voitek Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 A spiral shape tool would be vert useful for Designer. Now we have to do some weird workarounds. It would be nice if it had an editable number of arms I mean this kind of spiral Virtualzak, IndieGuy and Peregrin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Inkscape is my workaround. =P Anyway. It woud be really nice to have this. Best regards! Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Hi voitek, this is not the best answer but one I recently ran into. See if it helps for your particular use. Mike voitek 1 Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voitek Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Very useful! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I was thinking on that just yesterday. I ain't complaining since Designer already has more than a reasonable amount of shape presets, pretty much on steroids, but I thought a Bolt Tool and Swirl Tool (spiral) would make good additions. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 28 minutes ago, Bri-Toon said: I thought a Bolt Tool and Swirl Tool (spiral) would make good additions When you say Bolt Tool, I'm guessing you mean a tool that makes 3D spirals like the thread on a bolt (as opposed to flat spirals like the OP's example). Both of these would be good, but if a single tool were flexible enough we could create a screw thread that tapers towards the top and then rotate the view to turn it into a flat spiral. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 23 hours ago, Alfred said: When you say Bolt Tool, I'm guessing you mean a tool that makes 3D spirals like the thread on a bolt (as opposed to flat spirals like the OP's example). Not quite. Although my response was to a spiral shape, I mentioned a bolt tool as a side note as something on the lines of a lightning bolt. That was more of something I was thinking on the side. Anyhow, since this topic is on spirals, I think the idea of it appearing as a smart shape would come in handy because of the customization we could have. Imagine having a slider that would adjust how many loops go around and adjusts the space between them. The loops could range from say 4 to 20. Alfred 1 Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Bri-Toon said: Anyhow, since this topic is on spirals, I think the idea of it appearing as a smart shape would come in handy because of the customization we could have. Imagine having a slider that would adjust how many loops go around and adjusts the space between them. The loops could range from say 4 to 20. Something like this would be nice: Bri-Toon 1 Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Oh neat. You have quite a lot of control with its functions. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubs Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Xara Designer has a very nice Spiral tool too, and it's a joy to use. Here's a quick example: Gear maker, IndieGuy, Frances Proctor and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrin Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Moho Pro 12's spiral tool seems to work pretty well. I think Affinity Designer should definitely add one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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