Angelos58 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Is there a way in Designer to using Duplicate with a number of time, avoiding so to repeating the command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Unfortunately no, not at the moment. It is necessary to use the Edit menu, Duplicate option. It is a shame as it makes power duplicating tedious. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelos58 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, DM1 said: Unfortunately no, not at the moment. It is necessary to use the Edit menu, Duplicate option. It is a shame as it makes power duplicating tedious. Yes. Very tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 How many things are you trying to duplicate? Ctrl+J is the shortcut (for Power Duplicate) and is reasonably quick. -- I have always liked the approach taken in SketchUp… I create a duplicate and then type *47 and it will repeat the duplicate operation to create a total of 47 items. Or, even more useful, duplicate and then type /11 and it will repeat the duplication dividing the distance between the original and the second copy into 11 equal spaces. Very fast and intuitive. Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, Aammppaa said: How many things are you trying to duplicate? Ctrl+J is the shortcut (for Power Duplicate) and is reasonably quick. This thread is in the ‘Affinity on iPad Questions’ forum. Angelos58 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelos58 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Aammppaa said: How many things are you trying to duplicate? Ctrl+J is the shortcut (for Power Duplicate) and is reasonably quick. -- I have always liked the approach taken in SketchUp… I create a duplicate and then type *47 and it will repeat the duplicate operation to create a total of 47 items. Or, even more useful, duplicate and then type /11 and it will repeat the duplication dividing the distance between the original and the second copy into 11 equal spaces. Very fast and intuitive. So could be in Designer with more power. But the app developers maybe are few sensitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Alfred said: This thread is in the ‘Affinity on iPad Questions’ forum. Argh! I wish there was a way to tell the forum that I never want to see threads from the iPad subforums. Otherwise, I frequently end up looking like an idiot! Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Angelos58 said: So could be in Designer with more power. But the app developers maybe are few sensitive. Affinity Photo for iPad has a ‘Duplicate’ option on the menu bar that appears when you long-press on the canvas. Perhaps this will be added to Designer in the next version. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelos58 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alfred said: Affinity Photo for iPad has a ‘Duplicate’ option on the menu bar that appears when you long-press on the canvas. Perhaps this will be added to Designer in the next version. And ... also in designer you press duplicate and you duplicate. But the question is : can you insert the number of repetitions? Or, can you insert a number of subdivisions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Angelos58 said: And ... also in designer you press duplicate and you duplicate. But the question is : can you insert the number of repetitions? Or, can you insert a number of subdivisions? No, you can’t insert any numbers. I agree that it could/should be much more flexible, but at least you don’t have to go up to the Edit (‘...’) menu and tap twice to access the option. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 6 hours ago, Alfred said: Affinity Photo for iPad has a ‘Duplicate’ option on the menu bar that appears when you long-press on the canvas. Perhaps this will be added to Designer in the next version. Or put it on one of the Studio menus where you can pin it to stay open. Been done before if memory serves. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I have the Smart Keyboard why don’t they just implement ^J on it DM1 1 Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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