chillywilly Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I must be doing something wrong because I can't select nodes in Designer 2 using the node tool by dragging to create a marque selection. What's the problem? cannot-select.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Your object needs to be converted to curves. chillywilly and iconoclast 1 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Hi chillywilly! You have to convert the shape into curves before you can select nodes, because shape objects don't have nodes. So rightclick on the shape and click "Convert to Curves". chillywilly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Capt Kirk: Just (Pause.............) Convert it. (Pause.........) tooooo (Pause....) curves {fall to knees in pain and overacts like you wouldn't believe} Spock: The only logical outcome is to delineate the cursoor to the Convert to Curves co-ordinates and initiate a tactical click to decloak the romulan nodes. McCoy: For the love of god chillywilly just click the damned convert to curves button. Alfred, chillywilly, Ron P. and 1 other 4 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillywilly Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 You guys are hilarious. Thanks! firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 4 hours ago, firstdefence said: Capt Kirk: Just (Pause.............) Convert it. (Pause.........) tooooo (Pause....) curves {fall to knees in pain and overacts like you wouldn't believe} Spock: The only logical outcome is to delineate the cursoor to the Convert to Curves co-ordinates and initiate a tactical click to decloak the romulan nodes. McCoy: For the love of god chillywilly just click the damned convert to curves button. Absolutely yes! Thanx for your advice, Master Yoda!!! firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaoloT Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Ok. And what about line ends? They are already simple curves (in fact, they can't be converted). Yet, there is no way to select the end of multiple lines by dragging with either the Move or the Node tool. EDIT: Ok, found it by trials and errors. With the Move tool, I selected all the layers. Then switched to the Node tool, and the end of the horizontal lines was already marked red. I dragged, and selected them. Then, still with the Node tool, could change their position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 screencast_move.mp4 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...
PaoloT Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Thank you @v_kyr, it's exactly how I discovered it works. I must admit not to find it particularly intuitive, nor handy. Even adding a shortcut while dragging would make it incredibly much faster. Paolo EDIT: A much faster (and intuitive) way is hidden under a Tools preference, as described here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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