Support for snapping curve nodes to pixel grid

[sergio]

Would be great if AD supported snapping curve nodes to pixel grid. That'd be super handy when adjusting the nodes for, e.g., a scaled icon. Right now the workaround I have is using the transform box  :(

[MEB]

Hi sergio,

I think Ben is already considering this (it was suggested by other users too), but it may still take a little sine he's working on adding more grid options/improvements.

 

[EDIT] Sorry i misunderstood your question. Ben is right. I though you were talking about the control handles.

[Ben]

You can already snap the on-curve points onto pixel positions.  Turn on "Force Pixel Alignment" and use the Node or Pen tool.  Note, you will have to turn "Move By Whole Pixels" off if you need to correct a point that is already placed off a pixel position.

[sergio]

@Ben - that's exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

 

@MEB having the same behavior for curve handles would also be great!

[Danielmoji]

I really like affinity, it is very important for me in my work, but the snapping it is not great, i like design with too much precission and i need more in this, maybe many people hate my next words but the snapping precision guides in corel draw are great, maybe you can take any ideas there jaja sorry

[MEB]

Hi Danielmoji,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Can you be more specific? Where are you having trouble?

Affinity Designer snapping goes up to half-pixel values.

Here's some tutorials that may help just in case you haven't see them yet:

- Snapping Basics in Affinity Designer

- Snapping for Creating and Editing Objects

[Ben]

@Daniemoji

 

Actually, the snapping precision is to 0.0001 of a document pixel where there are multiple close snapping targets.  When a direct snap is made, the actual snapped values will be precise to the position of the object with computer double precision (so way more precise than our 1,000,000% zoom requires).

 

So, is this a question about snapping features, rather than precision?

 

Also, just had a quick look at some CorelDraw videos, and I can't see much that we don't already do in Affinity. So, please let us know what you think is missing.

[MEB]

Thanks for the information Ben.