Aristocrates Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Have just watched the Publisher launch video and am so impressed with the look of StudioLink. Can't wait to start using it! Just one thing: I'm an architect, and therefore one of the things I used Affinity for is creating presentation versions of technical/scale drawings (see the attached planning drawing, scanned in and then coloured in Affinity Photo). However, it's difficult to maintain scale, since everything is done by the pixel or print scale dimensions. What I would love to be able to do is set a particular image up as, say, a 1:50 scale drawing, and then be able to type in dimensions in mm (i.e. if I was drawing a wall that I wanted 300mm thick, I would type 300, and it would appear on the drawing as a 6mm thick line). I don't expect Affinity to become a CAD program - I know this is not a tool that most of the user base will want, but I do think that if this feature was available, it would probably double the amount that I use Affinity products, and I'd be recommending it to all my architect friends! Again, love your work. Keep it up! Krustysimplex and Markio 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted June 19, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 19, 2019 This feels more like a Designer feature to me but either way I think it would be useful for many. Thanks Markio and fde101 2 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 23 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: This feels more like a Designer feature to me but either way I think it would be useful for many. Thanks I agree with the idea of it being more of a Designer feature, how about the ability to have a multiple applied to the basic units. Take the transform panel and have an advanced mode where we could enter our 'scale' or factor. The default would obviously be 1. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristocrates Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 14 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Take the transform panel and have an advanced mode where we could enter our 'scale' or factor. The default would obviously be 1. This sounds like the type of thing that would work and be helpful. And yes, it perhaps is more of a Designer feature. I've not really used Designer all the much, but perhaps I need to have a bit of an explore and see what it can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourmaline Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Aristocrates said: This sounds like the type of thing that would work and be helpful. And yes, it perhaps is more of a Designer feature. I've not really used Designer all the much, but perhaps I need to have a bit of an explore and see what it can do. This is an option available in Microsoft Visio as well. You can set the scale/factor and draw schematics. Defenately a Designer function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristocrates Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 I'm really pleased that this feature has been introduced in Affinity Designer 2. I have yet to try it out with a live project, but just importing a DWG file seemed to work as expected, and I could set the drawing scale and both measure and draw using my scale units, rather than on page units. Well done Affinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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