You can then cycle between planes on demand to design on top, side, or front of your drawing.

The Grid and Axis Manager is also ideal for laying out two-dimensional fixed grids as well as projection grids. From the Grid type pop-up menu, select a project mode, e.g.Click Advanced to access projection grids.From the View menu, select Grid and Axis Manager.If you're looking beyond the projection mode presets such as isometric you can customize the grid to your liking. Grids can be based on any document unit, shown when switching on the rulers. Object handles snap precisely to any grid line and line intersections. Grids work best when combined with snapping (switch on via top toolbar), in particular when the Snap to Grid option is enabled from the Snapping button's pop-up menu. For geometric shapes, skew shapes to fit your grid. Once in a specific mode and plane set you can create line and shape drawing using the Pen Tool or pre-designed geometric shapes.įor pen drawing, use the Pen Tool's Polygon or Line Modes for straight line segments.

Instead of the commonly used isometric projection grid, a choice of other project grid presets can be selected (e.g., dimetric, triangular) you can even create custom projection grids with options for grid sizing, custom aspect ratios, and gutters for more advanced use. Plane sets can be enabled so you can design on front, side and top planes each plane can be toggled into by using a single key modifier. Affinity Designer makes use of a highly customizable projection grid, perfect for UI/game design, digital design modelers, and mock ups.

Affinity designer pattern grid