4461 Posted September 23, 2024 Posted September 23, 2024 Windows 10 for Designer 10, Windows 11 for Designer 2 A Designer 10 drawing containing a dotted line (units 0,3,0,3) would export to EPS without any problems. That EPS file when placed in Publisher 10 displayed correctly. Opening that Designer 10 drawing in Designer 2 the dotted line displays correctly but it does not export to EPS; the file displays nothing. When the EPS file, exported from Designer 10, is placed in a Publisher 10 document it displays correctly. That same file placed in Publisher 2 displays nothing. When a Publisher 10 document containing the dotted line is opened in Publisher 2, the dotted line does not display, it has disappeared. Is it caused by a bug or is there a setting that needs enabling? Quote
Hangman Posted September 23, 2024 Posted September 23, 2024 Hi @4461 and welcome to the forums, What do you mean by Designer 10? There is only Designer 1.X and 2.X... Could you upload the problematic file so we can take a look... Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
4461 Posted September 23, 2024 Author Posted September 23, 2024 Sorry, I meant the latest version of Designer 1.10.6 before Designer 2 was released. I upgraded to Affinity 2 universal licence 15 August 2024. The attached file was created by exporting it from Designer 1.10.6. When it is opened in Designer 2.5 or placed in Publisher 2.5 the dotted grid lines disappear. When I export a similar drawing created in Designer 2.5 to EPS, the grid lines are missing. Rhossili.eps Quote
Hangman Posted September 23, 2024 Posted September 23, 2024 Hi @4461, Ah, okay, that makes more sense, thanks for confirming... That is very strange, the dotted lines don't even appear as empty layers in the Layers Panel in the EPS file but are clearly contained in the file because if I convert the EPS to a PDF and then open the PDF in Designer 2.5.5 the dotted lines are there, albeit at 0.35 pt stroke weight with 0, 6, 0 spacing (see the attached file)... Rhossili.pdf Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
4461 Posted September 23, 2024 Author Posted September 23, 2024 Very strange indeed. The dotted line in my original Designer file is 0.4 pt stroke weight and spacing 0, 3, 0, 3. The only way to get the dotted line to appear when exporting to EPS is to select the pre set 'Flatten' which rasterises everything and rather defeats the objective. It would appear that the EPS export command in Designer 2.5 has a defect. What used to work in Designer 1.10 no longer does in 2.5. Can this be rectified? Quote
Hangman Posted September 23, 2024 Posted September 23, 2024 I'm guessing this is a bug... If I create a new Designer document and add a series of dotted lines of varying weights, export to EPS and then open the EPS in Designer 2.5.5 it opens with an Empty Layer... Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Staff Callum Posted September 24, 2024 Staff Posted September 24, 2024 Hi 4461, Welcome to the forums. If possible please could you copy the dotted lines into a new .afdesign document and then send me a copy of it? Once I have a copy of the file I should be able to confirm the behaviour here and then log a bug report with our dev team. Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP.
Hangman Posted September 24, 2024 Posted September 24, 2024 Hi @Callum, This appears to happen for any document... Dotted Lines.mp4 Sample File Dotted Lines.afdesign Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
4461 Posted September 24, 2024 Author Posted September 24, 2024 Simple drawing of dotted lines within a box attached. It's been drawn in Designer 2.5.5. Hope it helps Thanks Dotted line test.afdesign Quote
Staff Callum Posted September 24, 2024 Staff Posted September 24, 2024 Thank you for the sample file this has now been logged with our developers to be fixed in a future update. Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP.
4461 Posted November 30, 2024 Author Posted November 30, 2024 Just installed Designer version 2.5.6 and I see dotted lines are still not supported in EPS export. I was hoping it would be fixed in this update. Quote
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