Symmetry Tool

[Glicky]

Please add to ADesigner something like the amazing Symmetry Tool from CorelDRAW (and Adobe illustrator), that allows to create all kinds of shapes and lines in a symmetrical pattern easley and instantly.

(In AD its only for "brushes" in the "pixel persona")

         

Thanks.

[ROYGBV]

Radial symmetry, &  mirror symmetry are 2 of the simplest symmetries. A professional level design program should allow design work in all 17 wall paper groups. Even free java applets (for example  2 versions of "Escher Sketch") on the internet can do this. And long ago plugins for photoshop (Terazzo & Kai's Power Tools) had a filter that allowed this with images, with a live preview. So although it sounds complicated good programmers do such things just for kicks. Later an overpriced, clunky plug in was made for A illustrator, that did this called "Symmetry Works". And now there is a consumer level app on ipad, for play purposes that also works with all the symmetry groups. (  http://science-to-touch.com/en/iOrnament.html  )  ( https://eschersket.ch/ and  http://levskaya.github.io/eschersketch/   and  http://skuld.bmsc.washington.edu/~merritt/bc530/local_copies/escher/ )

To make the program useful for whole other markets: textile designers, etc., this is an essential functionality. To differentiate Affinity designer from the rest of the pack, implementing this well, could easily  be another great step.

Edited June 24, 2019 by ROYGBV
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[SusanB]

I definitely need this option in vector. I was quite disappointed when I realized it only worked in pixel persona with a brush.

[ROYGBV]

another app that does this:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amaziograph/id586076398

[fde101]

In other snooze...  CorelDRAW is available on the Mac again for the first time in nearly 2 decades.  It is only 5 times the price of Affinity Designer + Photo (it also includes PhotoPaint and AfterShot, along with a font manager).

 

14 hours ago, ROYGBV said:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amaziograph/id586076398

That appears to be bitmap also, not vector.

[Aammppaa]

SusanB - You can use symbols to get interesting symmetry with vector lines and shapes.

Not as intuitive as a dedicated tool, but very useful none the less.

https://graphicheck.com/Affinity-Designer-MockUp-Template

[ROYGBV]

Re: fde101 Symmetry Works for illustrator is vector.

https://artlandia.com/products/SymmetryWorks/

https://artlandia.com/products/SymmetryWorks/features.html

[ROYGBV]

more here

http://xahlee.info/math_software/tilings.html

and going back to 1992

http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/software/tilings/TilingSoftware.html

so really not that exotic, some were even for kids as well as adults.

and Kai's power tools did both some tiling as well as fractals, (without user needing math) & many other very cool effects.

https://www.lifewire.com/kai-power-tools-and-kpt-vector-effects-1702842

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai's_Power_Tools

it remains to be seen how imaginative Affinity will be once they have achieved their goal of being a serious contender.

meanwhile Kai Krause continues to innovate

http://www.fract.al/about

Edited June 25, 2019 by ROYGBV
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