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How do I achieve "breaks" in a Designer drawing?


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Hi,

I'm on Designer 2.4. I'm just sketching my first drawing. Probably CAD or Sketch would be a better tool for what I'm doing, but I have what I have. So I'm not going to ask why we don't have a Designer tool for that, but what would be the sneakiest and least-resistance way of achieving the effect - the effect of break lines/contours - as described here https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/45936/5209, ie. those edges that signal omitting portions of a shape that wouldn't otherwise fit into the pasteboard.

I only need a 2D version. I imagine I could subtract a rectangle from my shape, and then randomly distort its opposite edges by shifting anchor nodes, then align but maybe there is a better tool to achieve that? Anyone willing to share a tip?

Thanks.

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Draw your shape and make it much shorter than it would be, use the Knife tool to then "draw" the break. Use the Move tool to drag one end away a bit.

For more control over the shape of the break you could use the Pen tool to draw a line and then select the Pen's line and the object you are wanting to break and use Geometry > Divide.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 
Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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