Affinity Designer Quick Tip: Reset Bounding Box
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- ** UPDATE: Serif added a new option in the "Select" menu to "Set the selection box" (bounding box). It works on all shapes, whether it is a closed shape or not! (2.4) **
This video shows a quick tip on how to reset the bounding box of a shape, as there is no dedicated tool available at the moment.
In short:
Clicking the "Add" icon will reset the bounding box of the selected shape.
However! if the shape's path is not "closed" the shape will disappear.
Also, if it is a shape with editable parameters (square, gears, tear...etc) it will be converted into a curve and will lose the ability to modify those parameters.
Possible workaround:
A) Add the shape to a group (Ctrl + G)
or
B) Create a square (your own bounding box) and place the shape inside it.
The advantage of this method is having more control over the shape of the bounding box.
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** I used text to speech software to avoid bad voice recording as I don't have the right equipment, neither the right recording environment.
What I have done in past with text that I have rotated and sheared was to convert to curves then ungroup, click off, then select all the letters and regroup.
It works but after that you can't edit the text again.
Serif added a new option to set the selection box:
- In the "Select" menu choose cycle selection to temporary reset the selection box.
- Then in the same menu choose "set selection box" to permanently keep it in the new position.
Hi Charbel, this does not work for me on a complex closed shape, just FYI! Still looking for a way to reset the bounding box on this shape. It's a shape I've subtracted from in several places. Even using intersect with a filled rectangle does not reset it. Very interesting.
Hi Vectarr, sorry to hear that the first method is not working for you! I guess it could vary depending on the complexity of the shape. It looks like the only workaround is using the second method I mentioned in the video. By grouping the shape or creating a rectangle and putting the shape inside it. I do hope they will add a dedicated reset tool in future!
@@shiconotebook In hindsight I suspect it didn't work because I have switched to their V2 of their suite. Placing in a rectangle would work, however I found exporting to SVG takes objects out of the rectangle and applies a mask to the objects that were contained, which seems to affect the outermost bounding box (and what the program considers to be the object's dimensions).
However, V2 has a shape builder tool. So the solution I now use very effectively is to simply re-create the offending object with the shape-builder tool. Its clone will have a straight bounding box.
Thank you for the video! I hope you keep making them!
@@Vectarr_ I didn't need to export to svg so far so didn't come across that issue but thanks for pointing it out!
Using the shape builder tool seems the way to go now, haven't played around enough with it yet.
Thank you! I will try my best to find useful tips! :)
Hey, just in case you didn't know, they added a new feature in the recent update (2.4) to "set the selection box". You can find it in the "Select" menu.