Problem with duplicating artboard

[sials1066]

I am trying to create a business card in Affinity Designer

after creating the document with the proper margins, I go to

layers-->artboard right-click on it, and select "duplicate"

I see a new artboard on the right panel and can re-name them, but I do not see the new artboard in the main screen in the middle, even if I zoom out all the way

the only one I see is the first What am I doing wrong?.

[loukash]

An artboard is a vector object, so by duplicating, it will be placed exactly at the same position on the canvas. (That's "by design" as they say.)
Simply drag it by clicking the artboard name in the top left corner.

In fact, rather than duplicating an artboard by the Duplicate command, you may want to switch to the Artboard tool and click the Insert Artboard button on the contextual toolbar which will conveniently insert a new artboard of the same size next to your first artboard on the canvas.

[sials1066]

7 minutes ago, loukash said:

An artboard is a vector object, so by duplicating, it will be placed exactly at the same position on the canvas. (That's "by design" as they say.)
Simply drag it by clicking the artboard name in the top left corner.

In fact, rather than duplicating an artboard by the Duplicate command, you may want to switch to the Artboard tool and click the Insert Artboard button on the contextual toolbar which will conveniently insert a new artboard of the same size next to your first artboard on the canvas.

that seemed to work, thanks!

[R C-R]

5 hours ago, loukash said:

In fact, rather than duplicating an artboard by the Duplicate command, you may want to switch to the Artboard tool and click the Insert Artboard button on the contextual toolbar which will conveniently insert a new artboard of the same size next to your first artboard on the canvas.

You can also click on the Artboard name in the document window with the CMD (Mac) or (I think!) CTRL key held down on Windows to drag out a duplicate. Using Shift as well (after you start the drag) will constrain it to align horizontally or vertically with the original.

But far more useful than that for many workflows is to select the artboard & tap the Return key, which will open the Move/Duplicate window with lots of options.

[sials1066]

17 hours ago, R C-R said:

You can also click on the Artboard name in the document window with the CMD (Mac) or (I think!) CTRL key held down on Windows to drag out a duplicate. Using Shift as well (after you start the drag) will constrain it to align horizontally or vertically with the original.

But far more useful than that for many workflows is to select the artboard & tap the Return key, which will open the Move/Duplicate window with lots of options.

so I have a new issue

when I select duplicate, nothing seems to happen --looks like it is putting the new artboard somewhere, but I don't know where

(this is really confusing)

 

[sials1066]

NM --I see what the issue is. I have to drag the new one from under the old

[R C-R]

1 minute ago, sials1066 said:

NM --I see what the issue is. I have to drag the new one from under the old

Yes, @loukash explained that to you above with the comment "An artboard is a vector object, so by duplicating, it will be placed exactly at the same position on the canvas."

But you can use either of the two other methods I mentioned to add new artboard(s) at other positions.

[Pšenda]

3 hours ago, sials1066 said:

I have to drag the new one from under the old

Alternatively, you can use the Transform panel, where you will see that both Artboards have the same X/Y position, which you can then adjust accordingly.