Is there any preference for decimal places

[Stv]

I’m working a document where I set the units to inches, and need to represent typical fractional lumber measurements: x.125, x.25, x.375, etc..  The transform panel rounds everything to a single decimal place. So entering an item to have a width of .125 (1/8th inch), displays as .1. Adding .125 it displays as .2. Repeating two more times adding .125 to the item should end up as .5, but Affinity Designer shows it to be .4. (Internally AD appears to be storing the result rounded to 1 decimal place)

Is there not an option to control the precision/decimal places?  As an alternative I thought of multiplying all measurements by 100 so 200.125” would be 20012.5, but it looks like there’s a document limit of 128000 points.

Edited April 27, 2019 by Stv

[stokerg]

Hi Stv and Welcome to the Forums,

It's only the display in the app that is being rounded.  The values you are entering are being honoured in the background and if you open the same file up in the Desktop version of Affinity and check the size of any items, they will be displayed correctly (you may need to alter the decimal places option in Preferences to see the full value).

We do have this logged and hopefully it won't be too long before we have the ability to display the actual value being entered.

 

[Larry4499]

I’d like to see 3-4 decimals displayed in the transform window as well!

[SarahT]

Hi,

Any update on displaying multiple decimal places?

I’m having to use very large documents so that I can see accurate dimensions, with the result that Designer is constantly crashing. 

A scaling option would also solve my problem, if that’s likely to be coming any sooner?

[RoywithaT]

Adding my support for at least two decimal places (preferably three) being displayed on the transform panel.

[Blitzinurzua]

Are we getting the added decimals any time this year? asking for a friend.

[Savvy Custom Gifts]

I also need 4 decimal places when producing production files for laser engraving.

[DM1]

13 hours ago, Savvy Custom Gifts said:

I also need 4 decimal places when producing production files for laser engraving.

The values you enter will be honoured. Only the display view is rounded off (annoying as you can’t come back and check what was set.

[GarryP]

I asked this question https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/114419-numerical-input-fields-display-non-accuracy-indication/ a while back but it didn’t get many replies so I didn’t make it into a feature request.
Maybe it’s time to make it a request and see if anything happens.

[DM1]

On 4/29/2019 at 7:30 PM, stokerg said:

We do have this logged and hopefully it won't be too long before we have the ability to display the actual value being entered.

 

21 minutes ago, GarryP said:

Maybe it’s time to make it a request and see if anything happens.

The devs are aware of this but it’s obviously not a priority (to them).🙁

[Squarebear]

On 4/29/2019 at 4:30 AM, stokerg said:

Hi Stv and Welcome to the Forums,

It's only the display in the app that is being rounded.  The values you are entering are being honoured in the background and if you open the same file up in the Desktop version of Affinity and check the size of any items, they will be displayed correctly (you may need to alter the decimal places option in Preferences to see the full value).

We do have this logged and hopefully it won't be too long before we have the ability to display the actual value being entered.

 

It’s been almost 3 years so I’m hoping this gets some love and attention. A huge issue for me.

[LookToTheSky]

It is simply not true that Affinity Designer on iPad is honoring more decimal places than it shows for all things. For example, dividing a shape’s height by 3, then stacking 3 of them will produce a noticeably different height than the original. I am trying to do technical work on this app, but these rounding errors appear everywhere. The displayed number being rounded is a nuisance, but the actual miscalculations are a big problem.