fitzj Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I want to create a Hexagon with two triangles interlacing. Outline in black and fill different for each Triangle. A stroke of 10 for the triangles. How would I go about this Affinity See what I have in mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ElDUad6P4g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I´d go this way: Cheers firstdefence, walt.farrell, Ulysses and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Affinty doesn't have a "shape builder" which allows selection of areas only defined by line perimeters. One can, however, dived the 2 expanded triangles, and add the resulting section together to create the same form. The improved pen snapping in v 1.7 makes simple line work like the above quick, and very accurate. It is slightly quicker than dividing and adding pieces. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzj Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Many thanks for the reply will try tomorrow night. Complete novice to this software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzj Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 so I got to this stage. How do you draw the two lines and merge from what I have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 @fitzj Use the Pen Tool to Draw the lines. At the end of each "L-shaped" line I pressed Esc so I could start a fresh curve. I selected both curves and grouped them, moved the groups rotational centre, power duplicated the group and rotated with shift held down to lock to 15º rotational increments until it was 60º then pressed command + J 5 times to finish. interlocking star.mp4 mac_heibu 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzj Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 Many thanks for the video. Now I try to do. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzj Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) Ok, that worked. Now I want to fill in between the lines of the triangles two different colour. How is that done with open curves? I can fill if I close the group curve but is there a simple way to do with open curves? Edited July 7, 2019 by fitzj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Please start over: StarColoured.mp4 If you need an additional contour/stroke please try the Layer Effect "Outline", Alignment set to Centre: Gear maker and Hilltop 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzj Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) PixelPest Many thanks again. I'm sure beside myself many newbies have learned from this. Edited July 8, 2019 by fitzj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 You´re welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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