a custom arrowhead

[genik]

How can i create a custom arrowhead that i just designed so that i can use it to apply in every line i choose?

[Monika Gause]

You need to open the Arrowheads.ai document on your computer.

Inside it there's a step by step instruction what to do.

Where to find the document: Vektorgarten - Illustrator-Settings, Preferences, Templates, Libraries

[genik]

I tried to make one but there seems to be a strange gap created between the arrowhead and the line... and i can also see different strokes... very strange, what am i doing wrong?

[Anna Lander]

did you convert it to symbol? Please, show how your custom arrowhead looks in the Arrowheads file (and the Symbol panel)

[genik]

[Anna Lander]

and when does it get a gap? how does it look in the Stroke panel?

[Monika Gause]

THere is a third path in the layers panel, but where is it?

[genik]

Its the box that surrounds the other two paths, i just haven't selected it, thats why its not visible. Its like the boxes that the Arrowheads have.

[Anna Lander]

please, describe step by step your actions from opening the file to trying to use the ready arrowhead in your artwork. If possible, with screenshots. This will be very helpful to locate a problem.

[genik]

Before i do this... i was thinking, could this be a version bug, i have 2017.0.2 release!

[Anna Lander]

It's doubtful. This technique is quite old, there is no points for a bug. Try please to review the workflow, maybe you even find the point by yourself

And at least this will help us to help you

[Monika Gause]

Before i do this... i was thinking, could this be a version bug, i have 2017.0.2 release!

No. That version creates correct arrowheads

I suspect that box.

[genik]

When saving the arrowheads.ai file, with the alterations i need, the changes will take affect after one will restart Illu, or there is no need to make the restart?

[Monika Gause]

You will need to restart.

[genik]

This time after restart is seems to work fine... strange cause i was doing this thing before. Anyway, this time i noticed some else on a different arrow i created. In the pic im attaching, the top arrow is the one in Arrowheads, whereas the bottom is the arrow as it seems when applied to the end of a line. Shouldnt they be the same?

[Monika Gause]

Is the line in the arrowheads file set to 1 Pt?

[genik]

Yes it is

[Monika Gause]

Please post your arrowheads file (not the one where you applied the arrow, but the Arrowheads.ai

[genik]

How can i upload the file in here?

[Monika Gause]

Please upload to Dropbox, Google Drive, Creative Cloud or the like.

[genik]

Oh ok... WeTransfer

[Monika Gause]

There is one issue with your arrow that it's not exact.

Apart from that I don't get the result that you get - and I have CC2017 as well.

But I would still suspect it's the rectangle. You don't need it. All the other arrows have it, but you don't need it.

[genik]

In the pic im attaching, u can see two arrowheads, each created with a different option. Maybe that is the reason that there is a gap created

[Monika Gause]

Can you please get rid of that rectangle in your arrowhead?

[genik]

I got rid of it and nothing changed!