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TikZ: How to reverse arrow direction without switching start/end point?
The Next CEO of Stack Overflowspiral spring in tikzHow can I improve the look of an arrowhead at the end of a small-radius arc?tikz - stealth arrow makes a drift in a curved lineRotate a node but not its content: the case of the ellipse decorationHow to define the default vertical distance between nodes?TikZ scaling graphic and adjust node position and keep font sizeNumerical conditional within tikz keys?Why do I get an extra white page before my TikZ picture?How to prevent rounded and duplicated tick labels in pgfplots with fixed precision?Line up nested tikz enviroments or how to get rid of themHow to draw a square and its diagonals with arrows?tikz arrow directionVertical spacing between arrow and caption with unicode-math
Assumed we have this MWE from user Caramdir:
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows,calc,decorations.markings,decorations.pathmorphing,arrows.meta
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

I want to reverse the arrow head position, so that the arrow tip is located at the inner end of the spiral and directs to the center.
How to do so?
tikz-pgf arrows tikz-arrows tikz-node
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Assumed we have this MWE from user Caramdir:
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows,calc,decorations.markings,decorations.pathmorphing,arrows.meta
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

I want to reverse the arrow head position, so that the arrow tip is located at the inner end of the spiral and directs to the center.
How to do so?
tikz-pgf arrows tikz-arrows tikz-node
instead-LatexuseLatex-? however, the result be ugly ....
– Zarko
4 hours ago
You just place the arrow in the other end in the options:Latex--and then you will need to have a look at: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/176779/…
– hpekristiansen
4 hours ago
add a comment |
Assumed we have this MWE from user Caramdir:
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows,calc,decorations.markings,decorations.pathmorphing,arrows.meta
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

I want to reverse the arrow head position, so that the arrow tip is located at the inner end of the spiral and directs to the center.
How to do so?
tikz-pgf arrows tikz-arrows tikz-node
Assumed we have this MWE from user Caramdir:
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows,calc,decorations.markings,decorations.pathmorphing,arrows.meta
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

I want to reverse the arrow head position, so that the arrow tip is located at the inner end of the spiral and directs to the center.
How to do so?
tikz-pgf arrows tikz-arrows tikz-node
tikz-pgf arrows tikz-arrows tikz-node
edited 4 hours ago
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asked 4 hours ago
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instead-LatexuseLatex-? however, the result be ugly ....
– Zarko
4 hours ago
You just place the arrow in the other end in the options:Latex--and then you will need to have a look at: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/176779/…
– hpekristiansen
4 hours ago
add a comment |
instead-LatexuseLatex-? however, the result be ugly ....
– Zarko
4 hours ago
You just place the arrow in the other end in the options:Latex--and then you will need to have a look at: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/176779/…
– hpekristiansen
4 hours ago
instead
-Latex use Latex-? however, the result be ugly ....– Zarko
4 hours ago
instead
-Latex use Latex-? however, the result be ugly ....– Zarko
4 hours ago
You just place the arrow in the other end in the options:
Latex- -and then you will need to have a look at: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/176779/…– hpekristiansen
4 hours ago
You just place the arrow in the other end in the options:
Latex- -and then you will need to have a look at: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/176779/…– hpekristiansen
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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To have arrow's head on opposition side of the spiral curve, you only need to change -Latex to Latex-. However result is quite unexpected (read unusable) ...
It might be more acceptable solution to move the arrow head close to the end of the spiral. For this you can exploit the package decorations.markings:
documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]standalone
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta, bending, decorations.markings
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
decoration = markings,mark=at position .84 with
arrowreversed[black]Latex[length=1.5mm]
]
draw[postaction=decorate]
plot[domain=0:25,variable=t,smooth,samples=101,
Latex[length=1mm]-]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

add a comment |
First of all, I would like to argue that bent arrows look better, also in the original plot. But since the curve becomes singular at 0, this does not immediately work because of dimension too large errors. However, it does once we approximate the inner-most stretch by an arc.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture[scale=2]
pgfmathsetmacromytpi
draw[Latex[bend,length=2pt]-]
(0: 0.002*myt*myt)
arc(0:180:0.002*myt*myt);
draw plot[domain=pi:25.1327,variable=t,samples=75,smooth]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the original pic with a bent arrow.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex[bend]]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

Note that one should always load bending when one attaches arrows to curved paths, regardless of whether or not one bends the arrows, since otherwise the paths get distorted. Bending cures the distortion even when not explicitly used.
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To have arrow's head on opposition side of the spiral curve, you only need to change -Latex to Latex-. However result is quite unexpected (read unusable) ...
It might be more acceptable solution to move the arrow head close to the end of the spiral. For this you can exploit the package decorations.markings:
documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]standalone
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta, bending, decorations.markings
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
decoration = markings,mark=at position .84 with
arrowreversed[black]Latex[length=1.5mm]
]
draw[postaction=decorate]
plot[domain=0:25,variable=t,smooth,samples=101,
Latex[length=1mm]-]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

add a comment |
To have arrow's head on opposition side of the spiral curve, you only need to change -Latex to Latex-. However result is quite unexpected (read unusable) ...
It might be more acceptable solution to move the arrow head close to the end of the spiral. For this you can exploit the package decorations.markings:
documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]standalone
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta, bending, decorations.markings
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
decoration = markings,mark=at position .84 with
arrowreversed[black]Latex[length=1.5mm]
]
draw[postaction=decorate]
plot[domain=0:25,variable=t,smooth,samples=101,
Latex[length=1mm]-]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

add a comment |
To have arrow's head on opposition side of the spiral curve, you only need to change -Latex to Latex-. However result is quite unexpected (read unusable) ...
It might be more acceptable solution to move the arrow head close to the end of the spiral. For this you can exploit the package decorations.markings:
documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]standalone
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta, bending, decorations.markings
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
decoration = markings,mark=at position .84 with
arrowreversed[black]Latex[length=1.5mm]
]
draw[postaction=decorate]
plot[domain=0:25,variable=t,smooth,samples=101,
Latex[length=1mm]-]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

To have arrow's head on opposition side of the spiral curve, you only need to change -Latex to Latex-. However result is quite unexpected (read unusable) ...
It might be more acceptable solution to move the arrow head close to the end of the spiral. For this you can exploit the package decorations.markings:
documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]standalone
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta, bending, decorations.markings
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
decoration = markings,mark=at position .84 with
arrowreversed[black]Latex[length=1.5mm]
]
draw[postaction=decorate]
plot[domain=0:25,variable=t,smooth,samples=101,
Latex[length=1mm]-]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

answered 3 hours ago
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First of all, I would like to argue that bent arrows look better, also in the original plot. But since the curve becomes singular at 0, this does not immediately work because of dimension too large errors. However, it does once we approximate the inner-most stretch by an arc.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture[scale=2]
pgfmathsetmacromytpi
draw[Latex[bend,length=2pt]-]
(0: 0.002*myt*myt)
arc(0:180:0.002*myt*myt);
draw plot[domain=pi:25.1327,variable=t,samples=75,smooth]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the original pic with a bent arrow.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex[bend]]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

Note that one should always load bending when one attaches arrows to curved paths, regardless of whether or not one bends the arrows, since otherwise the paths get distorted. Bending cures the distortion even when not explicitly used.
add a comment |
First of all, I would like to argue that bent arrows look better, also in the original plot. But since the curve becomes singular at 0, this does not immediately work because of dimension too large errors. However, it does once we approximate the inner-most stretch by an arc.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture[scale=2]
pgfmathsetmacromytpi
draw[Latex[bend,length=2pt]-]
(0: 0.002*myt*myt)
arc(0:180:0.002*myt*myt);
draw plot[domain=pi:25.1327,variable=t,samples=75,smooth]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the original pic with a bent arrow.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex[bend]]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

Note that one should always load bending when one attaches arrows to curved paths, regardless of whether or not one bends the arrows, since otherwise the paths get distorted. Bending cures the distortion even when not explicitly used.
add a comment |
First of all, I would like to argue that bent arrows look better, also in the original plot. But since the curve becomes singular at 0, this does not immediately work because of dimension too large errors. However, it does once we approximate the inner-most stretch by an arc.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture[scale=2]
pgfmathsetmacromytpi
draw[Latex[bend,length=2pt]-]
(0: 0.002*myt*myt)
arc(0:180:0.002*myt*myt);
draw plot[domain=pi:25.1327,variable=t,samples=75,smooth]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the original pic with a bent arrow.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex[bend]]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

Note that one should always load bending when one attaches arrows to curved paths, regardless of whether or not one bends the arrows, since otherwise the paths get distorted. Bending cures the distortion even when not explicitly used.
First of all, I would like to argue that bent arrows look better, also in the original plot. But since the curve becomes singular at 0, this does not immediately work because of dimension too large errors. However, it does once we approximate the inner-most stretch by an arc.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture[scale=2]
pgfmathsetmacromytpi
draw[Latex[bend,length=2pt]-]
(0: 0.002*myt*myt)
arc(0:180:0.002*myt*myt);
draw plot[domain=pi:25.1327,variable=t,samples=75,smooth]
(t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the original pic with a bent arrow.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryarrows.meta,bending
begindocument
begintikzpicture
draw [domain=0:25.1327,variable=t,smooth,samples=75, -Latex[bend]]
plot (t r: 0.002*t*t);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

Note that one should always load bending when one attaches arrows to curved paths, regardless of whether or not one bends the arrows, since otherwise the paths get distorted. Bending cures the distortion even when not explicitly used.
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marmotmarmot
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-LatexuseLatex-? however, the result be ugly ....– Zarko
4 hours ago
You just place the arrow in the other end in the options:
Latex--and then you will need to have a look at: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/176779/…– hpekristiansen
4 hours ago