LionelD Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 (edited) I was very pleasantly surprised to find that you can nest symbols, and, as long as you do that in a well-disciplined way, they behave exactly as expected. Which, of course, got me thinking about what would happen if you placed a Symbol inside itself..... Well, AD iPad 1.7 blows up. Understandable, but it would be much nicer if you simply could not do such an idiotic thing. I’ve attached a sample file for the curious. I made a copy of the large green circle at bottom left (uppermost in the Layers Studio), reduced the size of the copy, and then tried to drag the copy inside the original (yeah, I know, but I hope any comments will nevertheless be polite if candid). Regards Uh oh - I think I posted this in the wrong place, sorry. Nested Symbols.afdesign Edited June 14, 2019 by LionelD Wrong Forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 2 hours ago, LionelD said: I was very pleasantly surprised to find that you can nest symbols, and, as long as you do that in a well-disciplined way, they behave exactly as expected. Which, of course, got me thinking about what would happen if you placed a Symbol inside itself..... Well, AD iPad 1.7 blows up. Understandable, but it would be much nicer if you simply could not do such an idiotic thing. I’ve attached a sample file for the curious. I made a copy of the large green circle at bottom left (uppermost in the Layers Studio), reduced the size of the copy, and then tried to drag the copy inside the original (yeah, I know, but I hope any comments will nevertheless be polite if candid). Regards Uh oh - I think I posted this in the wrong place, sorry. Nested Symbols.afdesign Opens and works fine on latest beta for me. 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...
LionelD Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 @Paul Mudditt Thanks for the feedback, but your reply confuses me. Are you saying that the new beta version will allow you to move a copy of a Symbol into the original source Symbol? What does it do about the implication that the copy should also contain a copy of itself, and so on ad infinitum? Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 1 hour ago, LionelD said: @Paul Mudditt Thanks for the feedback, but your reply confuses me. Are you saying that the new beta version will allow you to move a copy of a Symbol into the original source Symbol? What does it do about the implication that the copy should also contain a copy of itself, and so on ad infinitum? Regards Ah ok yes it crashes when I followed exact steps. Creates some infinite recursion I suppose, and perhaps difficult to block. 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...
Staff Gabe Posted August 21, 2019 Staff Share Posted August 21, 2019 Hi both, Sorry for the delayed reply. I've logged this with our developers. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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