Affinity Designer-Joining lines which have outlines

[marksthompson]

Hi,  I am new to Affinity Designer and the Forum.

I want to join two or more lines which have outlines.  I do not want the crossover outlines at the joins (I am trying to draw roads on a sketch map).

Any suggestions on how I can achieve this?

Thanks

Mark

[Callum]

Hi marksthompson,

Welcome to the forums

Unfortunately as far as I'm aware there is no way to do this automatically.

Thanks

C

 

[v_kyr]

See also this thread which deals with drawing streets etc.

• How to create double contours in AD?

 

[gdenby]

Hi, markthomson,

Easiest way I know of is to make long rectangles, fill set to none, and give them strokes. Combine them w. donut shapes. Maybe add some pen lines w. very thick stroke widths, and expand those. Add the shapes together. See attached, a bit more than 1/2 hour of messing around.

Note, if the street ends need to be open, that requires a more work, and the results would be much more complex, and hard to modify.

[marksthompson]

All, thanks for your comments & suggestions. They are greatly appreciated.

[Old Bruce]

6 hours ago, gdenby said:

Note, if the street ends need to be open, that requires a more work, and the results would be much more complex, and hard to modify

Slap a mask on it or crop it. 

[marksthompson]

All, thanks. With the thoughts you provided, I realised that i was doing things in the wrong order. I was creating each line(curve) adding an outline to each and then trying to join them. If you create the lines without an outline, put all the lines in a layer and then apply the outline to the layer, it works just the way I wanted.

Thanks again

[gdenby]

On 11/5/2018 at 2:28 PM, Old Bruce said:

Slap a mask on it or crop it. 

Yes.  But there have been several threads recently from people needing open curves, and out-put devices which apparently do not have drivers that recognize clipping paths. So, I thought it was worth mentioning. Should have been more explicit about why one might do it.