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Affinity Designer: Width tool for lines like Illustrator?


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In Adobe Illustrator, I could create a stroke using the Pen Tool (P) and then go back and use the Width tool and select two points and make that part of the line wider.  So that I could have a line that went from thin to wide to thin.  Is there an equivalent way to do this in Designer?

 

For reference only, I am linking to a demo of the technique I am speaking about

http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/how-to-create-a-thick-to-thin-line-in-adobe-illustrator-treehouse-quick-tips

Affinity Designer 1.5.1.43

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Using it for Board game design/enhancements, icon designs for software development, design of items to be cut on laser cutters.

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Pressure?

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Well there is no dedicated wide tool like in Ai where you can directly grab a point handle and adjust from there, instead there is the pressure profile panel (shown above by Pšenda) where you can adjust the line shape from. - See this explanation video:

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Thanks for the replies and the link to the video.  I will check that out.

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Using it for Board game design/enhancements, icon designs for software development, design of items to be cut on laser cutters.

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Awesome, thank you both for the replies.  Took me only a minute figure out what I wanted once I understood about how pressure worked from the tutorial

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Using it for Board game design/enhancements, icon designs for software development, design of items to be cut on laser cutters.

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Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301
Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155.
Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155.
Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.

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