loganbench Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 As you can see in the attached image I am trying to figure out how to keep the arc of a shape of line when deleting nodes. On the left is the Corel Draw X8 example and on the right is the Affinity Design example. Is this possible? Corel Draw can do. Is there a way to do this in AD? Is there some type of setting that can be turned off or on? Please help. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hold down the Alt/Option key when deleting a node to (more or less) retain the shape of the path going through it. This won't work very well if the shape can't be maintained by modifying the adjacent nodes, or if they are sharp ones. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 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...
verysame Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 It seems it's broken on Windows, at least it doesn't work on my box. Quote Andrew - Win10 x64 AMD Threadripper 1950x, 64GB, 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD + 2TB, dual GTX 1080ti Dual Monitor Dell Ultra HD 4k P2715Q 27-Inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 20, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hi verysame, Yes, seems to be broken on Windows. I'm logging this to be looked at. Thanks for letting us know. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) It seems it's broken on Windows, at least it doesn't work on my box. It only works well if the two adjacent control handles of the two adjacent nodes can be lengthened or shortened to maintain the same geometry. Obviously, it won't work if the node to be deleted is sharp (because a sharp node is required to abruptly change the direction of the path). Likewise, if the node is essential to maintain the shape, like if its handles are rotated with respect to the those of the adjacent nodes to create an S-shaped path segment, deleting it will always distort the shape -- otherwise you could delete an arbitrary number of nodes without changing the shape. You can check the help topic Edit vector curves and shapes on the Windows version to see if it mentions this (& if the key is the same) -- about half way through the topic, there should be a section titled "To delete nodes:" with a note that says the equivalent of this on a Mac: The curve will automatically reshape because of the deleted node, but you can retain the curve's original geometry by pressing ⌥+ ⌦ key instead. (⌥ is the symbol for the alt/option key & ⌦ is the one for the Delete key.) Or maybe try it with a simple shape to see if it works for you. The attached shows what should happen to a Segment shape converted to curves if the circled node is deleted with & without the key held down. Note the change in the top node & the bottom left corner node in the Alt-Delete vs. the normal Delete method. Hopefully, you will get similar results. EDIT: Just saw MEB's reply after posting mine. Sorry that this is broken on the Windows version, but it should work as described on the Mac one. Edited February 20, 2017 by R C-R Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 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...
Staff MEB Posted February 20, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 20, 2017 R C-R, It doesn't work on Windows. It's a bug. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganbench Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Thank you. Works great on Mac. Could you make the alt/option key & ⌦ action a single shortcut key? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imfastrnu2 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Hello. Has this been addressed yet (1.6.1.93)? I know it works fine on my Mac but doesn't seem to work on Windows. I did notice, however, that if I hold down the ALT-CTRL-Backspace keys, it kinda keeps the shape. At least it keeps the shape better than just hitting the backspace key. Gunny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dReas Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) Has this been improved at all? I'm testing on PC and am wondering if the PC version is still lacklust compared to the Mac version. Edited July 12, 2021 by dReas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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