Grid settings seem to have issues or severe constraints

[TwangerMan]

Hoping someone can point me to a better understanding of what the grid can and cannot do.

[walt.farrell]

Perhaps, since you think they have issues/constraints, you could tell us what you're trying to do? Or what you'd like them to do?

My initial answer, without further input, would be that they can do what the Help says they can do: https://affinity.help/designer2ipad/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/grids.html

[TwangerMan]

Walt, I am trying to do something that I think is very basic.  Large document - 4ft x 2ft, and set grid to 12 inch spacing with 12 divisions.  So the divisions equal an inch.

Grid mode is Standard.  Grid settings won’t let me change Spacing to anything higher than 0.853 inch, EXCEPT for a quirk of sometimes jumping to 256inches when I simply tap the Spacing box. This quirk I have repeated several times.  And when it jumps to 256inch spacing in the box, the change does show in the document.

I have tried setting the document to 48x24 inches. and also tried meters and centimeters with similar results, meaning highly constrained behavior.  Not at all what one would expect.

[walt.farrell]

Your experience matches mine (and that of other users). The Grid has a maximum spacing size, at least on iPad.

[TwangerMan]

Well ain’t it confusing that the grid can jump all the way from 0.853 to 256,  and the 256 works.  Ignoring the quirk for a moment - is there a reason to design in such limitations?  Be difficult to convince me there is.  The auto grid setting closely displays what I am trying to work with, but of course it changes and screws up my work flow.  Hence my exploration of the Standard grid setting.  (Which should be called Fixed.). The system should easily handle what I want to do, but it apparently has flaws.  To me it’s a major bug.  This is the vector arena, Grids & Snapping is fundamental (as is an object property dialog).   One can only hope we are being heard in this forum.  However,  based on my experience with a ton of software/publishers, I’m not holding my breath.  I’ve seen to much great software crippled by quirks and limitations like this because the developers focus on the next big whiz bang and neglect to read/hear their fans.

[DM1]

14 hours ago, TwangerMan said:

The system should easily handle what I want to do, but it apparently has flaws.  To me it’s a major bug.

Unfortunately It was the same in V 1 and still is -

[Paul Mudditt]

On desktop the requested grid works fine, on iPad, use the column guides 48 x 24 as a poor man’s workaround until it gets fixed.

[DM1]

46 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said:

on iPad, use the column guides 48 x 24

You can set The Grid to 2" and Divisions to 2. That works for 1” spacing.