New user struggling

[mattjenn]

Hi All

 

I want to move away from adobe and so decided to give affinity a try, I have 25years experience in Adobe illustrator so I consider myself accomplished in vector illustration, however affinity is really holding me back in many ways. So here are some basic questions:

 

Can I constrain the drawing angle to a specified amount, say 30 deg for isometric?

 

Can I scale objects in one axis by a percentage say 45% in the vertical?

 

Can I cut a line but not at a node point?

 

Can i record a sequence of events i.e. actions?

 

Must every single object (line, shop, text) all have their own layer? I do illustrations with over 10,000 objects, thats going to make a long 

 

Sorry for all questions

 

Regards

 

Matt

[gdenby]

Hi, mattjenn,

 

I've been using AD for about 9 months, and I'm still learning. My answers are not definitive.

 

Drawing constraints for lines are vertical, horizontal, and 45 degrees. If you want 30 degrees, set up an isometric grid, and have snapping to grid enabled.

 

The transform panel lets one scale in both x & y by any percentage, or proportion such as pi.

 

At present, AD requires adding a node to break a line. This is something still in development.

 

AD does not have AI-like actions. There has been mention of a scripting language in the future.

 

By default, each new object is its own layer. But it is easy to set the program so that new objects are nested in an existing layer. The term "layer" in AD is different than in AI. 

 

A lot of what AI does can be done in AD, but the program works differently. Learning different methods will be a bit of a hurdle. I think you will find AD quite capable, but there are many features that are still being implemented. It is not, IMO, a replacement for AI but a viable alternative in many respects.