Designer and circle from center to snap

[Angelos58]

In Designer for Mac I can starting a circle from a center point and with cmd and ctrl moving the ray to a snap point.

How can I do that on iPad?

 

Also, without an hover function is very difficult with iPad select the starting point. There are app on iPad that make possible moving the finger or Pencil without drawing until the point is found.

[Dan C]

Hi Angelos58

You can draw an circle from the centre point by selecting the 'About Centre' option on the context toolbar whilst drawing the object. If you hold down a second finger on screen whilst drawing a circle you will constrain the object to a perfect circle, this can be done with or without the context toolbar option set.

Unfortunately we don't have a 'hover' function in our iOS apps, I recommend posting in the Feature Request section for this!

[Angelos58]

3 minutes ago, Dan C said:

Hi Angelos58

You can draw an circle from the centre point by selecting the 'About Centre' option on the context toolbar whilst drawing the object. If you hold down a second finger on screen whilst drawing a circle you will constrain the object to a perfect circle, this can be done with or without the context toolbar option set.

Unfortunately we don't have a 'hover' function in our iOS apps, I recommend posting in the Feature Request section for this!

Thank you Dan C.

yes I know how to draw a circle from the center, but I don’t know how conducting the extreme to a snap point. In affinity Designer for Mac that is possible with ctrl + cmd.

[Dan C]

40 minutes ago, Angelos58 said:

I don’t know how conducting the extreme to a snap point.

I'm sorry, I'm not certain what you mean by this, could you explain it further for me?

Holding down ctrl + cmd when drawing a circle in AD Mac will draw the object from it's centre point, and constrain it to an equal circle. As I've explained in my previous post the same can be achieved on iPad by setting the Context Toolbar option and holding down a second finger when drawing the object to constrain it.

If you're looking to snap the object whilst drawing, please ensure you have the same snapping options set before drawing the shape.

 

[Paul Mudditt]

2 hours ago, Angelos58 said:

In Designer for Mac I can starting a circle from a center point and with cmd and ctrl moving the ray to a snap point.

How can I do that on iPad?

 

Also, without an hover function is very difficult with iPad select the starting point. There are app on iPad that make possible moving the finger or Pencil without drawing until the point is found.

Unfortunately on the iPad you have to do it in multiple steps, first draw your circle, then draw your line, then move either the line or the end point of the line to get a snap to the centre of the circle.

 

 

[Angelos58]

[Angelos58]

Thank you Paul. Do you think an hover function would be necessary, wouldn’t you?

[Paul Mudditt]

8 hours ago, Angelos58 said:

Thank you Paul. Do you think an hover function would be necessary, wouldn’t you?

Yes it would be useful, what was the app that you mentioned implemented a hover function, I presume it was some sort of NULL tool that behaves like any other tool but does nothing more than anchor a start point.

Edit: Or as a modifier to any tool eg two fingers on screen when placing first point, when snap occurs lift two fingers to start line, circle etc from that snap point.

[Angelos58]

14 hours ago, Paul Mudditt said:

Yes it would be useful, what was the app that you mentioned implemented a hover function, I presume it was some sort of NULL tool that behaves like any other tool but does nothing more than anchor a start point.

Edit: Or as a modifier to any tool eg two fingers on screen when placing first point, when snap occurs lift two fingers to start line, circle etc from that snap point.

I hope it I’ll be implemented as soon as possible.

 

for example, the cad app BiiCADo has an hover function. You can moving Pencil or finger around the screen with no effect. When you found the point (first or second is not important) lift the Pencil or finger and go on. The same for every point.

[Paul H]

I am using Affinity Designer 1.8.3.2 There does not appear to be an "about centre" at the bottom when drawing a circle (there are videos showing it on previous versions).
How does a one-handed disabled person draw a circle from centre without using finger touch modifiers?

[Dan C]

Hi Paul H,

Welcome to the forums

Could you please provide a screenshot of the Context Toolbar options you're seeing when creating an Ellipse, as the About Centre option has not moved, as far as I'm aware!

Many thanks in advance.

[DM1]

2 hours ago, Dan C said:

Could you please provide a screenshot of the Context Toolbar options you're seeing when creating an Ellipse,

Certainly no About Centre on Context bar here Dan.

[Dan C]

Thanks DM1, my apologies Paul H as this option is specific to the Move Tool, allowing you to transform your shape about centre after it's been drawn.

If you'd like to create the Ellipse about centre, you can hold down an additional 2 fingers whilst drawing the object, 3 fingers if you wish to draw about centre and constrain at the same time - I was able to complete this using one hand, but if you're having trouble then I recommend drawing the object first, then using the Move Tool with the aforementioned option ticked.

I hope this helps!

[DM1]

15 minutes ago, Dan C said:

If you'd like to create the Ellipse about centre, you can hold down an additional 2 fingers whilst drawing the object, 3 fingers if you wish to draw about centre and constrain at the same time -

Hi Dan, I think the original point from PaulH was asking how a person with a disability (such as loss of fingers or loss of left hand) might perform this function. It’s likely that they couldn't leading to; Would it be possible to add a similar context menu option such as is available in the Move tool.

[Dan C]

I believe that this option was made specific to the move tool to keep the Context Toolbar area 'cleaner' when using the shape tools etc - however I can certainly see the usefulness of having these options available when creating shapes, so I'll raise this with our developers as an improvement request