designer Link layers to display same content

[skappley]

Hello,

 

I'm new here and just doing some first steps with Affinity Designer. I've seen a design where two layers were linked to each other so that both show the same content. Let's say layer A is linked to layer B. Layer A shows all elements from layer B. Editing layer B affects layer A as well, as it always shows what layer B currently shows.

 

The example that I've seen uses this "layer linking" to scale a design down to different sizes. The layers list shows an orange colored line on the left side of linked layers.

 

I didn't find out how I can create such a linking between layers. Does anybody know how this works and could please explain?

 

Thanks,

skap

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, skappley said:

The layers list shows an orange colored line on the left side of linked layers.

From that, I think you are referring to Symbols, a feature of Affinity Designer. (Link is to the beta online version of the Symbols help topic in US English, but the same topic appears in the help system built into the app.) There is also an official Affinity video tutorial at https://vimeo.com/182383520

 

[skappley]

Hello R C-R

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I've been searching for and your linked tutorial explains it very well.

I just didn't know this feature was called "Symbols" and even didn't have the symbols view activated.