Craft Pattern Designer

[occasionalpiece]

I design craft patterns for sale, specifically quilt patterns.  I've been waiting for this software for a long time, and am happy to try out the Beta version.  Thank you for the tuturials as they are really helpful.  I'm slowly making my way (no Illustrator experience) in creating instructions for my latest quilt.  

Problem: I created rounded rectangles to show color swatches for fabric choices, but they don't seem to be imbedded in the chart, moving independently when I resize the chart. (page 1 attached)  Any tips?  Can these not be embedded?

Northern Lights Medallion Pattern_1A.pdf

[Old Bruce]

13 minutes ago, occasionalpiece said:

Problem: I created rounded rectangles to show color swatches for fabric choices, but they don't seem to be imbedded in the chart, moving independently when I resize the chart. (page 1 attached)  Any tips?  Can these not be embedded?

Northern Lights Medallion Pattern_1A.pdf

Sadly, no.

This is something that has been requested numerous times.

[MickRose]

I don't understand this question. Is it the lack of inline graphics? But I don't see why chart items can't just be grouped before any resizing. I must be missing something here.

[occasionalpiece]

I am (obviously) a newbie, but when I watched the tutorial video, the presenter was able to move the chart up and down and around, but his was only filled with text.  I tried that with mine, but it left the two rows of color swatches static on the page, which I then had to move as a group back into place.

If you are suggesting that I group the color swatches, please tell me how, as I went up to the menu, clicked on "group" yet still the chart moves independently of the color swatches.

[Old Bruce]

6 minutes ago, occasionalpiece said:

If you are suggesting that I group the color swatches, please tell me how, as I went up to the menu, clicked on "group" yet still the chart moves independently of the color swatches.

I think @MickRose means to group the Swatches and Text Frames together. I should look at the file before saying anything else.

[occasionalpiece]

I'd love it if that would work, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.  The frame is a Table, not a Text Frame Chart.

Any tips are welcome!

[Bad_Wolf]

Hi,

I drawed your raster with those rounded rectangles and some text. then I selected the chart, those rounded rectangles and the text by drawing a selection rectangle around them.

Then in the context sensitive toolbar, somewhere in the middle you see "group". Just click on that and everything will be grouped.

When you now drag the resizing handles, everything will resize with respect to the other grouped objects. I attached the demo project with this reply.

Hope this helps.

Chris

 

GroupedRaster.afpub

[Bad_Wolf]

Hi,

Our replies crossed each other. Why not creating the chart lines with a rectangle and the divider lines with the pen tool?

However I added a second page and now used a table, grouped everything and when resizing everything resized perfectly. I attach the update project again.

Chris

 

GroupedRaster.afpub

[occasionalpiece]

27 minutes ago, Bad_Wolf said:

Hi,

I drew your raster with those rounded rectangles and some text. then I selected the chart, those rounded rectangles and the text by drawing a selection rectangle around them.

Then in the context sensitive toolbar, somewhere in the middle you see "group". Just click on that and everything will be grouped.

When you now drag the resizing handles, everything will resize with respect to the other grouped objects. I attached the demo project with this reply.

Hope this helps.

Chris

 

GroupedRaster.afpub

Genius!  I guess I just didn't draw the "select all" large enough.  I re-tried it again, according to your directions, and it functions as a group.  Thank you for taking the time and for attaching your demo.

I don't have any Illustrator experience, so anything I'm trying out in the Beta release comes from the posted tutorials (I've gone through them pretty thoroughly and took notes, but still...) and info I can find on the internet, so I appreciate the help you gave.

 

[fde101]

Illustrator is really the wrong comparison for Affinity Publisher.

If you are looking for something like Illustrator you should really be looking at Affinity Designer.

Affinity Publisher is better compared with Adobe InDesign.

[occasionalpiece]

Okay.