Stroke cap type on one end - is that possible in Affinity Designer 2 on iPad?

[Kianne]

Hello, I want to have a rounded cap on one end and a square cap on the other. When I change the cap type it is applied to both ends. Is it possible to have a different cap on each end? I’m using Designer 2 on iPad. Thank you in advance for your help!

[Alfred]

The closest I can get is to set the stroke to use square caps, with one end set to the ‘Circle Solid’ style at a size of 35%.

[NotMyFault]

29 minutes ago, Alfred said:

The closest I can get is to set the stroke to use square caps, with one end set to the ‘Circle Solid’ style at a size of 35%.

I thing we could optimize the result by mathematically calculate the correct percentage, but the UI may be limit precision.

Other options:

• split the curve into 2 parts, with a small overlap. Use either curves layer (use 2 curves in one container) or groups to combine if needed.
• Use circle cap on both side, cut of one by vector mask 
• Use circle cap on both, lay over a very short line with square cap and one side. Length must be non-zero, but very close to zero

[NotMyFault]

Another better way in Designer:

• set round caps
• use appearance panel to add another stroke, set to square cap extending 
• set mode to dotted line
• deactivate „balanced“ mode
• Set gap to 100 so that square is only applied to one end and invisible at other end.
• beware that changing the curve later may require re-adjusting the settings (e.g. stroke color or  stroke width or length by chance getting to 100 times stroke width)

 

[Alfred]

10 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Another better way in Designer:

Not perfect, but considerably better! 👍

[NotMyFault]

I think we just discovered a bug: the dashed stroke does not match the curvature of a non-dashed stroke.

 

[Kianne]

@NotMyFault I noticed that too when I was trying out the suggestions 😕. Thank you all for your responses!