Mvdarbs Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Hi Folks, Symmetry question. I don't quite get use snapping tool/guide. I find it hit and miss, probably because I am not using it property I suspect. Some times I get the nice green lines showing that I have lined up one of my shapes nicely with another and yet other times I get nothing?? Any ideas what I am doing wrong with this? Short on info there I know but If you need more let me know. Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 A good place to start is by viewing some of the In-house Affinity Designer Video Tutorials -- section 12 "Design Aids" has several that show how snapping works. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I'm struggling to get snapping to work correctly for me in the attached project. In the Snapping options I have 'Force pixel alignment' turned on and 'Move by whole pixels' turned off, but I still can't get rid of all the gaps. What am I doing wrong? :unsure: Geometric-marquetry-3.afdesign barrycosta 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 16.7.2 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I'm struggling to get snapping to work correctly for me in the attached project. In the Snapping options I have 'Force pixel alignment' turned on and 'Move by whole pixels' turned off, but I still can't get rid of all the gaps. What am I doing wrong? :unsure: Try turning off Force pixel alignment. The symbol shapes are not positioned on or sized to integer pixel values, so if you force them to align on pixel boundaries there will be gaps or overlaps. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Try turning off Force pixel alignment. The symbol shapes are not positioned on or sized to integer pixel values, so if you force them to align on pixel boundaries there will be gaps or overlaps. Thanks for the suggestion, but when I tried that I found the results were worse instead of better! :( Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 16.7.2 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Thanks for the suggestion, but when I tried that I found the results were worse instead of better! :( Really? When I tried it I had no trouble aligning the symbols without any gaps. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Thanks for your further input. Maybe I had turned off another option that I shouldn't have, but I was hardly getting any snapping at all. I guess I'll have to play with it some more. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 16.7.2 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrycosta Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 OMG Alfred - THANK YOU!!! This was bugging me so bad. I looked through preferences and could not find anything. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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