Goldi708 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Dear Community, How can I fast create a pattern like this? With the same distance between the elements? I can't edit the affinity Designer file. As an example try to color the pattern. pattern.afdesign I'm looking forward to the answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Hello Goldi708 First the reason that you can’t fill in any colours is that the original geometric shape has been converted to a Text Path and therefore is no longer an object that can be edited. If you turn on the black layer and turn off the white layer you can see the text “TOR” Do you have an earlier version of this object that you could go back to before it became a Text Path? If not you could take a screenshot of the design as reference, then Open the Grid & Axis Management panel and setup a simple Isometric Grid. Activate Snapping and remake the pattern with the Pen Tool. Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 51 minutes ago, Goldi708 said: How can I fast create a pattern like this? Probably by using the mirror option when drawing shapes etc. See ... AD templates Affinity Designer Mirror MockUp Template Live Mirror - Affinity Designer Tutorial How To Create Mandalas and Mirror Designs Mandala maker ... etc. ... The latest Affinity Designer versions also do offer own mirror draw options. Alfred 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I started w. 6 triangle symbols on a triangular grid. Placed them over the screen shot, and built the center. But when I went to transpose them, realized the screen shot was elongated. That was about 12 minutes. Started again w. the file. Not easy to use. Could see the pattern, but whenever i clicked on a tool, only the 3 letters remained. Eventually got the pattern grid shaped to a triangular grid. Spent time clicking back and forth, drawing the base shape to the sometimes visible text grid. Then copy paste, rotate. Grab the pieces and transpose them, locking to the Affinity grid. Total time, about 30. A good portion of that was flicking back and forth between the text grid view, counting intervals, and then using the pen. With something regular to start w., probably would have been about 6 min. 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...
PixelPest Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Use text-tool - select text and delete - then convert to curves and Divide then Boolean Add then Divide again to receive individual shapes you can colorise to your liking. Cheers Alfred, Gear maker, Sara72 and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 10 hours ago, PixelPest said: Use text-tool - select text and delete - then convert to curves and Divide then Boolean Add then Divide again to receive individual shapes you can colorise to your liking. Amazing! I always thought that once a shape had been converted to a text path, there was no way to get the shape back. Though not obvious, your method does do that. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, R C-R said: I always thought that once a shape had been converted to a text path, there was no way to get the shape back. Same here! Kudos to @PixelPest. 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...
markw Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 33 minutes ago, R C-R said: Amazing! I always thought that once a shape had been converted to a text path, there was no way to get the shape back. Though not obvious, your method does do that. Same here! Thank you PixelPest Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltop Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Thank you 'PixelBest'! (although 'VectorBest' might be more appropriate in this case) Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldi708 Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Thanks for the quick responses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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