Vector warp for text & shapes

[JustAnotherDesigner]

Hello there. Apologies if this has already been asked or answered elsewhere, however, I was wondering if it is possible to use snapping for vector warp points when altering text and shapes. Do I need to use a specific warp preset or snapping tool? How would one go about making the warp groups more accurate when wanting to work in straight lines or angles? Thanks. 

[loukash]

4 hours ago, JustAnotherDesigner said:

if it is possible to use snapping for vector warp points when altering text and shapes

Not yet. It's been already requested though and will hopefully appear in one of the subsequent free updates. 

[awakenedbyowls]

On 11/20/2022 at 4:12 PM, loukash said:

Not yet. It's been already requested though and will hopefully appear in one of the subsequent free updates. 

Has this been introduced or am I just wasting my time trying to figure out how to do this?

I’m sitting here wasting time again getting nothing done because a basic feature is either not there or not working

[loukash]

works for me on iPad

[awakenedbyowls]

24 minutes ago, loukash said:

works for me on iPad

I figured it out eventually - not sure why there are two places when setting snapping - I didn’t realise I had to have the usual snapping feature set to on AS WELL AS the one that shows when I apply a war grouP

Another hour or two wasted then

[loukash]

22 minutes ago, awakenedbyowls said:

How do I get the nodes of a warp group to snap to the node of another object?

Oh, I haven't tried that. I'll check that out.

[awakenedbyowls]

1 minute ago, loukash said:

Oh, I haven't tried that. I'll check that out.

It’s definitely possible - but dont ask me what specific snapping settings I used 

[loukash]

"Snap to Nodes" on the top toolbar

[awakenedbyowls]

30 minutes ago, loukash said:

"Snap to Nodes" on the top toolbar

Oh yes I found that bit - but it wasn’t working

You have to ALSO have the main Snapping Magnet turned on

Now why there are options to turn node snapping on and off that doesn’t actually do anything unless Snapping is turned on is beyond me - I would have thought maybe that the action of turning node snapping on and off would automatically turn this on at the very least ? Then I might have saved the last hour switching between trying to figure it out myself and trawling the internet

What I’m doing on the iPad right now I normally do on windows with the mouse so that’s why I’m completely lost - it also doesn’t help that everything seems to be in completely different places on each version

[Alfred]

5 hours ago, awakenedbyowls said:

Now why there are options to turn node snapping on and off that doesn’t actually do anything unless Snapping is turned on is beyond me - I would have thought maybe that the action of turning node snapping on and off would automatically turn this on at the very least ?

I completely agree. Any change to a child setting should automagically turn on the associated parent setting.

[awakenedbyowls]

9 hours ago, Alfred said:

I completely agree. Any change to a child setting should automagically turn on the associated parent setting.

Are you being sarcastic? I’m not sure

Child settings - parent settings - clear as mud

Oddly enough though the “child settings” on normal operation on nodes for the same function (ie. to snap nodes from one object to the nodes of another when both are selected) works when the main parent settings for Snapping is turned OFF - so no wonder I’m lost half the time when there are inconsistensies like this

[Alfred]

3 minutes ago, awakenedbyowls said:

Are you being sarcastic? I’m not sure

No, I’m being serious. If the Gaussian Blur effect is switched off and you change the ‘Radius’ value, it doesn’t make sense for Gaussian Blur to be left in its original state.

5 minutes ago, awakenedbyowls said:

Child settings - parent settings - clear as mud

That’s a rather strange comment to make, given that you go on to describe a sample scenario!

[awakenedbyowls]

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

No, I’m being serious. If the Gaussian Blur effect is switched off and you change the ‘Radius’ value, it doesn’t make sense for Gaussian Blur to be left in its original state.

That’s a rather strange comment to make, given that you go on to describe a sample scenario!

I have no idea what your on about there with Gaussian blur - changing the radius automatically turns on the Gaussian blur

Second comment - same - no idea what your point is

Why don’t you create a separate thread?

[Alfred]

23 minutes ago, awakenedbyowls said:

Why don’t you create a separate thread?

No, I can see that any attempt at discussing this issue further will end up going around in circles. I’d rather just leave it.

[awakenedbyowls]

You do that

[loukash]

18 hours ago, awakenedbyowls said:

You have to ALSO have the main Snapping Magnet turned on

It's not required in the desktop versions, so it might be a bug or an accidental omission in the iPad version.