Heres Johnny Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The Node tool in Designer is great. It's just missing the ability to directly select things within a group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 12, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi Heres Johnny, Double-click an object within a group with the Node Tool to edit its nodes, or just a single time if you are already inside the group layer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heres Johnny Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi Heres Johnny, Double-click an object within a group with the Node Tool to edit its nodes, or just a single time if you are already inside the group layer. Oh ok that works. Didn't know that because I tried doing exactly the same thing on a rectangle. But you can't edit nodes on a rectangle (to transform it into a different shape), can you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Oh ok that works. Didn't know that because I tried doing exactly the same thing on a rectangle. But you can't edit nodes on a rectangle (to transform it into a different shape), can you? If you create a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool, you can only change the corner types. In order to be able to make more radical changes, you need to convert it to curves. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 12, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi Heres Johnny, As Alfred pointed out, parametric shapes must first be converted to curves if you want to edit their nodes. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heres Johnny Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi Heres Johnny, As Alfred pointed out, parametric shapes must first be converted to curves if you want to edit their nodes. I did not know that. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macdan67 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Another question about direct sélection tool. In Illustrator, it is possible to select (and erase) a side of a rectangle or a quarter of circle for example. Without modifying the rest of the object. Is this possible with Designer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macdan67 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I have found how to do it (thanks to https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/transitioning-from-adobe-illustrator-to-affinity-designer-my-experience--cms-30650) ! It's a little bit more complicated but possible ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMcK Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Working on a little project to help me transition from AI to AD. I have an compound path object (ie hole in the centre). I want to select just the internal path, copy and paste in place on it’s own layer to manipulate it in some way. In AI I would use the Direct Selection Tool. In AD, when I select the Node Tool and click on the internal path the whole compound object seems selected. How do I just select one path of a compound or grouped object? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 15, 2020 Staff Share Posted April 15, 2020 Hi RMcK, There's no way to select just the internal path on a compound path. Duplicate the compound path, press the Divide boolean operation button in the main toolbar to separate the compound into its basic shape components and delete the part you don't want (or go to menu Layer > Geometry > Separate Curves; does the same as Divide). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMcK Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 4 hours ago, MEB said: Hi RMcK, There's no way to select just the internal path on a compound path. Duplicate the compound path, press the Divide boolean operation button in the main toolbar to separate the compound into its basic shape components and delete the part you don't want (or go to menu Layer > Geometry > Separate Curves; does the same as Divide). Thanks MEB. That's an OK workaround but was a bit time consuming. An AI style direct selection tool would be really handy in selecting and copying / separating parts of compound paths or parts of a grouped object. But I learned a couple new things today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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