cchris Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'm hoping it does, because Illustrator's shear tool doesn't work right. Freehand's skew tool did and I really miss the ability to quickly create an isometric image. In Freehand, I'd do the following to create an isometric cube: For left side of imaginary cube, skew: 0 deg. h / -30 deg. v For right side of cube, skew: 0 deg. h / 30 deg. v For top of cube, scale: 100% h / 58% v (approx), then skew: -60 h / 30 v or 60 h / -30 v depending on your drawing If it helps, I've attached a PDF section showing how I did isometric illustrations in Freehand. Guide to isometric.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 11, 2015 Hello cchris, Welcome to Affinity Forums. We don't have a specific tool for isometric drawing, but you can insert the values you want in the Skew field in the Transform panel. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchris Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Hello cchris, Welcome to Affinity Forums. We don't have a specific tool for isometric drawing, but you can insert the values you want in the Skew field in the Transform panel. Thanks for the quick reply! Unfortunately, it seems AD uses the same skewing field as Adobe Illustrator, which makes creating isometric images difficult when compared to how easily it could be done in FreeHand. It's frustrating because Designer is the first tool I've come across that comes close to fully replacing FreeHand, I hope the skew tool can be modified. How do I request that Affinity add Vertical and Horizontal settings to the skew tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 11, 2015 You can request it in the Feature Requests section. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchris Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks, I just made the request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted February 20, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 20, 2015 Isometric grids and snapping will be coming soon. Jorn and ronnyb 2 Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikhiljangala Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Is this function out yet? How is this image created with affinity not having isometric grids? https://www.behance.net/gallery/20797017/Isometric-Bummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 19, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hi nikhiljangala, Affinity Designer Beta already has isometric grids. Check the menu View ▹ Grid and Axis Manager.... This will be available in the Mac App Store version in the next update. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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