arrowhead and position control
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From: pluton on 27 Apr 2010 15:44 Hi all, I think it is well known that so far in Illustrator, the position of an arrowhead is pretty difficult to control. If I create a line and then add an arrowhead through the usual Effect -> Stylize -> Add Arrowhead, the arrowhead itself will not be positionned at the very end of the line and will go further. Has it been corrected in Illustrator CS5 or is there a trick unknown to me? Thanks
From: dorayme on 27 Apr 2010 18:36 In article <69e4bb8a-bd64-4e8b-b540-7032c3de2aeb(a)y30g2000yqh.googlegroups.co m>, pluton <plutonesque(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think it is well known that so far in Illustrator, the position of > an arrowhead is pretty difficult to control. If I create a line and > then add an arrowhead through the usual Effect -> Stylize -> Add > Arrowhead, the arrowhead itself will not be positionned at the very > end of the line and will go further. Has it been corrected in > Illustrator CS5 or is there a trick unknown to me? > I would assume most would simply make the line a bit shorter at the end you are going to put the arrow on. The idea of an arrow is to point forwards and it would be a rare situation where the space between the end of the arrow and the thing being referenced was a critical thing. So there is plenty of leeway in practice. Why would you so precisly need to "control" such a thing? -- dorayme
From: steggy on 27 Apr 2010 19:15 pluton schreef: > Hi all, > > I think it is well known that so far in Illustrator, the position of > an arrowhead is pretty difficult to control. If I create a line and > then add an arrowhead through the usual Effect -> Stylize -> Add > Arrowhead, the arrowhead itself will not be positionned at the very > end of the line and will go further. Has it been corrected in > Illustrator CS5 or is there a trick unknown to me? > > Thanks From what I read the use of arrows in CS5 is totally different and much better. It is now part of the Stroke palet. Not sure if the problem you address is solved. Until now it's a huge and very irri problem when you make schemes and graphs.
From: pluton on 27 Apr 2010 22:29 > From what I read the use of arrows in CS5 is totally different and much > better. It is now part of the Stroke palet. maybe good news then. I will investigate > Not sure if the problem you address is solved. Until now it's a huge and > very irri problem when you make schemes and graphs. yes, I agree, this is very annoying. Dorayme, when you want to indicate dimensions, radii or anything like that on a schematic, it is not always easy to control with your eyes and make the line shorter. I am a big user of the grid and having the mentionned trouble soved would make my life much easier. That is why I am slowly moving to PStricks, which is kindda a programming method for schematics
From: dorayme on 28 Apr 2010 02:07
In article <e5942974-29a7-4d75-8b55-d28f82017c49(a)r1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com >, pluton <plutonesque(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > �From what I read the use of arrows in CS5 is totally different and > much > > better. It is now part of the Stroke palet. > > maybe good news then. I will investigate > > > > Not sure if the problem you address is solved. Until now it's a huge and > > very irri problem when you make schemes and graphs. > > yes, I agree, this is very annoying. Dorayme, when you want to > indicate dimensions, radii or anything like that > on a schematic, it is not always easy to control with your eyes and > make the line shorter. No, OK, I realised later I use arrows for very simple purposes and obviously this is not for everyone... Doubtless you would know all tricks to work around the failing you point out... -- dorayme |