Affinity Designer v1 - Allign And Distribute Feature?

[Mainecoon364]

 

1. I want to do a straight horizontal line in the middle of a rectangle which splits the rectangle into two equal parts. How can I do this?

 

2. I want to enter a text in the middle of a straight line. How can I do this?

 

3. I want to put a smaller object in the middle of a bigger object. How can I do this?

 

4. Is there an Allign and Distribute feature of Affinity Designer v1 or v2?

So I can keep the distances equal of the selected multiple objects.

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

1. I want to do a straight horizontal line in the middle of a rectangle which splits the rectangle into two equal parts. How can I do this?

Turn snapping on. Select the Move Tool. Drag the line into place until the red (if horizontal) or green (if vertical) dynamic guide appears.

3 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

2. I want to enter a text in the middle of a straight line. How can I do this?

I can think of several meanings for "in the middle of a straight line". Can you explain this one a bit more, please?

3 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

I want to put a smaller object in the middle of a bigger object. How can I do this?

What kinds of objects are you asking about? Perhaps a screenshot of what you want to accomplish would help? The alignment options should do it for some cases, but they will be based on the object bounding boxes, I think, which may not give the results you want for all cases.

3 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

4. Is there an Allign and Distribute feature of Affinity Designer v1 or v2?

Yes, but it's hard to be sure if it will accomplish what you want.

V2 Help for distributing objects: https://affinity.help/designer2ipad/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/distribute.html 

V2 Help for aligning objects: https://affinity.help/designer2ipad/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/align.html

[Mainecoon364]

Note : This entry is related to the my original post question 1.

 

As you see on the video I attached;

 

Step 1 : I created a straight line with pen tool.

 

Step 2 : Then I tried to move It in the middle of the cabinet while snap function is on.

When the extended horizontal line appears I dropped the line there.

 

As you say extended horizontal line presents It is middle of the object.

 

Step 3 : I create a rectangular whie snap function is on on this line.

I see the height is 103.9 cm rather than 91.75 cm.

So It is wrong.

 

 

Question 1 : On the step 1 I created straight line then tried to move It in the middle of the object.

Can I directly draw it in the middle of the object?

 

Question 2 : The line which shows the middle of the object is this line right?

 

Question 3 : Why doesn’t It show the measures as It should be?

So It does not work.

How can I make It work?

[Mainecoon364]

Note : This entry is related to the my original post question 4.

Please check the image I uploaded here.

Question 1 : Can I allign and distribute objects on Affinity Designer v1 easily like that? How?

Please Answer the question for every sub question.

1.1) a, b, c will be equal for every object.

1.2) a’s will be equal for every object.

1.3) b’s will be equal for every object.

1.4) c’s will be equal for every object.

 

Question 2 : Can I allign and distribute objects on Affinity Designer v2 easily like that? How?

Please Answer the question for every sub question.

 

2.1) a, b, c will be equal for every object.

2.2) a’s will be equal for every object.

2.3) b’s will be equal for every object.

2.4) c’s will be equal for every object.

 

 

[walt.farrell]

5 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

Step 3 : I create a rectangular whie snap function is on on this line.

I see the height is 103.9 cm rather than 91.75 cm.

So It is wrong.

It probably snapped to something other than the middle of that rectangle. Possibly the middle of the page, or something else that was a snapping candidate. We would need to see your Snapping options, and more information about the other objects on the page. Ideally, a sample .afdesign document from you would help us explain it better.

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

Please check the image I uploaded here.

I am not sure that distribution within another object is possible. But to be sure, please give us your .afdesign document, not just images.

[Mainecoon364]

Here is the file for checking snapping options. It doesn’t put the line in the middle of the cabinet.

Untitled.afdesign

[Mainecoon364]

Can you share me a Affinity Designer Ipad Align And Distribute Tutorial video for both v1 and v2 versions.

 

Most tutorials are for PC version of Affinity on YouTube.

 

??

[Mainecoon364]

I shared the file.

 

I will appreaciate the answers a lot.

 

Any answers???

[walt.farrell]

22 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

Here is the file for checking snapping options. It doesn’t put the line in the middle of the cabinet.

That file does not seem to have Snapping enabled. If I enable Snapping, and I enable the Snap to Gaps and Sizes option for Snapping, the line snaps to the middle of the rectangle as I expect.

[Mainecoon364]

1) It looks like Snapping Snap To Gaps and Sizes work.

 

While creating the second rectangle on the left of the cabinet. I try to stick the edge of It to the cabinet edge.

 

The snapping here does not work.

 

So It does not snap to the objects?

 

How can I fix It?

 

2) I shared also a file for testing Allign And Distribute Feature? How can I do these separately?

 

2.1) a, b, c will be equal for every object.

2.2) a’s will be equal for every object.

2.3) b’s will be equal for every object.

2.4) c’s will be equal for every object.

 

What Allignment Options do I have on Designer v1 and Designer v2?

Can you share a Tutorial for It please?

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

So It does not snap to the objects?

It should (and will) if you have Snapping enabled and the proper Snapping Options. Again, without a screenshot, or the document, or a screen recording, it's difficult to say what is happening.

4 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

2) I shared also a file for testing Allign And Distribute Feature? How can I do these separately?

I do not see a file for that one.

[Mainecoon364]

1) Here is the video screenshot which shows Snapping To Object funection does not work.

 

Why? How can I fix It?

 

 

[Mainecoon364]

2) Here is the example file for Allign And Distribute.

 

You can draw a rectangle around the group of mini rectangles on the left side.

 

and allign and distribute one by one according to these below;

 

2.1) a, b, c will be equal for every object.

2.2) a’s will be equal for every object.

2.3) b’s will be equal for every object.

2.4) c’s will be equal for every object.

 

And tell me how can I do those one by one please?

 

 

Affinity - Align And Distribute.afdesign

[walt.farrell]

I don't think Affinity can do that.

[Mainecoon364]

Which one can’t Affinity do that?

 

1) Snap to Object?

 

or

 

2) Allign And Distribute?

[v_kyr]

On 3/23/2023 at 10:58 PM, Mainecoon364 said:

Can you share me a Affinity Designer Ipad Align And Distribute Tutorial video for both v1 and v2 versions.

• iPad tut - V1 Align And Distribute
• Affinity Designer iPad Tutorials (V1) <-- iPad ADe V1 tutorials
• iPad ADe v1 Online Help

See also related the learn sections and Links here ...

• All about Affinity Designer 2 for iPad
• Affinity Designer 2 for iPad Tutorials <-- iPad ADe V2 tutorials
• iPad ADe V2 Online help

[walt.farrell]

59 minutes ago, Mainecoon364 said:

Which one can’t Affinity do that?

 

1) Snap to Object?

 

or

 

2) Allign And Distribute?

The specific scenario you most recently asked about.

It can do align and distribute. But you're asking for more than that, because you're wanting it to work in a grid in a specific way.

[Mainecoon364]

1) It does not snap to object as you see in the video. I don’t understand the answer you say? (So It can not snap to object?)

 

2) Can you share me resources about Align and Distribute for Ipad? (Both v1 and v2 apps)

A) Links

b) Videos 

etc.

 

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

) Can you share me resources about Align and Distribute for Ipad? (Both v1 and v2 apps)

v_kyr did that just 3 posts above this one.

4 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

1) It does not snap to object as you see in the video. I don’t understand the answer you say? (So It can not snap to object?)

Please provide the document.

[Mainecoon364]

Here I share the regarding file again;

 

You can see I can not do snap to object on the video I shared.

 

 

 

You can try to do It. Snap second square to the cabinet please.

Untitled.afdesign

[Mainecoon364]

The video the friend shared above covers Align And Distribute title.

 

Thanks for the answers.