drobtitan Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I mean the real rotation centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drobtitan Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, drobtitan said: I mean the real rotation centre. Sorry, I was confused. I was trying to find it in a shape created by the triangle Tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted September 13, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 13, 2018 Hi Drobtitan, Are you using the desktop or iPad versions of Affinity? Thanks Callum Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drobtitan Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 7 hours ago, Callum said: Hi Drobtitan, Are you using the desktop or iPad versions of Affinity? Thanks Callum I'm using Affinity Designer in a Mac desktop, I have already found how to find it, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoBM Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 This question was never resolved and I actually have the same issue. Is there any way to set the real center of the triangle as the transformation origin? As far as I'm aware that would be the only way to do a proportional scaling with reference. The scaling should happen around the real center of the triangle instead of the center of the bounding box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 38 minutes ago, DiegoBM said: This question was never resolved and I actually have the same issue. Is there any way to set the real center of the triangle as the transformation origin? As far as I'm aware that would be the only way to do a proportional scaling with reference. The scaling should happen around the real center of the triangle instead of the center of the bounding box What about this one: 1. First create the equilateral triangle. 2. Create a straight exact vertical line from its top corner to the middle of its base line. Change the tool to end this step. 3. Click on both layers in the Layers Panel, holding the Shift- key, to select both. 4. Rotate the triangle and the straight line, holding the Shift-key, so that another edge becomes the baseline. 5 Draw a second straight vertical line from the top corner to the base. 6. Repeat it with the last edge. The intersection of the three straight lines should be the rotation center. Place the rotation point there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoBM Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Thank you @iconoclast that's exactly how I did it before, what I meant though is if there is any option in Affinity designer to move the transformation origin to the real center of the triangle without needing to do all that. Some sort of context menu option, or button. Note: In cases like this, scripting capabilities would solve the day big time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I don't really know, but I don't think so. Could be a topic for the Suggestions section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 4 hours ago, iconoclast said: 6. Repeat it with the last edge. The intersection of the three straight lines should be the rotation center. Place the rotation point there. The third straight line will intersect at the same point as the first two, so it isn’t needed. 4 hours ago, DiegoBM said: what I meant though is if there is any option in Affinity designer to move the transformation origin to the real center of the triangle without needing to do all that Couldn’t you establish the centre by using a three-pointed star, suitably adjusted? DiegoBM 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 5 hours ago, DiegoBM said: This question was never resolved and I actually have the same issue. It was resolved - an equilateral triangle created by Polygon Tool has its pivot point at the geometric centre of the triangle by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoBM Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I was using the triangle tool, my mistake. Not very intuitive though that the option to create equilateral triangles is not under the very specific "triangle" tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 26 minutes ago, DiegoBM said: I was using the triangle tool, my mistake. Not very intuitive though that the option to create equilateral triangles is not under the very specific "triangle" tool. For the Triangle Tool switch to the Point Transform Tool and snap the center point to the smaller geometric center point. Then you can use that tool to resize OR go back to the Move Tool. (Or even go back to the Triangle tool to some extent: size changes not parametric skewing) Alfred, iconoclast, DiegoBM and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoBM Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 That is exactly what I needed! Thank you @JimmyJack! JimmyJack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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