Align node / straight lines

[Dams]

Hi,

 

IDK if I am missing something but I find incredible difficult to do straight line in Affinity. It's a critical tool for doing UI design.

 

Did I miss something ?

 

EDIT: by straight I meant horizontal / vertical lines.

[MattP]

Hi Dams,

 

Use the Pen Tool and select Line Mode on the context toolbar. Start dragging then hold Shift to make horiztonal/vertical lines :)

 

Thanks,

Matt

[Ben]

The Pen and Node tools are also being improved right now to add more snapping options.

[retrograde]

Hi FBC, not sure if this is the place to ask this question but since you mentioned the pen and nodes are being improved... is there a way to transform just the nodes? To rotate or scale them into position? 

 

For example, say I have a rectangle, convert it to curves and select the top 2 nodes with the node tool. How would I scale them together to depict a shape in perspective for example. This is a very common task when creating objects.

 

Currently the only way I've seen to scale or rotate is with the move tool on the whole shape.

[retrograde]

When I saw the title of this post I thought it was about aligning 2 or more nodes? Called averaging in illustrator. Not about drawing a straight or perpendicular line.

 

For example changing a line with a series of nodes that are crooked into a straight line?  Is this possible yet?

[Dams]

When I saw the title of this post I thought it was about aligning 2 or more nodes? Called averaging in illustrator. Not about drawing a straight or perpendicular line.

 

For example changing a line with a series of nodes that are crooked into a straight line?  Is this possible yet?

Well, it's actually the case as I went crazy trying to align points to create a line.

 

But could also be seen as a "snap" feature.