Next, move your mouse to the location where you’d like to place your second node, then left-click once again to create the node (red arrow in the image above).
With the Pen Tool selected, left-click on your composition to create your first node (red arrow in the image above). For this example, I’ll simply draw a straight line to make things easy. Note that you can create arrows from either straight or curved lines. Let’s get into it! Step 1: Draw a Pathįor starters, you’ll want to draw a path using the Pen Tool (also known as the “Draw Bezier Curves Tool” or “Paths Tool”), which you can access via the icon in the Toolbox (red arrow in the image above) or by using the “B” shortcut key. Then use the fill and stroke dialog to style the arrows along the path.In this help article, I’ll be showing you how simple it is to add arrows to your Inkscape composition! Arrows are a great way to spice up your graphics, draw attention to items in a composition, or even demonstrate connections between objects, among other uses.
Now you should be able to use the Path Effect Editor to put this object along the path. You should be able to use the node tool ( F2) to confirm that this is now a single object: Then perform a Union operation ( Path > Union) to merge the two objects together. Select the group of 2 objects and ungroup them ( Object > Ungroup). Now we want to merge these two objects into one composite object. Select the nodes on the right side of the line where it's poking out on the right side of the arrowhead, and use your left arrow key ( ←) to move the nodes back into the body of the arrowhead. To fix this, use the node tool ( F2) and select the arrow shaft, and you should see the nodes appear for editing. However, sometimes this conversion is a little messed up (see image below, where the line is extending too far to the right, and poking out the front of the arrowhead). I'm not sure why only the arrowheads appear along the path, but I have found a workaround, which is to convert your arrow into a filled path, which is a simpler type of object than a stroked line with a marker.įirst, select your arrow and click Path > Stroke to Path, which will convert your arrow into a group of two objects (the line and the arrowhead), which is 90% of what you need to do.
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