Can you draw "shape" lines(designer) ?

[krissen]

Hey folks I'm new to this forum and affinity designer.

Forgive me if this is a silly question but can you draw fill or shapes, like the brush tool in Adobe Flash?

With this I mean in the same way you draw strokes as lines which are series of single nodes connected,

is it possible to draw fill like shapes as lines of "double nodes"  containing a fill if that makes any sence?

Or if it is possible to draw a regular stroke then and convert it into a fill with a certain width following the strokes path if that makes sense?

Image below shows adobe flash brush stroke

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, krissen. :)

 

You can expand a stroke (via the 'Expand Stroke' command on the Layer menu) to create a closed shape that mimics the original stroke, but this currently results in a shape with a huge number of extra nodes. Although you can correct this to some extent by switching to the Node Tool and clicking the 'Smooth curve' icon in the Action section of the Context toolbar, the result is still likely to be less than optimal.

[krissen]

Ahh fantastic just what I was  looking for  :D

Thanks Alfred!

[Alfred]

You're welcome, krissen. Let's hope they manage to improve the feature sooner rather than later!