reusing a part of a path/curve/persona by select+copy/paste

[hannah]

Good day!

If you would like to copy a part of any vectorshape, now you have to
(1) copy the path, (2) select 2 nodes seperately, (3) break them, (4) ungroup the object, (5) delete the part you don't need. (6) break and delete node, if open path is required
OR
(1) copy the path, (2) draw a path on top of it that includes the area you'd like to keep, (3) mark the two objects, (4) use intersect-tool, (5) break and delete node, if open path is required

I would very much like to simply (1) SELECT the part of a curve I want and then press (2) COPY+PASTE to paste the selection.
 

Thank you for considering!

 

 

[telemax]

10 hours ago, hannah said:

(1) SELECT the part of a curve I want and then press (2) COPY+PASTE to paste the selection.

+1

[LeeColarelli]

On 08/02/2018 at 2:49 PM, hannah said:

I would very much like to simply (1) SELECT the part of a curve I want and then press (2) COPY+PASTE to paste the selection.
Thank you for considering!

 

 

+1

[tom.s]

Looking to do this and came across a few posts saying you can't do it. 

Like what?! For real?! That seems so bad to me. It's simple UX stuff. 

[MEB]

Hi tom.s,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
I've moved this to the current Feedback & Suggestion section to bring this up to devs attention again.

[Murilo M. Cabral]

Is this comming to affinity designer 2? I'm used to work with another software, but I'm trying my way in affinity.

In this other software, I can do exactly like like Hannah said.

I can select only a few nodes from a curve object, copy just the selected nodes and paste. It makes many tasks faster and easier to do.

There is somes other suggestions that would make it become better for everyone, I guess. But I am kind of waiting for somes old requests to be heard. Not requests of mine.

[MEB]

Hi @Murilo M. Cabral,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Thanks for your feedback. I don't know if this is planned for inclusion but will make sure to pass your feedback to the dev team for consideration. It is indeed an useful feature.

The "closest" functionality we have available is this ("replicate" a path) in case you are not aware.
Thanks.

[Raff]

August 31, 2024... all is silent!

[Supcat]

Here to add my support to this request. It would be so convenient (not to mention matching the way people expect it to work if they're coming from the other guys). Please prioritize this.

[Leo1]

On 8/31/2024 at 6:32 PM, Raff said:

August 31, 2024... all is silent!

+ 1 I am very surprised for the sophisticated features built in, in the mean time in Affinity Designer. For a good programmer writing the code for a copy and past function, does not look impossible. This bug is present for over 10 years.  

[Sitha]

PLEASE add this feature, this is so painful to work with!