Brush and Stroke Width

[SteveP110]

I use a few standard settings for colour and width when using the pen tool ie Magenta and 1px or 5px when tracing.

 

Is there a way of defining a Tool Preset. Styles do not change setting and are only applied after drawing not before.?

Also is there a quick way of reseting stroke setting, to the default?

[loukash]

It's not a "bug". You're asking questions.

The answer is here:
affinity.help/designer2/pages/ObjectControl/objectDefaults.html

[SteveP110]

Thanks I missed this bit "Synchronized defaults override saved defaults for this document only. This is a great way to work with a set of defaults temporarily for a single document without having to save them." I think because the "Revert defaults." button reverts to Global defaults. 

Since reading the manual properly I am still having problem. In that i cannot find a way to recall the document defaults.

• I create a line with a stroke of 1pt and Magenta No fill
• I select the line and click on the "Synchronize defaults from selection" button in the toolbar.
• I then draw more lines
• I then change the settings to black and 5pt, and draw a few more lines.

My question is how to I recall the document defaults as the red  "Revert defaults." button reverts to Global defaults.

I will put in a request for tool presets elsewhere

I understand I have put this in bugs rather than questions, but cannot see a way of moving it.

[loukash]

1 hour ago, SteveP110 said:

I understand I have put this in bugs rather than questions, but cannot see a way of moving it.

Don't worry about it.  If necessary, the moderators can move the thread.

1 hour ago, SteveP110 said:

My question is how to I recall the document defaults as the red  "Revert defaults." button reverts to Global defaults.

I don't think you can, unless selecting one of the previously created objects and "Synchronize defaults from selection" again.

[SteveP110]

That is definitely confusing, so what does sync defaults from section do? 

How can "Synchronized defaults override saved defaults for this document only. This is a great way to work with a set of defaults temporarily for a single document without having to save them." work then, what is the point of setting defaults for the Document if you can get to these document defaults. It is either a bug or I am completely missing something

[SteveP110]

I have just been playing, and I think it is misnamed when it uses the word default, as what it actually does is "Set Tool to Current Selected Object"

So the only practical way of using it is to first draw a small object ie a line with colour and size, etc. so that every time you what to use those tool setting you can select the sample and click on the "Synchronise defaults from selection" button. It is not really a Default but a Tool Preset by Sample.

But even that does not work properly, Create a simple reference shape with a fill. Save it using the "Synchronise defaults from selection" button and the fill and stroke colour change to that of the object, but as soon as you start to draw the fill refers to transparent.

[loukash]

22 minutes ago, SteveP110 said:

what it actually does is "Set Tool to Current Selected Object"

Yeah, that's how I understand it as well.
It took me quite some time until I halfway understood how it all works. It's pretty confusing at first.
And in v2, the global application Defaults still don't want to stick to what I want them to be. Particuarly for some reason I couldn't get rid of the ugly Arial default font yet…  

22 minutes ago, SteveP110 said:

as soon as you start to draw the fill refers to transparent.

The Pen and the Pencil tool will ignore the synced fill. I vaguely remember that's supposed to be "by design".

The Brush tool picks the Stroke/Fill colors, but it uses them in the same way as the brush in Photo, i.e. you can then switch both colors back and forth as "foreground/background". The Brush tool doesn't have a fill by default.

[Brian_J]

19 hours ago, loukash said:

And in v2, the global application Defaults still don't want to stick to what I want them to be. Particuarly for some reason I couldn't get rid of the ugly Arial default font yet

I'm on Windows... not sure if there is a difference on Mac. You may have already tried this, but in order to save global defaults I have to first Synchronize from Selection.

1. Select the object (e.g., Artistic Text, Text Frame, or vector shape).
2. In the menu: Edit > Defaults > Synchronize from Selection (or click Synchronize defaults from selection in the Toolbar).
3. In the menu: Edit > Defaults > Save

[loukash]

49 minutes ago, Brian_J said:

in order to save global defaults I have to first Synchronize from Selection.

Yeah, this seems to be a part of this voodoo ritual at times…

[SteveP110]

I have created a workaround for myself, in the absence of Tool Presets. I have created Styles for the common line properties I use. I then create a line use the appropriate style to style the line and then click on the "Synchronise defaults from selection" button. to set the line style for future use. It has made life a lot easier than having to change settings for each line or drawer each line and then sets its style.

[loukash]

50 minutes ago, SteveP110 said:

a workaround for myself

I think that's likely even one of the intended workflows, not a "workaround"…  

[loukash]

Speaking of which:

On 1/9/2023 at 12:13 AM, SteveP110 said:

as soon as you start to draw the fill refers to transparent.

On 1/9/2023 at 12:35 AM, loukash said:

The Pen and the Pencil tool will ignore the synced fill. I vaguely remember that's supposed to be "by design".

I was wrong here: I totally forgot about the Use Fill button in the context toolbar (as I have been reminded in a similar thread yesterday).