MiLeung Posted November 30, 2021 Posted November 30, 2021 I'd like to create a canvas of infinite size where I can just draw anywhere. This would be useful when creating something like a mind map. I found an old post about infinite canvases, and what I had to do was first create a canvas of fixed size, create an object in the canvas, select the object, then "convert object to artboard". This works-ish, but how do you get the grid lines drawn infinitely as well? Quote
Komatös Posted November 30, 2021 Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) Hello @MiLeung - Response withdrawn - Edited November 30, 2021 by Komatös Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.3194) Affinity Suite V 2.5.7 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Ferengi Acquisition Rule No. 49: “A deal is a deal is a deal.”
MiLeung Posted November 30, 2021 Author Posted November 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Komatös said: Hello @MiLeung Go to View -> Show Grid That only toggles the grid on the object. I am looking for a way to have a grid drawn infinitely in all direction so I am not constrained by canvas size. I'm also trying to create the infinite canvas grid without having to going through the multi step process of creating an object, etc. Quote
Komatös Posted November 30, 2021 Posted November 30, 2021 You will always be limited by the size of the artboard and/or canvas. Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.3194) Affinity Suite V 2.5.7 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Ferengi Acquisition Rule No. 49: “A deal is a deal is a deal.”
Old Bruce Posted November 30, 2021 Posted November 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, MiLeung said: I'd like to create a canvas of infinite size where I can just draw anywhere. You cannot do that. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
loukash Posted December 1, 2021 Posted December 1, 2021 5 hours ago, MiLeung said: a canvas of infinite size where I can just draw anywhere New Document > Presets > Web pick any preset and set the page height and width to 256000 pixel which is the maximum canvas size make sure "Create Artboard" is unchecked OK, mathematically it's finite but, well… Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2
loukash Posted December 1, 2021 Posted December 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, loukash said: make sure "Create Artboard" is unchecked Hm… Actually, make sure "Create Artboard" is checked. Because you can create artboards of 2147483647 × 2147483647 pixel size! That's technically still finite, but … Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2
thomaso Posted December 1, 2021 Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, loukash said: That's technically still finite, but … @MiLeung, by the way, there is also a little infinity to the other end: If you start drawing your project at a very high zoom level (creating tiny things this way) the available space may appear even larger. Works well for vector content. Using View Points + the Navigator Panel can make it even more attractive. https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Panels/navigatorPanel.html?title=Navigator panel Possibly @loukash will also know the smallest possible font or stroke size? 🏆 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
loukash Posted December 1, 2021 Posted December 1, 2021 8 hours ago, thomaso said: Possibly @loukash will also know the smallest possible font or stroke size? 🏆 0.0000001 pt text (will display as "0 pt"!) is still visible at 878906250 % zoom. Zooming in any further makes the object disapear. But that might also depend on the hardware used: having an "obsolete" non-retina MacBook running El Capitan might somewhat limit the display capabilities; I don't know. Fun stuff. Take that, Schmadobe! thomaso 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2
thomaso Posted December 1, 2021 Posted December 1, 2021 30 minutes ago, loukash said: 0.0000001 pt text (will display as "0 pt"!) is still visible at 878906250 % zoom. 🏆 Quote (will display as "0 pt"!) That's interesting. If the UI decimal preference is set to its maximum of 6 than I would expect it to be displayed as 0.000001 as its closest rounded value, as usually the decimals become displayed rounded accordingly. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
walt.farrell Posted December 1, 2021 Posted December 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, thomaso said: That's interesting. If the UI decimal preference is set to its maximum of 6 than I would expect it to be displayed as 0.000001 as its closest rounded value, as usually the decimals become displayed rounded accordingly. Values between 0 and .000000499... would round down to 0, which includes that .0000001 value. It would only round to .000001 starting at .0000005 I believe. thomaso 1 Quote -- 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
thomaso Posted December 1, 2021 Posted December 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Values between 0 and .000000499... would round down to 0, which includes that .0000001 value. It would only round to .000001 starting at .0000005 I believe. Oh thanks, of course, I forgot the usual principle of rounding: simply spoken clipped at 50%. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
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