M-Rick Posted June 5, 2017 Posted June 5, 2017 Some features to think about about for the 1.6 version or maybe for later versions: - Parallel lines tool. - Offset lines tool It will work like the parallel tool, but lines can be offset at a specific distance and will be resized to keep the shape. - Fill with pattern or picture Can fill shapes with a vector pattern or bitmap image. The patterns can be rotated and/or scaled. - Drawing constraints. Being able to constraints drawing to perpendicular, middle, specified angle or tangential to a circle. - DXF export Can export a drawing in DXF and keep colour fills to import drawings in a CAD software. - Support Georeferenced PDF. This feature is just to keep geographic information that can be stored in a PDF file if editing it with Designer. Currently they aren't kept inside the drawing and thus Designer cannot be used to edit such PDF files, Illustrator remains still necessary. Allowing this feature would make Designer compatible with GIS softwares. - Illustrator plug-ins Since Photo as a preliminary support of Photoshop filters, could such a feature be integrated later in Designer as well with Illustrator filters? Would be great for filters such as CAD Tools or MAPublisher if technically possible. Quote
Staff MEB Posted June 5, 2017 Staff Posted June 5, 2017 Hi M-Rick, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) To fill a shape with an image (or use it as a pattern - raster patterns only), select the shape, change to the Gradient Tool or Fill Tool (depending if you are using Affinity Photo or Designer), set the type to Bitmap in the context toolbar and select the image/file you want to use from the dialog that will open. There's additional options in the context toolbar to control the filling after selecting the file. I'm moving this thread to the Feature Requests section as this section is only for bugs reports. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
M-Rick Posted June 5, 2017 Author Posted June 5, 2017 The tool doesn't provide an accurate way to set the scale or rotation by inputing values manually. Quote
Staff MEB Posted June 5, 2017 Staff Posted June 5, 2017 Hi M-Rick, No, it doesn't. The scale control was already requested before too. Anyway this thread in now in the Feature Requests section where it has more changes to be noticed by the dev team. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
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