ra.skill Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 5:58 PM, johnnyfive said: I think for most people it's this one. It has been available in Adobe Illustrator for a long time under the Document Info tab. +1 for a tape measure tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJSfoto1956 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I too am frustrated that the length of a simple line segment cannot be measured in Affinity, even though the math behind is pretty basic stuff. i.e. Diagonal = sqrt(Height^2 + Width^2) is all you need to know. Draw your line segment. Select the line object. In the info box note the height and width of the object's bounding box. Plug the height and width dimensions into the above formula and you will have the diagonal. Please add this feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Still only a workaround: You can measure curves in AD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET_Affinity Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/21/2020 at 6:40 PM, MJSfoto1956 said: I too am frustrated that the length of a simple line segment cannot be measured in Affinity, even though the math behind is pretty basic stuff. i.e. Diagonal = sqrt(Height^2 + Width^2) is all you need to know. Draw your line segment. Select the line object. In the info box note the height and width of the object's bounding box. Plug the height and width dimensions into the above formula and you will have the diagonal. Please add this feature! Simply providing the measure of straight segments would be already sub-standard. No, it's not as simple as the Pythagorean Theorem, but we're one-fifth into the 21st century. Length (and area, frankly) should be shown for any path, as it is in competing software. JET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daini42 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 As of version 1.8.5.703 there is a window called "Transform" that will display the width and height of a selected object. It also gives the X and Y position relative to the ruler, so you could drag the 0 point of the ruler to the side of object one, and select object two, the X or Y will give you the distance between these two objects. It is limited in that a line drawn on an angle will not show it's true length nor show radius of a circle, but it's a start 😊 affinityfan and ra.skill 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Daini42 said: As of version 1.8.5.703 there is a window called "Transform" that will display the width and height of a selected object. Great news! That’s one step closer to what I need. Next is a measuring tool that provides length of curves and angled lines. Daini42 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 9 hours ago, Daini42 said: As of version 1.8.5.703 there is a window called "Transform" that will display the width and height of a selected object. I could have sworn this has been available since version 1.0 from 2014??!?!?! now I'm confused Oval and affinityfan 2 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 - 2 GB Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Double boot Mac OS Big Sur 11.6.5 and Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.00 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 26, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 26, 2021 9 hours ago, ra.skill said: Great news! That’s one step closer to what I need. Next is a measuring tool that provides length of curves and angled lines. Version 1.9 has some improvements here when you have a line selected. See screenshot below (Transform panel): Fixx 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 8 hours ago, MEB said: Version 1.9 has some improvements here when you have a line selected. See screenshot below (Transform panel): Hi @MEB, out of curiosity since we are in the Designer for Windows forum and your screenshot is from a Mac. Is this coming to the Windows version 1.9, too? Even though we are aving a release candidate, already. d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 10 21H2 (19044.2251) 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, dominik said: out of curiosity since we are in the Designer for Windows forum No, this is the platform-agnostic Feedback forum. Good question, though Edit: see screenshot below. Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0betaiPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.4.1 (a), Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just now, walt.farrell said: No, this is the platform-agnostic Feedback forum. Oh, sorry. It was a long day. After all, I assume it will come to Windows, too, and I am looking forward to it. No matter if it's in 1.9 or later 🙂 d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 10 21H2 (19044.2251) 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, dominik said: Oh, sorry. It was a long day. After all, I assume it will come to Windows, too, and I am looking forward to it. No matter if it's in 1.9 or later 🙂 It's in 1.9 on Windows, too. Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0betaiPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.4.1 (a), Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: It's in 1.9 on Windows, too. Now I'm starting to get confused. Before I posted I tried this with my latest Windows beta and it did not show up. After your post I looked again and discovered it. It turns out, it is only visible when a straight line is selected with the V (Move) Tool. It does not show up with the Pen Tool active on a straight line. d. PS: forgot to add the time between 'looking forward to' and 'being happy about' has never been so short than today 😉 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 10 21H2 (19044.2251) 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 26, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, dominik said: Hi @MEB, out of curiosity since we are in the Designer for Windows forum and your screenshot is from a Mac. Is this coming to the Windows version 1.9, too? Even though we are aving a release candidate, already. d. Yes, these changes are available in both platforms. dominik 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dominik Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 54 minutes ago, haakoo said: Also visible with nodetool when selecting all nodes And there is even more: if one selects two adjacent nodes that are connected by a straight segment and they are part of a multinode stroke the new node length display also shows up. And can be modified with the mouse or by manual input. d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 10 21H2 (19044.2251) 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dominik Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, haakoo said: And when using the 3 points selector you can rotate or change length and the direction Yes indeed. I really start liking this new addition. I can imagine this could be helpful to create an exact floorplan. d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 10 21H2 (19044.2251) 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 What is the “L” field for?? Does this represent length?? Does this mean we can measure curved lines?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, ra.skill said: What is the “L” field for?? Does this represent length?? Does this mean we can measure curved lines?? L is for length. This works only for straight lines, doesn't work for curved lines. ra.skill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 3 hours ago, ashf said: L is for length. This works only for straight lines, doesn't work for curved lines. Thank you 😊 Gutted they haven’t added curve measurement yet. Soon I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 For those that did not read the Help: L—Length. Replaces Shear (S) when a straight line is selected using the Move Tool. Allows you to precisely adjust the line's length. The Anchor point selector changes its appearance for straight lines. And the workaround: You can measure curves in AD. ra.skill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 On 2/7/2021 at 3:02 PM, ashf said: L is for length. This works only for straight lines, doesn't work for curved lines. So, out of curiosity..... what does the L field show when a curved stroke is selected?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, ra.skill said: So, out of curiosity..... what does the L field show when a curved stroke is selected?? L isn't shown if the selected object is not a straight line. ra.skill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 minute ago, ashf said: L isn't shown if the selected object is not a straight line. I see, thank you 🙏🏻 good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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