jbingram 0 Posted February 9 I'm looking to curve a vector (as the opening stroke of a slanted, capital 'A') into a spiral or coil. I'm working with nodes and their curving arms but am unable to make anything satisfactory. Any suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
v_kyr 1,145 Posted February 10 Not sure if you mean spirals like in this video here (German)? ☛ Affinity Designer 1.7.1 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.7.1 ◆ OSX El Capitan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstdefence 1,489 Posted February 10 Use the spiral shape tool and modify to suit. I had a brain fart iMac 27" Late 2015 Fully Loaded, iMac 27" Mid 2011 both running High Sierra 10.13.6 - Affinity Designer/Photo, Publisher Beta 1.7.0.140, Illustrator CC, Inkscape, Blender, Sketchup, Pepakura Designer, MTC, Pixelmator & Pixelmator Pro + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Instagram & Flickr - Affinity Live 19th June 2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfred 4,148 Posted February 10 9 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Use the spiral shape tool and modify to suit. Screenshots, please! Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 1.7.1.404 • Windows 10 Home (4th gen Core i3 CPU)Affinity Photo for iPad 1.7.1.143 • Designer for iPad 1.7.1.1 • iOS 12.3.1 (iPad Air 2) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstdefence 1,489 Posted February 10 56 minutes ago, Alfred said: Screenshots, please! er oops? in my defence I was half asleep but awake enough to press buttons, coherency had obviously left the building. I wonder where I'd seen the spiral shape? iMac 27" Late 2015 Fully Loaded, iMac 27" Mid 2011 both running High Sierra 10.13.6 - Affinity Designer/Photo, Publisher Beta 1.7.0.140, Illustrator CC, Inkscape, Blender, Sketchup, Pepakura Designer, MTC, Pixelmator & Pixelmator Pro + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Instagram & Flickr - Affinity Live 19th June 2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angelize 79 Posted February 10 There is a set of spirals here that you get as a pdf file that you can import into affinity. In Designer you can select them and add them to the assets panel. In photo just copy and paste from the pdf. They come in as vector curves that you can edit to suit your needs. They aren't free but the price is reasonable. 1 .: NICKY G. :. reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstdefence 1,489 Posted February 10 The Spiral Tool, well, how to make a spiral and the tool who made the gif lol! iMac 27" Late 2015 Fully Loaded, iMac 27" Mid 2011 both running High Sierra 10.13.6 - Affinity Designer/Photo, Publisher Beta 1.7.0.140, Illustrator CC, Inkscape, Blender, Sketchup, Pepakura Designer, MTC, Pixelmator & Pixelmator Pro + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Instagram & Flickr - Affinity Live 19th June 2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R C-R 3,146 Posted February 10 FWIW, there have been a few topics about drawing spirals & requests for a spiral tool, like Spiral Shape Tool for Designer & How to draw a spiral. As it (pardon the pun) turns out, there are quite a few different kinds of spirals. (This Wikipedia article includes an overview & some links about that.) Without a dedicated spiral tool, most of those spirals can only be approximated. Affinity Photo 1.7.1, Affinity Designer 1.7.1, Affinity Publisher 1.7.1; macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 iMac (27-inch, Late 2012); 2.9GHz i5 CPU; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M; 8GB RAMAffinity Photo 1.7.1.143 & Affinity Designer 1.7.1.1 for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iOS 12.3.1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gdenby 624 Posted February 10 Also check out: http://xahlee.info/SpecialPlaneCurves_dir/specialPlaneCurves.htmlhttp://www.demonstrations.wolfram.com/LogarithmicSpiral/ etc. from the same site. Note: Mathematica for home/hobby use is still a fair piece of change. And it appears that getting a pure vector .svg out of it is a bit of a trick. Seems like a dedicated spiral app might be a better source. I see that there is only 1 type available in Inkscape. I have to suppose that unless there is a large demand for volutes, perhaps for architects designing neo-neo-classical buildings, there isn't much need for a dedicated tool. Perhaps a formula a bit more advanced than what firstdefence uses in a power duplicate might be good for those who want to generate various spirals once in awhile. Not just geometric scaling, but log scaling. iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R C-R 3,146 Posted February 11 12 hours ago, gdenby said: I have to suppose that unless there is a large demand for volutes, perhaps for architects designing neo-neo-classical buildings, there isn't much need for a dedicated tool. I think there are enough uses for a spiral tool to justify a dedicated tool for that, particularly if it supported all the features of the Xara Designer tool that @rubs mentioned in this post. Imagine trying to draw a watch spring or a nautilus or similar shell shape manually. 1 Alfred reacted to this Affinity Photo 1.7.1, Affinity Designer 1.7.1, Affinity Publisher 1.7.1; macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 iMac (27-inch, Late 2012); 2.9GHz i5 CPU; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M; 8GB RAMAffinity Photo 1.7.1.143 & Affinity Designer 1.7.1.1 for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iOS 12.3.1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mithferion 636 Posted February 11 Here is another way to do a Spiral inside Affinity Designer (just make circles one by one instead of making them all at once): Best regards! You'll never know what you can do until you get it up as high as you can go! AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 7870 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: Free Quality Fonts :: Public Domain Pictures :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Hot to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfred 4,148 Posted February 11 6 minutes ago, Mithferion said: (just make circles one by one instead of making them all at once) Easier said than done! We need a Blend Tool for that, or at least an option for Power Duplicate to use an arithmetic progression instead of a geometric one so that the gaps between the circles are all the same size. 1 Mithferion reacted to this Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 1.7.1.404 • Windows 10 Home (4th gen Core i3 CPU)Affinity Photo for iPad 1.7.1.143 • Designer for iPad 1.7.1.1 • iOS 12.3.1 (iPad Air 2) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstdefence 1,489 Posted February 11 Or open Inkscape and make one in less than 10 sec drawing.svg 2 Mithferion and Alfred reacted to this iMac 27" Late 2015 Fully Loaded, iMac 27" Mid 2011 both running High Sierra 10.13.6 - Affinity Designer/Photo, Publisher Beta 1.7.0.140, Illustrator CC, Inkscape, Blender, Sketchup, Pepakura Designer, MTC, Pixelmator & Pixelmator Pro + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Instagram & Flickr - Affinity Live 19th June 2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mithferion 636 Posted February 11 Just now, Alfred said: Easier said than done! We need a Blend Tool for that, or at least an option for Power Duplicate to use an arithmetic progression instead of a geometric one so that the gaps between the circles are all the same size. Or you can download my file, good Alfred. Best regards! Spiral Template.afdesign 1 2 BeccaT, Alfred and LindaM reacted to this You'll never know what you can do until you get it up as high as you can go! AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 7870 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: Free Quality Fonts :: Public Domain Pictures :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Hot to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstdefence 1,489 Posted February 11 Spiral Ball: Spiral ball.svg 2 John Rostron and Alfred reacted to this iMac 27" Late 2015 Fully Loaded, iMac 27" Mid 2011 both running High Sierra 10.13.6 - Affinity Designer/Photo, Publisher Beta 1.7.0.140, Illustrator CC, Inkscape, Blender, Sketchup, Pepakura Designer, MTC, Pixelmator & Pixelmator Pro + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Instagram & Flickr - Affinity Live 19th June 2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfred 4,148 Posted February 11 Just now, firstdefence said: Spiral Ball: Spiral ball.svg More, please. Or perhaps I should say: Moiré, please! Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 1.7.1.404 • Windows 10 Home (4th gen Core i3 CPU)Affinity Photo for iPad 1.7.1.143 • Designer for iPad 1.7.1.1 • iOS 12.3.1 (iPad Air 2) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstdefence 1,489 Posted February 11 4 minutes ago, Alfred said: More, please. Or perhaps I should say: Moiré, please! hahaha Spiral eye aye.svg Spiral sink hole.svg iMac 27" Late 2015 Fully Loaded, iMac 27" Mid 2011 both running High Sierra 10.13.6 - Affinity Designer/Photo, Publisher Beta 1.7.0.140, Illustrator CC, Inkscape, Blender, Sketchup, Pepakura Designer, MTC, Pixelmator & Pixelmator Pro + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Instagram & Flickr - Affinity Live 19th June 2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R C-R 3,146 Posted February 11 1 hour ago, Alfred said: Easier said than done! We need a Blend Tool for that, or at least an option for Power Duplicate to use an arithmetic progression instead of a geometric one so that the gaps between the circles are all the same size. I'm not even sure a 'linear' spiral is a true spiral, but regardless of that, all these examples point to the need for a dedicated spiral tool for Affinity, one based on parametrically adjustable polar equations, ideally with a user friendly interface like the Xara one. Affinity Photo 1.7.1, Affinity Designer 1.7.1, Affinity Publisher 1.7.1; macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 iMac (27-inch, Late 2012); 2.9GHz i5 CPU; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M; 8GB RAMAffinity Photo 1.7.1.143 & Affinity Designer 1.7.1.1 for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iOS 12.3.1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbingram 0 Posted February 20 Oh man! You all are wonderful. I forgot I'd posted this and as I didn't have responses turned on, it fell away... I'll sift through once I have some time and when I get back to that (extracurricular) project! All the best; thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
