Olaf Rubens Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hi, need some help... I do a lot of double lines around my letters. so the offset path in AI is my best friend :-) but I want to go further with AD & AP now. Whats the fastest way to do this without an offset tool in AD? thnx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 30, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hi Olaf, There's already plans to implement a offset tool later, meanwhile one way to get a similar effect is to use the stroke width of a duplicate object to create the offset. To do this duplicate the object you want to offset and give the duplicate a large stroke (this "defines" the offset value). If you want/need to convert the boundaries of the stroke (of the duplicate) into separate shapes, select the stroke, go to menu Layer ▸ Expand Stroke (currently this command adds superfluous nodes - this should also be improved later), then Layer ▸ Geometry ▸ Divide. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf Rubens Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hi Olaf, There's already plans to implement a offset tool later, meanwhile one way to get a similar effect is to use the stroke width of a duplicate object to create the offset. To do this duplicate the object you want to offset and give the duplicate a large stroke (this "defines" the offset value). If you want/need to convert the boundaries of the stroke (of the duplicate) into separate shapes, select the stroke, go to menu Layer ▸ Expand Stroke (currently this command adds superfluous nodes - this should also be improved later), then Layer ▸ Geometry ▸ Divide. Hi thnx!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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