Help with joining a node at the end of a line to any point along another curved path

[BPinWV]

This is a problem I've had since I started learning Affinity Designer. I should have posted my question sooner.

What I want to do is join the node at the end of a line to any point along another curved path.  I am specifically not wanting to join node to node, instead I want to join a node to a path.

In the attached image, I'm describing a typical operation.  Is there a way of doing this?

Thank you,

 

[walt.farrell]

You can move the lower one so its end node is located on top of the other curve, and then use Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves, which will give you a Curves layer.

 

[Old Bruce]

@BPinWV,

I find that if I have the snapping for the Node tool set up like this

then I can use the node tool to select the two curves and select the node i want and it will snap to the second curve.

 

 

 

[BPinWV]

23 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

You can move the lower one so its end node is located on top of the other curve, and then use Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves, which will give you a Curves layer.

 

Based on your solution it looks like I cannot do what I had hoped, which is a simple single click operation.  It also tells me that I cannot join a node to a pathway where the old node becomes apart of the pathway.

Thank you.

[BPinWV]

23 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

@BPinWV,

I find that if I have the snapping for the Node tool set up like this

then I can use the node tool to select the two curves and select the node i want and it will snap to the second curve.

 

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It looks like this is going to be the easiest solution to my problem.  I was hoping to actually join the node to the new pathway so that it would become a  continuous joined path.  But it looks like that is not possible.

Thank you.

[walt.farrell]

39 minutes ago, BPinWV said:

It also tells me that I cannot join a node to a pathway where the old node becomes apart of the pathway.

My suggestion worked when I tried it, and I think it should have worked for you, too.

But no, you cannot do it with simple Curve objects, as a Node can only be part of a single Curve. That's why I merged the two Curve objects into a Curves object.

[BPinWV]

22 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

My suggestion worked when I tried it, and I think it should have worked for you, too.

But no, you cannot do it with simple Curve objects, as a Node can only be part of a single Curve. That's why I merged the two Curve objects into a Curves object.

Thank you for this reply.  I did not fully understand your original post. I was hoping to be able to do this joining operation quickly, but I see now the benefit in your solution.  It does not actually join the two curves, but as you explained a node can only be associated with a single curve, I did not know this.

I am finding AD very hard to work with, so many clicks and circuitous routes to get simple operations done.

Thank you.