jackamus Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 This is my first attempt at a technical illustration on a computer. Prior to this I spent over 30 years using a drawing board, technical pens and ellipse templates. My previous experience with vector graphics was Serif's DrawPlusX5-6 on a PC. I acquired Adobe Illustrator but found it difficult to use and I was too old to learn new ways. I then moved over to a Mac and was delighted when I was offered the Beta version of Affinity. This was very similar to DrawPlus which made it easy for me use. Since Affinity does not yet have a perspective drawing feature I used Adobe Illustrator to construct a perspective grid which I was able to load onto Affinity. There were a couple of effects I wanted to use but didn't know how. Fortunately Affinity's Forum provided me with the answers. This is a woodworking jig I designed for drilling wooden dowel holes for joining wood together. If anyone wants to know how it works just let me know. Dowel jig exploded view.afdesign MattP, peter and Ogma 3 Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Great job there. DrawPlus also has a good selection of tools. So as time progresses AD's tool box will fill up. Not with a wide selection of Swiss Army knives, but a choice selection of sonic screw drivers :ph34r: :) (this is not my wording, but I wished it was.) Roll on Version 3... jackamus 1 Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted January 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 9, 2015 I've always been impressed by your finished works, Jack - and this is no exception! Congratulations - a great illustration! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Great job there. DrawPlus also has a good selection of tools. So as time progresses AD's tool box will fill up. Not with a wide selection of Swiss Army knives, but a choice selection of sonic screw drivers :ph34r: :) (this is not my wording, but I wished it was.) Roll on Version 3... As long as they're Posidrive and not Phillips! :rolleyes: By the way we live in the same county - I'm in Isleham. I've always been impressed by your finished works, Jack - and this is no exception! Congratulations - a great illustration! :) Thanks Mat. When we swapping emails about introducing perspective into DP I now know what you must have been up to - Affinity! Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted January 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 9, 2015 Yes, I'm always doing about 10 different things at any given moment - sometimes I can talk about them, sometimes I can't... Speaking of which, have you spotted the iPad teaser I filmed the other day? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 No. Where do I find that? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted January 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 9, 2015 I think the link is this one: :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Did you forget to include the link Matt? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 9, 2015 So this is what you were working on! If this is your first attempt at a technical illustration on a computer, i can't imagine what you will be doing in a few months with more experience and new Affinity features... Great work :) Now i understand what you were trying to achieve with the "hole" question. The video window is on Matt's post. Isn't it displaying for you? Maybe there's a problem with the forum/settings. Here's a direct link. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted January 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 9, 2015 Did you forget to include the link Matt? Hi Jack, I see an in-place video from the Vimeo Affinity channel in my post - I'm guessing you're not seeing that? Oh well - here's an actual link to it Thanks, Matt EDIT - Miguel beat me to it! Again! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hi Matt, Yes I saw it and what a teaser it is! However I don't think I will be using an iPad. I will probably go for the latest iMac. One of the things I haven't tried with Affinity is my drawing tablet. I have an Intuos 4 but the pen has gone all sticky. Any idea how to clean it up? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 So this is what you were working on! If this is your first attempt at a technical illustration on a computer, i can't imagine what you will be doing in a few months with more experience and new Affinity features... Great work :) Now i understand what you were trying to achieve with the "hole" question. The video window is on Matt's post. Isn't it displaying for you? Maybe there's a problem with the forum/settings. Here's a direct link. Thanks for the compliments MEB. The problem with me is finding a project to illustrate. However having said that I designed a lawnmower cylinder grinder, which I am making, so I think I will have a go at that. This would be in colour. Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 As long as they're Posidrive and not Phillips! :rolleyes: By the way we live in the same county - I'm in Isleham. Thanks Mat. When we swapping emails about introducing perspective into DP I now know what you must have been up to - Affinity! I know Isleham, driven through it often enough! Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I think the link is this one: :) Tease! Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hang on a minute! Isleham is one of those places that is not on a road to anywhere. It is a place that you deliberately go to visit. :D Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Being a delivery driver, I have to admit that you're spot on. The pub on the t-junction (The Griffin) teases me on a hot day! :angry: Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Ah the Griffin. Its too rough for me. Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 So why not use your anti aliasing tool? Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 I never thought of that. LOL! Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Hey MattP, is AD for iPad in Beta? I'd love to test it out :) Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 What is AD? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.4.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartoonMike Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 What is AD? I'd hazard a guess that in the context, AD = Affinity Designer. ;) Quote Mac OS X Catinlina, 2014 iMac, 3.5 Ghz Intel Core i7, Huion Kamvas Pro 22 Graphic Tablet, 16GB RAM, MacOS10.12 || Magic keyboard w/numeric keypad, wireless trackpad, Kengsington Edge Trackball || Flux Capacitor in a secure location --- I encourage kids to go ahead and play on my lawn. I mean, how else can I make sure the death-traps work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Hey MattP, is AD for iPad in Beta? I'd love to test it out :) It's nowhere near ready for public beta. When it is, it will be managed through this forum and the existing Affinity mailing list, so you'll know about it (if you stick around here). CartoonMike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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