Drawing an octagon rotated by 10 degrees (split from beta forum thread)

[MagratG]

Ah, I see! I didn't think of checking the current version! 

In that case there's something missing from the current .1342 version that's in the .1282 Beta version.  I'll see if I can explain.

I needed to draw an octagon rotated by 10 degrees and snap guides to all the 8 nodes.  With the beta version I select the Point Transform Tool and I can then drag guides from the rulers and they will snap to all of the nodes.  This doesn't happen with the current .1342 version, I can only snap to the four 'original outer' nodes.

I hope that makes sense!

Octagon (1284).afdesign Octagon (1342).afdesign

[af-user]

I can tell, that there was a last newer Beta v1.10.5.1342 around March 7 2022 with these changes:

Changes

    Fixed sporadic issue with images incorrectly rendering depending on their alpha outline
    Fixed crash in export of EPS and WMF when there were missing resources 

 

The final release had the same version with these changes:

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer, version 1.10.5

(Note: 1.10.4 and 1.10.5 are Desktop only (released on macOS and Windows) and are not iPad releases)
The detailed changes in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.10.5 (over the last release Affinity Designer for Windows 1.10.4) are as follows:

Fixes & Improvements:

    Fixed registration failure (will now use the browser to complete registration, rather than attempt it in-app)
    Improved performance of artboards with many Text Frames.
    Fixed possible rendering issues with Raster elements.
    Help & localisation improvements.

The improvements in 1.10 over 1.9 are listed in some detail in this 1.10.0 Designer Windows update announcement

 

Maybe it would be better if you ask for this problem here as a new post?

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-macos-and-windows/

[Patrick Connor]

Enquiry below

[MagratG]

Ah!  Thanks N.P.M.  I wasn't aware of that snapping option!  Why isn't it in the Snap menu then?

It works in v2 as well!

Problem solved!

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, MagratG said:

Why isn't it in the Snap menu then?

Because it is an option specific to the tool in use, not a general option, and thus it is in the Context Toolbar.

[MagratG]

OK, thanks.  Topic closed!