Arrows on Path

[iamtheblues]

Further experimentation doesn't do it in Corel, but it does work in Xara Xtreme.
I would be inclined to visit www.xara.com and download a free time-limited fully functional trial of Xara Xtreme.
Now I know it can be done, we can talk you through the process. A shallow learning curve in Xtreme, too and it's
not expensive. I pretty much guarantee you'll prefer it to Corel.
I'll still try and work out how it's done with Corel, though.
Saludos,
Bob.

[coza]

My method was to export an arrowhead I made up as a true type font from corel, simply installed it, typed out a few arrows, then applied the fit text to curve command, suppose you could make up all kinds of arrows that way, you can then also use all the relevant text movements using the shape tool.

My sample attached for you, including the font made. Arrow - use lowercase "a"

Hope this helps, just an idea.

Cheers - George

[iamtheblues]

Hi George, thanks for dropping by. I've installed the arrowhead font but I cannot get it to align to the semicircle properly.
Also when selecting the Shape Tool, nothing seems to be "draggable" around the space handles to alter the position of the arrowheads.
Saludos,
Bob.

[coza]

Hi There Bob,

Not the ideal solution must say, tried a bit more, one on a circle and another around an egg shape - have a look. Shows some promise though, don't you think?

Cheers - George

[iamtheblues]

I don't see a red square no matter what I select the blend with. How are you doing this, George?
Saludos,
Bob.

[ElDiago]

I imported the arrowhead fonts, and whenever I attempt to fit text to path on my semicircle it keeps telling me the path isn't valid? In your Corel file, I don't see a red box either.

Oh and I downloaded Xara, looked up some tutorials and such and it seems even more confusing than Corel to me .

Since I don't need an extreme amount of graphics, I'm probably just going to end up doing the arrowheads manually, just attached what it looks like below. Kind of a pain, but it isn't too bad.

Thanks for the help guys

[TXchuck2u]

Here is one way I had to end up doing it cause using a blend rotates the arrows for some reason. I haven't tried the text to path, but may do that later to see what I get since the Arrows are fonts (if they're not symbols instead). The Arrow is a perfect shape, snap to objects align center of arrow to line in direction needed, click again to get rotation handles, then move rotation center to center of curve. Hit plus sign on keyboard to duplicate in place (this also retains the triangles rotation handle to center and then type in the angle needed to rotate. I believe there is a macro available to fit objects to path from oberonplace.com but you said you did not need many objects and I see you have already given an example of what you needed. I just wanted to show my solution to this dilemma.

Chuck

BTW The angle I wanted to point out read 270, but is fuzzy due to converting to Jpg.