ra.skill Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 6 hours ago, iconoclast said: Yes, even I didn't miss it yet, a measurement tool would be cool. In the meantime I would use the Rectangle Tool and the Transform Panel. The rectangle tool and the transform panel offer no ability to measure a curve… that’s the whole point of this post. Aftemplate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 hours ago, firstdefence said: So basically bring a bit of CAD into the apps, it's a shame the likes of Hot Doors CADtools (Illustrator Add-on) can't be made to work in Affinity Designer. Yeah this kind of CAD ability would be a dream come true! Sob sob, maybe I should just go back to illustrator 😭😭😭 TomT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 6 hours ago, ra.skill said: The rectangle tool and the transform panel offer no ability to measure a curve… that’s the whole point of this post. OK, sorry, I wasn't aware that this is a thread concerning Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSteele Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 What I had in mind was a simple A -> B or A -> B -> C -> D measuring tool. That should be easy enough to implement in the Affinity suite. My buddy has an NCD cutter in his garage that follows a line with a blade or a milling tool to cut out complex forms, logos, etc. A specialized tool for a specialized use. ra.skill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 8 hours ago, SamSteele said: What I had in mind was a simple A -> B or A -> B -> C -> D measuring tool. That should be easy enough to implement in the Affinity suite Sounds great to me. just click on 2 points/nodes and the tool will tell you the distance of the line between them, regardless of the line shape being straight or curved. Aftemplate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samo Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 +1 for a measuring/tape measure tool. I use the measure tool in my 5 year old Corel Draw package along with tape measure tool in Sketchup all the time for home design projects. I just bought Designer primarily for it's Isometric grid features, but also so I can share and update my drawings on my iPad as well as my PC. I've just been measuring the kitchen cabinets and designing a new island, but having to manually draw lines and use the text tool to manually type in lengths of combined panels I've drawn is a pain, even a simple measure tool that locks to object handles and adjusts as objects are moved and resized would be great, let alone being able to measure the length of curves. ra.skill and Aftemplate 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSteele Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Designer is all vectors/numbers anyway so it shouldn't be that difficult. The heavy lifting has already been done for the screen. Aftemplate and ra.skill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomT Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 7/8/2021 at 2:04 PM, ra.skill said: Hi @SamSteele I use Affinity for many different uses, from technical drawing, graphics, laser cutting through to pattern drafting for fashion garments... Pattern drafting for fashion garments is the use that I particularly need a measurement tool for, as I need to measure the length of 1 curved line and match it to the length of another curved line (see image attached). In illustrator there is a documents info window that shows you the length of any line no matter what its shape (see image). I really wish Affinity would bring this option... it's a very simple tool but essential, plus I think affinity has the ability to bring this info in a more user friendly way that Ai's ugly, hidden window pane. I use the soiftware for the same reason. I am a knitter and need this deperately, Affinity is my designing preffered tool, dut for what i see i will have do switch to CAD (not my thing, too expensive). Affinity developers, don’t you monitor these forums? Aftemplate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 hours ago, TomT said: Affinity developers, don’t you monitor these forums? The developers monitor the Feature Requests & Feedback forums, not the Questions one. Of course, if you browse through those forums, you will see there are far more feature requests than they could add to the apps without bloating both the size & cost of the apps greatly. Aftemplate 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLiPoofz Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 On 7/8/2021 at 1:04 PM, ra.skill said: Hi @@SamSteele I use Affinity for many different uses, from technical drawing, graphics, laser cutting through to pattern drafting for fashion garments... Pattern drafting for fashion garments is the use that I particularly need a measurement tool for, as I need to measure the length of 1 curved line and match it to the length of another curved line (see image attached). In illustrator there is a documents info window that shows you the length of any line no matter what its shape (see image). I really wish Affinity would bring this option... it's a very simple tool but essential, plus I think affinity has the ability to bring this info in a more user friendly way that Ai's ugly, hidden window pane. Hello @ra.skill Have you tried Valentina for pattern making? It is specifically built for pattern making professionals and is Open source. Aftemplate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRH Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I recently watched an Affinity Designer video in which a measuring tool was being used, as you will see, but I can't find it anywhere and the YouTuber didn't say. Has anyone any idea? The relevant part starts at 1:36 Quote Mac Pro (Mid 2010) 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon - 16GB RAM - ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB - Asus ProArt 24" 1920 x 1200 iMac 2017 Quad-Core Intel 2.4GHz Cor i5 - 21.5'' Retina 4K - 8Gb RAM - 1TB Fusion drive - Radion Pro 560 4GB - Ventura 13.0.1 Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series 7559 - i7 6700HQ - 16Mb RAM - 128Gb SSD 1Tb HD - Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 960M 4Gb GDDR5 RAM - 4K Asus N56V i7 3630QM 2.40GHz; 8Mb RAM; 1Tb HD; 64 bit. Nvidia GT 650M 2Gb: 1920 x 1080 - 2nd Monitor: Asus ProArt 24": 1920 x 1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, GRH said: I recently watched an Affinity Designer video in which a measuring tool was being used, as you will see, but I can't find it anywhere and the YouTuber didn't say. Has anyone any idea? It is not obvious what is happening there. Make your new node on the the line by clicking with the node tool. Now start to drag the node, the distances should show up when you start to drag the new node. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRH Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Old Bruce said: It is not obvious what is happening there. Make your new node on the the line by clicking with the node tool. Now start to drag the node, the distances should show up when you start to drag the new node. Thanks Bruce, though I still can't get any distances to show, the nodes slide along left or right but no measurement showing up. I'm wondering if this is a Windows only feature - I'm working on a Mac. Quote Mac Pro (Mid 2010) 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon - 16GB RAM - ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB - Asus ProArt 24" 1920 x 1200 iMac 2017 Quad-Core Intel 2.4GHz Cor i5 - 21.5'' Retina 4K - 8Gb RAM - 1TB Fusion drive - Radion Pro 560 4GB - Ventura 13.0.1 Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series 7559 - i7 6700HQ - 16Mb RAM - 128Gb SSD 1Tb HD - Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 960M 4Gb GDDR5 RAM - 4K Asus N56V i7 3630QM 2.40GHz; 8Mb RAM; 1Tb HD; 64 bit. Nvidia GT 650M 2Gb: 1920 x 1080 - 2nd Monitor: Asus ProArt 24": 1920 x 1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Just now, GRH said: I'm working on a Mac. As am I. Three steps 1: Use the Node tool to add a new node to the line. 2: Use the Node tool and click on that newly added node, keep holding the node. 3: Start to move the node, the numbers should show up. I am on Mac OS 11.6.5 Here are the snapping preferences I currently have set for Designer. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Three steps 1: Use the Node tool to add a new node to the line. 2: Use the Node tool and click on that newly added node, keep holding the node. 3: Start to move the node, the numbers should show up. They don't, for me, on Windows. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: 1: Use the Node tool to add a new node to the line. You don't need to do that In the context toolbar for the Node Tool, ensure in the Snap: options the first one is selected (Align to nodes of selective curves) Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Try with this Snap setting enabled as well Note that the video uses a horizontal line and that is what I use as well. Doesn't work with curved lines either. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRH Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, carl123 said: You don't need to do that In the context toolbar for the Node Tool, ensure in the Snap: option the first one is selected (Align to nodes of selective curves) Thanks Carl123, works a treat now; thanks also Bruce - we got there in the end. Quote Mac Pro (Mid 2010) 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon - 16GB RAM - ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB - Asus ProArt 24" 1920 x 1200 iMac 2017 Quad-Core Intel 2.4GHz Cor i5 - 21.5'' Retina 4K - 8Gb RAM - 1TB Fusion drive - Radion Pro 560 4GB - Ventura 13.0.1 Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series 7559 - i7 6700HQ - 16Mb RAM - 128Gb SSD 1Tb HD - Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 960M 4Gb GDDR5 RAM - 4K Asus N56V i7 3630QM 2.40GHz; 8Mb RAM; 1Tb HD; 64 bit. Nvidia GT 650M 2Gb: 1920 x 1080 - 2nd Monitor: Asus ProArt 24": 1920 x 1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSteele Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 A tape measure tool that would show the length of a curved or variously curving line would be so nice to have. If only I had a computer, I could calculate it very quickly. Let's see: if the radius is this, and the angle of the segment is this, the distance along the circumference should be........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmip Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 That's not how you measure cubic curves. It's not difficult though, in the end the curve is made up of small straight line segments (Bézier or DeCasteljau's point interpolation methods) that can easily be measured individually and summed. Affinity Designer 2 has a "measure tool", but it can only be used for measuring one thing. You can't add measurements to your artwork. Amazing how they thought this would be useful to anyone. I'm used to Astute Graphics' Dynamic Measure in their VectorScribe Illustrator plugin. It's all so basic, I can't fathom why they didn't go the extra (quarter?) mile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSteele Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 The point I was making is that the programmers have already figured out how to draw a curved line on the screen, or on a printout (even if it is a Bézier curve) so they must have all the figures/data/numbers available to calculate the length of that curved line. Once they have that final number, it can be displayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 9 minutes ago, SamSteele said: so they must have all the figures/data/numbers available to calculate the length of that curved line. Once they have that final number, it can be displayed. V2 supports that with the Measure Tool. But the measurement cannot be made part of the document. You need to add it to the document yourself, after the Measure Tool reveals what it is. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSteele Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 29 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: V2 supports that with the Measure Tool. But the measurement cannot be made part of the document. You need to add it to the document yourself, after the Measure Tool reveals what it is. Reasonable, I suppose, Walt, that you have to add the text yourself. This type of program never puts automated text in the best place, anyway. "Best" from a designer's point of view. I don't use V2. I want nothing to do with WIN 10. It's not a question of money but of productivity. I hate learning new GUIs. If I was churlish, i'd suggest that maybe AFF received a "subsidy" from MS like COREL did, but more likely it was just easier to design afresh. Too bad. We helped make the company successful. Adobe used to be backward compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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