Take a look at Affinity Designer. I’ve found all the features I needed,
and it’s been just as simple to use for me. While they don’t yet
specifically list Bug Sur compatibility, the product is popular and in
active development.
As a long-time Intaglio user who was thrilled with the app, I’ve finally
accepted it’s abandonware for whatever reason. I definitely got my
money’s worth, and it was a great app - but I had to move on. I hope all
is well with the developer.
Ooh, I forgat about Designer. There’s a free trial too so may be able to
test for imports before buying. I already have Affinity Photo and that’s
excellent.
“Inkscape doesn’t list dimensioning and scaling in its feature list.”
It has - even dynamically updating as a path-effect or with the “measurement-tool”. I have pretty much all Vector-editors available for macOS - I was lured when Serif promised AD to open Freehand files - which was a joke apparently. There are nice features and the UI is more modern - no question - but it takes just a few minutes and I´m back on my working-horse and that is a native Inkscape version from 2015. The latest native version 1.0 and 1.0.1 introduced to many issues regarding converting text+shapes+Boolean-operation. The feature set is unparalleled imho. I have no clue what happened to Nick Nallick - hope he´s fine - not talking to his audience; not so cool.
I enjoyed Intaglio for more than 15 years and will keep it in my toolset. I find nothing opens quicker and is easier for annotation imagery - just my 2¢.
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Can you put dimensions on an Inkscape drawing? For example, like an architectural drawing or an engineering drawing?
On 23 Sep 2020, 10:37 pm, Frank wrote:
“Inkscape doesn’t list dimensioning and scaling in its feature list.”
It has - even dynamically updating as a path-effect or with the “measurement-tool”.
Hello,
I had tried EasyDraw many many years ago, I found it was a fine software but I preferred and had bought Intaglio. Now Intaglio is almost dead. The question : how long will Affinity Designer be living ? how long X-draw ? Or Y-draw ?
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Le 24 sept. 2020 à 07:46, Frank email@hidden a écrit :
Affintiy designer has a nice modern interface but does not have the ability to draw to scale or do measurements or dimensioning. It’s strictly for drawing for graphic design, not drafting.
I really hope that Intaglio is not dead, it’s a great program!
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I am one of those who, regrettably, have to plan a migration from Intaglio towards a Big-Sur-compatible alternative. I am looking into Affinity, here is a brief list of things I had to learn in the change from Intaglio → Affinity:
• duplicate: cmd-D —> cmd-J
• line tool —> choose the pen tool and select the line mode
• Apple color picker can be found in the View menu
• cmd-arrow —> shift-arrow (displacement distance can be set in the tools section of the preferences)
• to rescale by a certain percentage, say 150%: replace input field in the transform panel by 150%
• there is no arc tool
• there is no “select similar” functionality
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Intaglio appears to be back! I’ve updated to MacOS 11.1 and have no problem opening the program, old files, new documents, using tools, etc. I haven’t conducted an exhaustive test, but so far so good. I’m using a 2016 15" MacBook Pro. I had purchased XDesign as an alternative. It had a few advantages over Intaglio, but also some glaring omissions. So glad I can stick with my trusty friend for a while longer.
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I’m running Big Sur 11.0.1 and can use Intaglio 3.9.5 almost without problem.
I have some maps with large page sizes (eg 1500mm x 1200mm). When I open these documents I lose my page size and just get US Letter. I can reset this as a custom page size but, after a save and reopen, I’m back to US Letter.
Wonderful app. I like it so much, I’d pay money to see it receive ongoing maintenance.
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Perhaps we are all worrying too much. Intaglio is a 64-bit application and should work well with Big Sur, so Clark’s experience should not come as a surprise. It is a concern that Nick appears to have abandoned his “baby”, and its good to look for alternates, but for now I’m happy to learn that Clark had a good experience. I really don’t want to learn to use another drawing program when Intaglio ideally fits my needs.
On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:10 PM, Clark Guest email@hidden wrote:
Intaglio appears to be back! I’ve updated to MacOS 11.1 and have no problem opening the program, old files, new documents, using tools, etc. I haven’t conducted an exhaustive test, but so far so good. I’m using a 2016 15" MacBook Pro. I had purchased XDesign as an alternative. It had a few advantages over Intaglio, but also some glaring omissions. So glad I can stick with my trusty friend for a while longer.
That’s great news for Clark but it’s still not working for me. I’m running 11.1 on a 2015 MacBook Pro.
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On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:56 PM, J Evans Jennings Jr. email@hidden wrote:
Perhaps we are all worrying too much. Intaglio is a 64-bit application and should work well with Big Sur, so Clark’s experience should not come as a surprise. It is a concern that Nick appears to have abandoned his “baby”, and its good to look for alternates, but for now I’m happy to learn that Clark had a good experience. I really don’t want to learn to use another drawing program when Intaglio ideally fits my needs.
On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:10 PM, Clark Guest email@hidden wrote:
Intaglio appears to be back! I’ve updated to MacOS 11.1 and have no problem opening the program, old files, new documents, using tools, etc. I haven’t conducted an exhaustive test, but so far so good. I’m using a 2016 15" MacBook Pro. I had purchased XDesign as an alternative. It had a few advantages over Intaglio, but also some glaring omissions. So glad I can stick with my trusty friend for a while longer.
Clark- still not working for me. Which version of Intaglio are you running?
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On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:11 PM, Clark Guest email@hidden wrote:
Intaglio appears to be back! I’ve updated to MacOS 11.1 and have no problem opening the program, old files, new documents, using tools, etc. I haven’t conducted an exhaustive test, but so far so good. I’m using a 2016 15" MacBook Pro. I had purchased XDesign as an alternative. It had a few advantages over Intaglio, but also some glaring omissions. So glad I can stick with my trusty friend for a while longer.
Hmm, I really hope this is the beginning of a solution, but here Intaglio 3.9.5 on MacOS 11.1 launches but then does not open either a new file or an old file…
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Ha, just after I posted this negative result, I clicked around a bit more, opened a “new workspace”, and somehow now it works, windows open, new and old. I’m unsure how this happened, but it is great news in these dark days!!!
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Sorry to hear not everyone is having the same luck as me. I’m running version 3.9.5 of Intaglio. It shows on my disk as taking 18,820,943 bytes and a “Modified” date of Oct 17, 2017, don’t know if that means anything vis-a-vis revisions. I’ve used it a good bit more since I first posted and everything I try works. Happy to help others to get the same results, but there’s not much more I can think of. Sorry if I’m stating the obvious, but in a similar situation I would try disabling all system extensions, restarting, and try running Intaglio as the only open application. That’s not what I’m doing, but it might uncover the problem.
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Thanks a lot for sharing your experience and your willingness to help Clark. We all appreciate it!
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On Dec 21, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Clark Guest email@hidden wrote:
Sorry to hear not everyone is having the same luck as me. I’m running version 3.9.5 of Intaglio. It shows on my disk as taking 18,820,943 bytes and a “Modified” date of Oct 17, 2017, don’t know if that means anything vis-a-vis revisions. I’ve used it a good bit more since I first posted and everything I try works. Happy to help others to get the same results, but there’s not much more I can think of. Sorry if I’m stating the obvious, but in a similar situation I would try disabling all system extensions, restarting, and try running Intaglio as the only open application. That’s not what I’m doing, but it might uncover the problem.
I tried it on a second computer, which I had not yet upgraded: installed MacOS 11.1 , held my breath and … yes, Intaglio opens as it should. What a relief…
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Thanks Carlo. What is a “new workspace?” Is that something I access from the Finder, or from within Intaglio once the app is open?
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On Dec 21, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Carlo Beenakker email@hidden wrote:
Ha, just after I posted this negative result, I clicked around a bit more, opened a “new workspace”, and somehow now it works, windows open, new and old. I’m unsure how this happened, but it is great news in these dark days!!!
