chillyguess Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Hi, I use a lot of Coreldraw in my signwriting / engraving work and wanting to see what Designer had to offer. Now I have used Designer sporadically in the past, when it first released, mainly to open up problematic files that required newer versions of Coreldraw (eps, dxf, pdfs etc)... I am trying to find alternatives to Coreldraw's contour tool and thought that Designer's contour tool functioned the same. This feature alone is what most signwriters want to use Coreldraw solely for. Contouring should allow for toolpath generation (ie can go inside, outside or to center) - automatically generating lines offsets based on the initial mm measurements. Designer's contour tool already has this, but it doesn't auto generate more lines, rather just one at a time. Granted it's dynamic with mouse drags which is nice, but would love to see auto generation of lines towards the middle, or punch in the amount of contour lines you want as an option. Hope that makes sense. Coreldraw has a few YT videos on contouring that showcase this. Wondering if this is something in the pipeline for the future versions? Thanks. Quote
Bryan Rieger Posted March 19 Posted March 19 The 'Contour Tool' in Designer feels like a minimum viable product. Yes, it creates a contour in a nice, interactive manner but that's about it. If you want more than one contour, duplicate the object and make another contour. Want multiple contours that interact with each other (ie; layered, punch, overlap, etc) you're on your own. When compared to Illustrator's Offset path function, let alone Astute Graphics Stylism plugin the Designer 'Contour Tool' feels very, basic. lacerto 1 Quote
chillyguess Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 That's quite something considering this Coreldraw contour has been there since 2010... (version X5) Did they patent it or something? *shrugs Hoping Affinity can at least emulate it. Quote
Ron P. Posted March 26 Posted March 26 8 hours ago, chillyguess said: Coreldraw contour has been there since 2010... (version X5) Been there a lot longer. I started using Coreldraw, version 9, back in 1999. Quote Affinity Photo 2.6..; Affinity Designer 2.6..; Affinity Publisher 2.6..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD
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