drawing measured lines

[Sueratchet]

Hi,

I have been using Publisher for a while now and its predecessor (which I am struggling to remember the name) but am now getting into garment pattern making and I feel pretty stupid but I don't know how to make a measured line segment. I have all 3 products and am on a PC.

I need to put in inches the length of a line, I think this is self explanatory just make lines. I have used the pen tool and the pencil tool but only when I really have to, they seem more complicated than what I need.  Thanks so much

[FraGar]

I am not sure if this is what you want to do, but do you need to have the measure visible?

Maybe some of these tips could help?

https://affinityspotlight.com/article/7-tips-for-working-with-text-in-affinity-publisher/

[Sueratchet]

Oh thanks these are great tips but for this I need to measure from point to point in exact measurements to match body measurements which becomes a

clothing pattern.

In illustrator you make a line segment and define its length and place on the page with vertical and horizontal points.

 I am using the pen tool and then the transform box in designer and its usable with x and y. I think I am figuring it out.

Thanks so much.

[William Overington]

Start a document and set the measurement units to inches. If you then draw a line using the Pen Tool and hold the Shift key down while you do it, then a line drawn by you at "around" horizontal will lock on as exactly horizontal. Then, once it is an object, the length of the line will be displayed as the width in the Transform panel. You could then rotate the line without changing its length, either using the mouse pointer or by entering a number in the box labelled R in the Transform panel. Then move it to where you choose.

I hope this helps.

William

 

 

 

[William Overington]

I have found that if I draw a straight line using the Pen Tool from any point that I choose to any other point that I choose then the Transform Panel shows the length of the line in a box labelled L that is to the right of the box labelled R.

That is the box that for a shape shows the shear angle, but for a line the box shows the length of the line.

William

 

[Pšenda]

2 hours ago, William Overington said:

the length of the line will be displayed as the width in the Transform panel.

The length of the line is displayed (and set) as the L/Length parameter.