Artboard Tool in Affinity Designer: All Important Information

The Artboard-tool is an indispensable aid in Affinity Designer for creating multiple workspaces within a document. With this tool, you can efficiently organize and structure your projects. In this guide, you will learn how to effectively create, edit, and manage artboards to optimize your designs.

Key insights

• The Artboard tool enables the creation of multiple artboards within a single document.
• Each artboard can be individually sized and positioned.
• With the Artboard tool, you can create artboards based on current selection objects.

Step-by-step guide

Opening the Artboard Tool

You can find the Artboard tool in the toolbar of Affinity Designer, hidden behind a specific icon. When you click this icon, the context bar above your workspace changes. Here you can select the desired sizes for your new artboard.

Creating a new Artboard

To create a new artboard, you first need a current document, for example, in A4 format. Currently, an object is placed in this document. To insert an artboard, select the size "Document" and click on "Insert Artboard". This will generate a new artboard in the format of your current document.

Adding more Artboards

If you want to create additional artboards with the same dimensions as the first one, you also need to click on "Insert Artboard". Each new artboard will be listed immediately as "Artboard 1", "Artboard 2", etc., in the layers palette. This way, you can easily obtain multiple artboards side by side for different pages within your design.

Free drawing of an Artboard

With the Artboard tool, you have the option to freely draw a new artboard. To do this, click anywhere outside an existing artboard and drag to create the frame. Upon releasing the mouse button, a new artboard will automatically be generated, which will also appear in the layers palette.

Adjusting the dimensions of an Artboard

If you want to adjust the dimensions of an artboard, you can use the Transform palette. You can find this via "View", then "Studio", and finally "Transform". Here you have the opportunity to specify precise width and height for your artboard.

Creating an Artboard based on a selection

An additional feature of the Artboard tool allows you to create a new artboard based on a selection. Select an object, such as a circle, using the Move tool. Go back to the Artboard tool, select the size "Selection," and click "Insert Artboard." This will create a new artboard that precisely matches the dimensions of the selected object.

Moving objects between Artboards

Once you have created another artboard, you can move objects back and forth between them. For example, if you have a circle on Artboard 1 and want to drag it to the newly created Artboard 5, simply drag and drop it. The object stays in the original artboard until it is completely removed from it.

Duplicating Artboards

If you need an existing artboard with the same dimensions as another page, select the Artboard tool again and set the size "Document" to the active artboard. Then click on "Insert Artboard," and a new artboard will be created with the same measurements.

Summary - Affinity Designer: Artboard Tool in Detail

The Artboard tool in Affinity Designer allows you to create and manage multiple workspaces within a document. You can use the tool to create artboards in different sizes and based on selection objects, giving you great flexibility and control over your designs. By applying these steps, you can efficiently organize and structure your content.