Affinity Designer: start position of a grid

[Bad_Wolf]

Hi all,

Please, can you tell me if a grid in Affinity Designer can start on a position defined by the user? Instead of starting on the edge of the page, I want to start the grid at the position of the top and left margin.

Can you tell me if this is possible and how?

Thank you so much for your help;

Chris

[Return]

https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/DesignAids/rulers.html

[walt.farrell]

31 minutes ago, Return said:

https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/DesignAids/rulers.html

But that does not affect the Grid, as far as I can see.

[Pšenda]

https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/grids_axonometric.html

Edited June 28, 2023 by Pšenda

[Return]

No it doesn't affect the grid as this is set per document or artboard.
But one could add an rectangle to the margins of an artboard and convert this into an artboard and have its own grid settings.

Edited June 28, 2023 by Return

[Bad_Wolf]

Thank you all for your replies. As Walt said, dragging the rulers does not change the grid location. The grid remains where it was after dragging the intersection point of the rulers.

However, checking the "Axis Editing Handles" and then moving those handles does precisely what I need.

Your help is much appreciated.

Chris

[GarryP]

I think it’s worth mentioning here, in case it’s useful to anyone reading this, that by using the “Axis Editing Handles” you can change the origin of the grid but you cannot change its orientation.

This means that the X and Y values always increase to the right and down, respectively, and you can’t change them to 'go', for instance, right and up.

The grids in the Affinity applications always 'go' right (X values) and down (Y values).

[FREE-RANGE LA]

I know it’s an old post, but I’d love to know how to set the grid origin on Designer 2 on  iPad…

[Alfred]

35 minutes ago, FREE-RANGE LA said:

I know it’s an old post, but I’d love to know how to set the grid origin on Designer 2 on  iPad…

The option is rather hidden! Go to the ‘Toggle Preview Mode’ menu to uncover it.

[walt.farrell]

50 minutes ago, Alfred said:

Go to the ‘Toggle Preview Mode’ menu to uncover it.

But the question was about the Grid origin, not Guides.

[Alfred]

14 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

But the question was about the Grid origin, not Guides.

I’m aware of that, but the Grid Settings menu option doesn’t seem to do anything. The Guide Settings option, on the other hand, gives me access to the ‘Spread Origin’ controls.

[walt.farrell]

31 minutes ago, Alfred said:

but the Grid Settings menu option doesn’t seem to do anything.

It does: 

 

[Alfred]

41 minutes ago, Alfred said:

but the Grid Settings menu option doesn’t seem to do anything.

 

9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

It does:

Sorry, Walt, I didn’t mean it doesn’t do anything at all. I meant it doesn’t seem to have anything to offer in terms of setting the grid origin.

[walt.farrell]

4 minutes ago, Alfred said:

I didn’t mean it doesn’t do anything at all. I meant it doesn’t seem to have anything to offer in terms of setting the grid origin.

Correct. It doesn't let you set the Grid Origin, but as far as I can see, neither does the Guides setting you pointed to.

I think the correct answer to the OP's question is: you can't.

[Alfred]

13 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

It doesn't let you set the Grid Origin, but as far as I can see, neither does the Guides setting you pointed to.

 

[walt.farrell]

That let you set the coordinates of the corner of the Artboard. I interpreted the question as pertaining to adjusting the origin of the Grid itself (where the first set of lines will intersect), within the Canvas or Artboard.

[Alfred]

6 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

I interpreted the question as pertaining to adjusting the origin of the Grid itself

So did I!

[FREE-RANGE LA]

thanks to both of you, but it seems it can't be done: changing the origin for the spread doesn't change the grid origin, it seems.

Pity they can’t just make the same feature in the desktop edition available on the iPad edition 

[walt.farrell]

8 hours ago, Alfred said:

So did I!

It's difficult to see with such a small grid as you're using, but let's try with a larger example.

Grid now: the first full 1" grid square aligns with the upper left corner of the canvas:

I think the question was about moving it, so it might look something like this (again, starting from the upper left corner of the canvas):

In other words, I don't think it's about where 0,0 is located, but the physical positioning of the grid lines on the canvas.

 

[FREE-RANGE LA]

Its about being able to align the grid to some geometry on the page so that the grid is useful for snapping to certain units/dimensions.