VectorCat Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Working with a simple shape with 2 selected end points. pressing "Join" has no effect. Why? Simple, short movie of what I did is attached. thank you! vcat Join_no_effect.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I think you want "close curve" in this instance. I believe "join curve" joins two different curves to make one curve... Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 16, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 16, 2014 As retrograde said you want to close the shape, not joining two individual paths. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobalou Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Anyway... there's something that don't work properly. I can't join the nodes that I want join.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rui_mac Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 It seems that the algorithm Affinity Designer uses is set to join the closest nodes.It should consider if there are start/end Nodes selected and, if they are, join those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 16, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 16, 2014 Yes, I agree this could be improved. If two shapes are selected (but not nodes) it should join the closest nodes as it's doing now. If there's a start/end node selected from each shape it should join those as Rui suggests. peter 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 As retrograde said you want to close the shape, not joining two individual paths. Actually, I don't want "close shape" because that produces two nodes which I have to fix; they're asymmetrical or disconnected and for my purpose I just want a straight-line connection. the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line...right...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 16, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 16, 2014 I was referring to the video you posted stating that pressing Join Curves wasn't working. In the video you have an open shape, not two paths. I agree that this could be improved and already said that in my previous post. I've also logged this as an improvement to the Join Curves function. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 ah..my bad...I didn't intend to re-walk that ground. there is *so* incredibly much going on with this great application..I can imagine you are quite busy, and I thank you all for your stellar efforts. vc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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