Artboard margins ?

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM Question regarding the margins in presets bug:
where was the artboard margin adjusted? In Document Setup -> Artboards -> Format
or from Canvas menu -> Artboard Options.

because in the second case, sets the local artboard margin, not the document wide default.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler A while ago, as I was trying to figure out how to generate presets, I think it was through "New document setup"--> Format-->Margins.

Edit: I've just tried to repeat these steps and I did get margins once on three times. I don't know what I do wrong.

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM steps that might help me find a bug:
create a document with new document setup and set nonzero margins in Artboard -> Format -> Margins.
check if the margins are show. If not, save the document and send it to me.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler Ok, I've sent you two files but I'll repeat the workflow when I'll have a bit more time

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM Got the files, and it seems that no margin was selected. Could be that the preset did not store the margins.

One more thing to try: go to Canvas -> Artboard Options and select the margin there.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler Ok, will do but I can't before this WE at best.
I'll test again everything I can (the all workflow) on both W10 and W11.

Is it the same ?:

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM said in Artboard margins, what did I do ?:

Is it the same ?:

yes, they are the same commands.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler ok, it is fine.
If I click on 'Artboard options' in the Context panel, it seems that I can only add margins to one of my two artboards (with the select tool selected).
I have then either to go to Canvas-->Artboard options, or by selecting the two artboards throughn the Canvas-Artboard panel.

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM said in Artboard margins, what did I do ?:

I can only add margins to one of my two artboards

This one sets the margins of the current artboard. Use the pageup/pagedown to go to an other artboard and set the margins for that.

Another way is to select multiple artboards using the Artboard Tool, and then use the artboard options.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler This what I do/did and there is an issue (I think) with margins' preset:

1. I go to: File-->New document setup

By the way, I'm wondering what is "Shape units" and why this value of 90,31mm ?

2. I setup the document : 2 artboards & size of the artboards (PP 4/3)

So far so good

3. I then setup the margins : by going to Artboards-->Format--> Margins
   and I create a preset with the ad hoc margins values... but when I create a new doc and want to adjust the margins' values with the preset, I still get 0. Or I do somethiong wrong or the values are not stored.

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM Can be replicated! will be fixed ASAP.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler glad I can help Great for the fix

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler Fixed, very nice.

I've found how to delete a preset (Preset Manager) but I can't found how to see margins values in mm when I setup a new document.
When I setup a new document, I see margins values in pt. When I check in "Artboard options", I see them in mm (as I defined them).

Not a big deal but I prefer to see these values in mm when I design a document in VS .
Thanks.

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM It will show in MM only after the document options are confirmed (which is a bit of a problem, since they are being edited).

I will try to find a solution for this.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler I wanted to test some patterns in VS: I go to 'New Doc Setup' as usual, then determine the size of the artboards and I get the margins of my previous document.
This time, margins are not necessary. Would it be possible to get '0' for a new document or maybe better, a reset button ?
Thanks,
P.

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM said in Artboard margins ?:

Would it be possible to get '0' for a new document or maybe better, a reset button

A reset button is I think the best solution here.

But, there is a solution already. Create a preset with the preferred default settings and then just select that from the Style drop down.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler yes, indeed. It is even nicer to go by presets in VS.

We would have to store a preset with '0' then.

Edit : Done and it is fine. I always try to avoid using the keyboard when I can.

[B-Vs-V]

@VectorStyler A simple idea is that it depends on the unit used when creating a new document: if it is in px, the data of the guides etc. are given in px, and so on. I don't know the feasibility of this.

[VectorStyler]

@PatrickM I added this to the backlog, I think it is easy to fix it.