JackOats Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Hi All, Haven't used Affinity for a while. Can't seem to simply draw a shape. When I select or drag the Elipse tool onto the work area it just disappears in a puff of smoke. Have been playing help videos & trying all sorts of things for 2 hours now but I just can't get past this stage. Any help would be gratefully received. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 42 minutes ago, JackOats said: When I select or drag the Elipse tool onto the work area it just disappears in a puff of smoke. Screenshot, video? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 hour ago, JackOats said: When I select or drag the Elipse tool onto the work area it just disappears in a puff of smoke. It sounds like you have managed to enter the Customize Tools... mode on the View menu, in which you should see a window full of tool icons to the right of the Tools panel, & are trying to drag the Ellipse Tool off of that panel. That is to be expected because that is how customizing that panel works. See https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/Workspace/customizingToolsPanel.html for more about that, & how to add or remove tools from the panel. Regardless, note that to use a tool, you just click on it in the panel (not drag it) to activate it. Dan C 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackOats Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 @R C-R Ahh! Excellent! That did the trick. Thank you very much. Phew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackOats Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 @Pšenda Problem solved. Thanks very much for your message & the link. Will definitely watch & learn! Pšenda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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