of simple shapes, or at least I dabble around with them to get ideas. Sometimes, I'd like to combine (add) certain elements to get one curve. Even if I turn on snapping and position every element dead next to each other, there will be visible gaps inbetween. Worst of all, if I add those curves, the former gaps show up as lines through the curve. Sometimes I can delete them, but most often this will totally break the rest of the curve. (see example, left are the parts, right after "Add" curves. Is there a trick or workaround, how to flawlessly and beautifully combine multiple shapes to a single curve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Sometimes it's about accurate placement of the nodes, if you zoom in you will likely find things are not as well placed as you think. having snap to geometry on and snap to grid off can help. This will Merge cleanly. 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...
LostInTranslation Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 Thanks, that sounded plausible at first, but did not work in my case. Maybe because your shape was constructrd differently, with less shapes? I tried different methods of geometry snapping, with grid snapping off, but I always get the same result. Try if you like: 8.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Where there are adjacent line segments (e.g. at the top and bottom of your example) drag on the middle of one of them with the Node Tool to create an overlap. They will then add cleanly. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInTranslation Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Hens said: Here you go Steps Ungroup>ctrl+a>give stroke of 0,1 px>expand stroke>ctrl+a>add Optional = Add a new stroke of 0,1 px>expand stroke>select both shapes(the old stroke and fill)>subtract 8.afdesign That works perfectly, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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