Pattern Tile Creation for Fills & Strokes

[Mark Oehlschlager]

I would like to request that Affinity Designer add the ability to create vector pattern tiles to be used in fills and along strokes.

One should be able to define a rectilinear selection of vector art as a pattern tile, and be able to use that as a repeating fill, or as part of a decorative stroke/frame. The pattern tile might be a repeating graphic motif, suitable for a wallpaper pattern, or it might be a material texture used to render surfaces. Equally, straight and corner tile designs could be used with a special pattern brush to follow the stroke of an open or closed curve.

[fde101]

This is already possible with bitmaps by using the fill tool and setting the fill type to "Bitmap".  It would indeed be nice to see that extended to support vector images (such as SVG files) as well.

[Mark Oehlschlager]

@fde101

Thanks for reminding me of the bitmap tiling function of the Fill tool.

But, yes, vector art pattern tiles would be desirable. Not just for use in fills, but also for strokes in decorative borders/frames.

[fde101]

9 hours ago, Mark Oehlschlager said:

Not just for use in fills, but also for strokes in decorative borders/frames.

Agreed, though note that bitmap fills already do work for strokes as well as fills.

[Mark Oehlschlager]

@fde101

6 hours ago, fde101 said:

note that bitmap fills already do work for strokes as well as fills.

Yes, it does tile within a stroke, but what I'm asking for is that pattern tiles designed for straight lines, soft curves and sharp corners actually follow the contour of the path. Something more suitable for a decorative frame.