Kiarian Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I've been scratching my head trying to think of a workaround for this. As it stands Affinity Designer does not have a 'tangent to tangent' function for when you want to draw multiple circles, or lines to tangents, and make sure the lines and/or circles are perfectly aligned. Note: this is NOT the same as aligning a line to the quadrant of a circle. Here's my workaround. I use Onshape (free, cloud based technical drawing software) to sketch up the circles in Onshape, save as a drawing, then export as a PDF and bring into Affinity Designer as perfectly editable curves with fills. Perfect for logo design in particular. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted January 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 30, 2018 Hi Kiarian, Thanks for sharing the work around you've found. It's been requested a few times in Features Requests that we add 'tangent to tangent' support/snapping. So hopefully it's something that could be included in a future update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiarian Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Hi stokerg, No problem. It's something that would be so handy, and could be seamless if implemented well in your workflow. You could start a curve with the pen tool, draw a line, hold ALT, or a hotkey, select the required tangent/intersection/perpendicular/quadrant, pick, then carry on your linework. It's been a staple of AutoCAD for donkey's years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwazwak Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 1/30/2018 at 8:44 AM, stokerg said: Hi Kiarian, Thanks for sharing the work around you've found. It's been requested a few times in Features Requests that we add 'tangent to tangent' support/snapping. So hopefully it's something that could be included in a future update. Is there any news/change on this? Been hearing its coming for so many years now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazintosh Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Still missing in V2 or am I missing it? Extremely annoying specially given the new V2 Shape Builder tool Pyedrono 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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