Claudia_Germany Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I need arrowheads for paths (not as a area) that are exactly as wide as the line width. Unfortunately this can't be set (yet) either (see screenshot), corners stick out at the sides. It would be especially nice if I could create my own arrowheads, like in Illustrator. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 It is possible even in AD, but it makes no fun. Perhaps there are more elegant solutions than my hacky approach with the Appearance panel and two dashed lines (forgot to do this with Triangle Wide in the example to come closer to your desired arrowhead). And yes, custom arrowheads would be nice. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia_Germany Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 How did you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 With the Appearance panel you can "stack" several strokes and in this case I used two dashed lines with identical Dash values, but a different Phase for the stroke getting next to the triangle. You have to experiment a bit to get close to what you want. Claudia_Germany 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia_Germany Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thanks for your effort, I tried it. But since this is very time-consuming when editing larger graphics, custom arrowheads remain important for me after all. I hope they can be implemented soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: With the Appearance panel you can "stack" several strokes and in this case I used two dashed lines with identical Dash values, but a different Phase for the stroke getting next to the triangle. You have to experiment a bit to get close to what you want. Very clever, but also very fiddly! It’s probably easier to draw a long, thin hexagon for each line. We really need the custom arrowheads that the OP asks for. Claudia_Germany 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Have you tried the Arrow Shape Tool? Alfred and Move Along People 2 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia_Germany Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Yes, this works visually. However, this results in a shape, not a path. But I need paths that can also change direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAFKOM Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Maybe Serif should see how Vectostyler can do it very nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 With an all right angle, "boxed" pressure profile, I can get a reasonable result. Joachim_L 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia_Germany Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thank you, that is also a good idea. But: The longer the path, the longer the arrowhead. And I need paths that have arrowheads at both ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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