Andy-M Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I have previously used Graphic for Mac 3.1 this provides the ability to set a scale for a document. eg 1: 10, 1:50, 1:100 This feature is invaluable when creating scale drawings for real life objects.Examples include the design of kitchens and room layouts in properties. As a relatively new user of Affinity Designer I was disappointed to find that there's no option to set a scale on a drawing. Affinity Designer is without doubt a great product, which I will happily continue to use. The additional of scaling capabilities would open even more opportunities for users like myself. Keep up the great work ! Can't wait for Affinity Publisher to be released ... David Longmuir and rt-it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnoll Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Plus one. Technical illustration is not possible with scaling and dimensioning. Please include Imperial. Andy-M, rt-it and David Longmuir 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonopen Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I read somewhere that adding a "+1" to posts adds no extra weight to the design teams decision making processes - but having just landed a job where scaling and dimensioning would be extremely useful, I'm adding my "plus one" here anyway! Maybe line dimensioning will come when they (eventually) add line arrow heads! rt-it 1 Quote v2.5.3 Designer/Photo/Publisher | Mac mini (M1, 2020) | Sonoma 14.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I just did scale documents in Illustrator and there too scale work means doing mental arithmetic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobr666 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Would also like to see scaling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-M Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Have read elsewhere in this forum that scaling may be a feature under consideration. It would be good to know what sort of timeframe this may become available. Originally raised as a feature request back in Jul 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET_Affinity Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 It's been "raised as a feature request" in Adobe Illustrator since the beginning, by FreeHand and Canvas users who took it for granted. Every vector drawing program should provide user-defined drawing scales. Just as every vector drawing program should show length of a selected path, and provide for straightforwardly specifying lines in terms of length and angle, not 'height' and 'width.' Vector-based drawing is—by intent, purpose, and definition—all about resolution independence and therefore all about drawing scale. JET Andy-M and rt-it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rt-it Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 I actually never use 'scale'... I've just been making gigantic paper sizes that I can tile together for printing (1:1 blueprints of large objects, for example). But I sure need to make precise drawings in my design software, and need them to print real-size in PDF. Need rulers and objects to work in both inches and mm, and really need DIMENSION LINES functionality too. Also, a percent-scaling tool... For me, that would make this software a Corel-killer Andy-M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET_Affinity Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 3:01 PM, rt-it said: I actually never use 'scale'... I've just been making gigantic paper sizes that I can tile together for printing (1:1 blueprints of large objects, for example). But I dare say even a hobbyist drawing a layout for the backyard garden would put 1in =10 ft to good and effective use. It will become even more important when Affinity finally has dimensioning tools and objects. For example, suppose…oh, I don't know…some poor fool were doing something so dubious as writing a book on axonometric drawing and showed dimensions as inches for the US market. He should be able to just change the working scale of the drawings to have the dimension objects auto-update to metric values. JET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 23 minutes ago, JET_Affinity said: something so dubious as writing a book on axonometric drawing 🤣 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonSquid Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Plus one for document scaling and dimension tools. ➕1️⃣ I'd love to have a single vector drawing app in my toolbox, but the lack of scaling and dimension tool drives me back to "Graphic for Mac" from time-to-time. Andy-M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-M Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 VonSquid - I think we're both in the same boat. I'm still using Graphic for Mac on a semi regular basis despite some limitations. Would love to be able to do everything with Affinity Designer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchDude Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Yep. Need it!! Both of it, scale and dimensions. Andy-M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-M Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Hopefully Affinity will take on board the suggestions for being able to set a scale on a drawing and also provide an easy solution for marking up dimensions on drawings. Maybe a feature of Affinity Designer 2.0 ?? 🤞🏼 rt-it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pereira Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Plus 9 for document scaling and dimension tools And another +1 for this feature. This could give more 9 licenses from both AD and AP. rt-it and Andy-M 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-M Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 I have licenses for all 3 Affinity products. With document scales & dimension tools I could finally put Graphic 3.0 to rest and use Affinity for everything. I think we're all living with the hope that these features are eventually added to what are most definitely excellent products ! Hopefully we may see in a version 2.0 of Designer in 2021 .....🤞🏼 rt-it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pereira Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 I can tell you that today, I had at least 10 crashes with CorelDRAW doing basic stuff and some I just changed window and then, nothing. It's really frustrating and I'm full of work to be done. My hope was that this could be implemented along with proper Macros. The most strange thing is that this was a feature that was in a previous product. rt-it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 4/27/2020 at 7:53 AM, JET_Affinity said: But I dare say even a hobbyist drawing a layout for the backyard garden would put 1in =10 ft to good and effective use. Create it with pages/artboards that are 110 feet x 85 feet and print it at 0.83% (assuming US Letter size paper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted December 2, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 2, 2020 Just now, fde101 said: Create it with pages/artboards that are 110 feet x 85 feet ....at a suitably low ppi (like ~20 dpi) I suggest . (Obviously this is a work-around till scaling is supported) Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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