AD : Resize Shapes : Either Percentage or Enter New Sizes for all

[mcl]

I have several circles I wish to resize say all -5%

 

or new sizes  w x h 70mm x 70mm

 

If it was text I can select all, then select the text tool and change the fonts, size, weight etc

 

If I select all, I can resize by holding shift-cmd, but it is only the overall size of the selected group that is shown.

 

Is there anyway I could somehow copy the size from one to another, like with paste style.

 

I expect I have missed something

 

Thanks

 

mcl

 

PS: Having learnt that an SVG file is text, is there an easy way to edit the SVG file ?

 

 

[Callum]

Hi Mcl,

 

You could select the shapes that you need to make smaller and then go to the Transform tab at the bottom right of the app. The text fields in the Transform tab support commands for instance you can write -5% in one of the size fields and then press enter and it will take away 5% of the size of the shape. You can also use * for multiplication / for division and + for addition using these you should be able to accurately change the size of your shapes. Opening an SVG in Affinity should allow you to edit it :)

 

C

[MEB]

Hi cml,

Currently transform operations are applied to the whole selection rather to the individual elements composing the selection.

There's no way/option to change this behaviour at the moment.

[mcl]

Thanks for info

 

It would be nice if % + - / * etc would work, but when I try it on either a single or multiple circle it just reverts to the original mm size.

 

Running AD v1.3.5  OSX v10.9.5

 

Will look at editing SVG - thanks

[MEB]

You have to keep the existing values in the input field and add your operations/values after them. So keeping the existing 50px value you can write for example: 50 px +30px or 50 px *25%

Alternatively, if you don't want to keep the existing values you can also use this notation: +=100 to add 100 units to the current value or *=50% to reduce the it in half.

[rui_mac]

If we had scripting, it would be easy to create a script to scale all selected object, individually, to a set value. Or rotate each one, individually.

Hint! Hint! ;)

 

Come on!!! We need scripting! :)

[MEB]

There's already a few threads about scripting...  ;)

I believe this should be part of the software itself (switching between transforming all objects as a group or as individual single objects) rather than dependent on third party add-ons/scripts.

[rui_mac]

Well, everything that could be implemented natively, is welcomed :)

I know that are already threads about scripting. However, when I see a request or question where scripting could be of use, I will always stress how much we need scripting ;)

[mcl]

@MEB

 

Your examples work for individual shapes, but not for multiple selected shapes.  There seems to be some fraction element involved, probably based on the size of the group.

 

PS: I'll pass on editing SVG.  There does not seem to be an intelligent text editor in affinity and if I took it to an external text editor, I would definitely NOT have a drawing left.

 

Thanks again for educating me.

[MEB]

@mcl

Yes, they only work for single objects. As i said earlier, currently there's no way to do it individually for each single object contained in a group or selection.