GentleGiantEd Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Im trying to create a diagram that is like a large circle only with the circle being made up of 3 arrows pointing clockwise. I don't see a "Tool" image that does this so I was wondering if anyone has a technique to do this? They are going to be "fat" or wide arrows where I will have text following the same contour inside the image. I have another post on how to get the text to follow the same contour. Thanks for any assistance in learning how to do this. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Here's a method I would use. Start by making a circle centered on the circle for the text. After drawing it big enough, convert it to a doughnut, w. a total angle of 90 degrees. This will leave enough arc, 30 degrees, to place a triangle that has been rotated to line up w. the end of the doughnut section. Select both, and use the boolean add. Snapping on, move the rotation center for the new shape to the center of the central circle. Copy/paste and rotate 120 degrees using rotation constraint. See illustration. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleGiantEd Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 very cool. Will try. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleGiantEd Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 assuming I can do this in Affinity Photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleGiantEd Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 ok Im not seeing how to convert to a donut...is there a manual anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted October 4, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 4, 2016 Hi Edferrigan, The Convert to Donut button should be towards the top of the app as long as you have the circle selected :) (see attached) Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleGiantEd Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Can I just use the Donut draw feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Again, I'm a Designer user, but assuming the donut tool is part on of Photo's shapes, sure. The doughnut tool appears to just be a sub-set of modifiers for the circle. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleGiantEd Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 I switched over to Designer. Downloaded it yesterday so I could follow the training better. Im still trying to duplicate what you've shared above so thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Here is a shot of something I just put together, a little different than the previous example. Snapping is turned on. I made a circle, and added text to conform to the shape. Not very good, I've never done much w. text. Then I drew a doughnut from the center of the text holding circle. I made it big enough to have space for the arrows after I opened made the doughnut hole. The total arc was 120 degrees, 1/3rd of the circle. Repeated the operation to make another doughnut, but w. less of an arc. It was a little messy. I had to fuss with the arc size to find enough space to fit an acceptable arrowhead triangle. I'm just doing this by eye, not fine math. After making a slightly acute triangle, I rotated it, and moved it to where it slightly overlapped the circle arc. Then used the boolean add function to create a single shape. Next step. This is important. Click on the "show center of rotation" widget. Move the center of rotation to the center of the text containing circle. The illustration shows where the rotation center is for 1 of the arrows. Copy. Paste. Rotate the curved arrow by its rotation handle. Hold the shift key down when doing that, and stop when reaching 120 degrees. Repeat. Hope this works for you. W. a little practice, many things can be done very quickly. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleGiantEd Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 gdenby, thanks for taking the time. I got it working. Watched all the videos on Affinity Designer on Lynda.com and Im off to the races now. Thanks again for your time! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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