iMac1943 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I have all 3 programs from Affinity, since the very beginning. One thing I still missing is measurement. Which means, I cannot use Affinity for drawing (in 2D) a plan of (for example) a living room (walls - doors - windows) with the exact size. Witch means: I want a square of 3.000 x 200 mm. And beside that wall a line with arrows and 3.000 etc. Does anyone has had this problem or must I conclude the Affinity is NOT a program for such things (A program that has these posibilities is for example TouchDraw 2 or VectorWorks. If someone has the solution, please let me know. You'll make me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 You can easily create (for example) a rectangle of 3000 x 200 mm in Affinity, but you would have to manually create all the dimension lines & their dimensional units as separate text objects. IOW, it is possible to make such things in Affinity but it is very poorly suited to doing that, so you would be better off using a program with dimensioning built into it. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 It’s correct R C-R, do you have a proposal? Do you know TouchDraw 2? As I mentioned I used to make technical drawings in my profession but now I rarely have to make a technical drawing. (I’m retired) So I don’t like to spend a lot of money for the one drawing I like to make for things at home (a chicken run for example, and don’t laugh 😂) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 One easy way around this is to use 1:1 for the canvas size and the floor plan. Make your document 3 meters by a fifth of a meter in size and just read the dimensions off of the transform panel to get the dimensions. The caveat being you'll have to rotate things to be at ninety or zero degrees, can't measure lines not at zero degrees or right angles to zero degrees. Also cannot give lengths of curves, like the circumference of a circle. I would spend some time looking at 2D drafting applications via Duck Duck Go or your search engine of choice, there are some that are free. Expect a fairly steep learning curve even if you have drafting experience with a T square. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 "One easy way around this is to use 1:1 for the canvas size and the floor plan." That is a possibility. But still not the way I prefer. Does anyone has used the program TouchDraw 2? This is a 2D application and not that expensive. But only 1 rating (in Europe). Maybe more elsewhere? I like to communicate with someone who works with TouchDraw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Well, there are a bunch of tools which probably will offer that, even free ones like LibreDraw from LibreOffice ... LibreDraw (free) ... or even Google Draw for 2D and SketchUp free for 3D etc. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 Thank you v_kyr. I’ll have a look at Google Draw. I hope it has the same ‘way of working ‘ as TouchDraw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 There seem to be at least 18 open source CAD apps … https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=cad+open+source&ia=web Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 Thank you , LibreCad seems to be the favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 the proposal of Old Bruce is the one I'll use (One easy way around this is to use 1:1 for the canvas size and the floor plan. Make your document 3 meters by a fifth of a meter in size and just read the dimensions off of the transform panel to get the dimensions.) I tried it and he's right, it works fine. I like to thank everyone here for helping me finding a way to make simple technical drawings. Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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