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Technical illustration of a Dowel Jig


jackamus

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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

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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...

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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!

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No. Where do I find that?

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Did you forget to include the link Matt?

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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!

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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

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Ah the Griffin. Its too rough for me.

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I never thought of that. LOL!

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What is AD?

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What is AD?

I'd hazard a guess that in the context, AD = Affinity Designer. ;)

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