Gear maker Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I know this question has came up before but I'm not finding it with a search. In a design such as this there is only one path, but 3 of the nodes are in the exact same location. How can I grab one of the lower nodes in the stack? When I try I always get the same node. The only way I find to do this is to unstack the nodes moving the top one to the side, then move the second... But when I move the bottom one the original location of the rest is lost. I was thinking someone had come up with a way to cycle through the nodes in that position to reach the lower nodes but using a modifier key or something else. Can anyone share a method they have found to do this? I appreciate any help provided. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 So these shapes are three separate shapes? In which case turn the other shapes off in the layers panel. 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...
Gear maker Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 No it is only one path. This is just an example. My actual drawing is much more complicated. But I have the problem of more than 1 node in the same place on a single path. And I run into this every so often. Where I am needing to move the bottom node preferably without moving the top node. Sometimes it's my design and other times it's caused by doing an Add of 2 or more shapes. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaing Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Don't know if there's a way to select the node beneath, but you could do shift+arrow to nudge the top node a set distance, then nudge it back once you've moved the one you want: select top node shift+right arrow to move it select next node and move wherever you want select original top node again shift+left arrow to put it back where it was How far it moves depends what you have set in preferences > tools > modifier nudge distance, but it should be enough to work from the defaults Quote MacBook Pro M1 Max, macOS 12.6.1 Monterey Affinity Designer : 2.0 Affinity Photo: 2.0, Affinity Publisher: 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 Thanks iaing, that's pretty much what I have been doing. One node I put one direction, the next one another, etc. Or I just make a copy of the object so that that location still exists, I can just drag nodes on the original until I find the correct one then drag the others back to where it belongs via snapping to the copy and finally delete the copy. No good way, but I was hoping someone had found a way. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 On 7/8/2019 at 7:38 PM, Gear maker said: In a design such as this there is only one path, but 3 of the nodes are in the exact same location. How can I grab one of the lower nodes in the stack? Single click on the top node of the group. Now Shift + Control drag select the group. This will leave you with just the middle and bottom. (if there were more than three points it would give you everything below the top) Now Shift click on those two to get just the bottom OR Command click on thom to get just the middle. cheers Gear maker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 JimmyJack, that's what I was looking for! Thank you. Now I have to remember it. Great. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, JimmyJack said: Now Shift + Control drag select the group. This is suboptimal for Windows users until such time as we’re provided with a less clumsy alternative to RMB+LMB where Mac users press Ctrl (⌘). Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Alfred said: This is suboptimal for Windows users until such time as we’re provided with a less clumsy alternative to RMB+LMB where Mac users press Ctrl (⌘). Actually Mac users press Command (⌘) Control looks like (^) 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...
Alfred Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Actually Mac users press Command (⌘) Control looks like (^) Oops! Thanks for that. In which case, I (fortuitously) got the symbol right but @JimmyJack got the keypress wrong. Command (⌘) is OK, because that’s Ctrl on Windows. The awkward one is the Windows counterpart to the Mac Control (^) key. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Alfred said: but @JimmyJack got the keypress wrong. Command (⌘) is OK, because that’s Ctrl on Windows. The awkward one is the Windows counterpart to the Mac Control (^) key. Hmmm, don't think so. Working just as I described ..... on Mac. Don't know how it converts to PC land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 6 hours ago, JimmyJack said: 11 hours ago, Alfred said: but @JimmyJack got the keypress wrong. Command (⌘) is OK, because that’s Ctrl on Windows. The awkward one is the Windows counterpart to the Mac Control (^) key. Hmmm, don't think so. Working just as I described ..... on Mac. Don't know how it converts to PC land. Selective quoting! @Old Bruce had asserted that Quote Actually Mac users press Command (⌘) Control looks like (^) so I responded Quote In which case, I (fortuitously) got the symbol right but @JimmyJack got the keypress wrong. i.e. if — and only if — Mac users press Command (⌘) for this, then that’s OK for Windows users because we simply press Ctrl instead. The current Windows counterpart to Control (⌃) is a combination of the left and right mouse buttons, which means that dragging while holding down Shift+Control translates to dragging while holding down Shift+RMB+LMB. Ouch! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I found one can shuffle points in the same spot along Z-axis with arrow-up/down keys - but it´s a bit of trial&error as you most likely don´t see the point order. Cheers 99Combo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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