Jonnie Cache Posted November 16, 2021 Posted November 16, 2021 Hi. I'm new to Affinity Designer. I'm not even sure if I'm using the right vocabulary here, so please bear with me. I'm interested in creating 3-dimensional designs using layers. The designs will be exported to SVG for use on my CNC/Laser cutting machine. If I design 2 layers, is it possible to add X number of interpolative layers in between so that the transitions between the layers are smooth or gradually "morphed" from one to another? The goal is to create layers similar to 3D layered mandala designs, such as the one attached here. It seems like it should be possible to design the top and bottom layers and have the computer fill in the other in-between layers. If this isn't feasible with AffinityDesigner, if anyone has any other ideas on how to accomplish this, I would really appreciate it. Quote
NotMyFault Posted November 17, 2021 Posted November 17, 2021 Hi and welcome to the forum. assuming that the layers share the shape, and differ only in size : you can use power duplicate to create many copies with the size or position modified at every copy. If the shape itself (curve) is different, you need to look for other apps (“morphing”) Callum 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Jonnie Cache Posted November 17, 2021 Author Posted November 17, 2021 Thanks, @NotMyFault. Morphing is what I was looking for. The shapes will definitely change from layer to layer. It'd be cool if Affinity supported such a feature. Quote
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