JoergWe Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I'm moving from Illustrator and trying to figure out how to display the center of my object (circle or rectangle mostly). Is there a way to do that in affinity designer? I can see that I can easily position an individual circle right on top of two perpendicular guides. But when I select multiple circles I cannot position them all 100% correct at the same time. I'm designing a survey form and my 'circles' are question 'bubbles'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dutchshader Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Lagarto said: True, it is missing from all objects even if there is a center/middle selection (key) point and it can be snapped to. If is not showing even in node editing mode or in outline mode. Perhaps there is a setting or switch? perhaps this setting? Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Welcome to the forums JoergWe. If you tell us more about what you’re trying to do then we should be able to come up with a reasonable solution. You might just need to use the alignment tools but it’s difficult to know without knowing exactly what you’re trying to achieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GarryP Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I think we just need to wait and see what the requirements are before making any more suggestions. I have a feeling that they just want to get stuff nicely aligned across the object centres but it all depends on the specifics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JoergWe Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Thank you for the feedback. Here is a screenshot from one of my projects. I design surveys and deal with groups of response bubbles that I need to place so that the center of each bubble is exactly on top of the intersect of the guides. This is a screenshot from Illustrator. And here is a screenshot from Designer. I can position an individual bubble perfectly over the guides. Designer shows me a red and green line when I have centered my object, which is exactly what I want to do. But when it comes to positioning a group of response bubbles I have to eyeball the positioning of my group of response bubbles and then adjust the position of each individual bubble to get it perfect. BTW, I also noticed that when I open the PDF I created in Illustrator, a filled circle with outline becomes a white (filled) circle without outline and a blank circle with outline. Different issue, just felt a need to voice it so I can now move on with my (design) life. In any case, from the responses I gather there is no way for me to perfectly align my group of response bubbles. Thank you again for your replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 JoergWe, I suggest that you use the alignment tools to organize and distribute the groups. Also, if you have snapping on and set with Snap to object bounding boxes and/or Snap to shape key points selected you should have aids in the alignment. This should work for individual bubbles and groups of bubbles. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gdenby Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 hour ago, JoergWe said: In any case, from the responses I gather there is no way for me to perfectly align my group of response bubbles. Thank you again for your replies. Not at all. Simple as pie. Set up your grid, w. snap to grid enabled. Draw a circle of desired size. Press "command" (Mac, don't know PC) and drag to next desired gird intersection. Press "command J," "Duplicate, and repeat the circle as needed. If you then don't like the horizontal spread, move one end circle, and use the "distribute, horizontal spacing" widget. This will yield an equal spacing between al the circles. If I might suggest, stop thinking in AI, and start thinking in AD. Different methods for the same results. 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...
JoergWe Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Thank you for all the advice. I will explore some of the suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 How about something like what I’ve used in my attached file? Each answer - number in text frame and circle - is in a group. Each answer group is aligned to the grid and if you need a new answer just duplicate the group and change the number. Each line of answer groups is in another group so you can easily move/copy them around together. This way you don’t have to mess around moving the circles about, just copy the group and change the text. Obviously you can change where the number and circle come within the group to suit your needs. (Note that the text frame uses an offset-from-right indent to keep the text nicely positioned.) You can also put a line of them in your Assets and just drag a new line out when you need them. answer-bubbles.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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