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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










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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



Screenshot of the result




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?










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  • instead -Latex use Latex-? however, the result be ugly ....

    – Zarko
    3 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
    3 hours ago















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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



Screenshot of the result




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?










share|improve this question
























  • instead -Latex use Latex-? however, the result be ugly ....

    – Zarko
    3 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
    3 hours ago













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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



Screenshot of the result




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?










share|improve this question
















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



Screenshot of the result




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?







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  • instead -Latex use Latex-? however, the result be ugly ....

    – Zarko
    3 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
    3 hours ago

















  • instead -Latex use Latex-? however, the result be ugly ....

    – Zarko
    3 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
    3 hours ago
















instead -Latex use Latex-? however, the result be ugly ....

– Zarko
3 hours ago






instead -Latex use Latex-? however, the result be ugly ....

– Zarko
3 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
3 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
3 hours ago










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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


enter image description here






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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


    enter image description here



    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


    enter image description here



    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


      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer



























        2














        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


        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer

























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          2







          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


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer













          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


          enter image description here







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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


              enter image description here



              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


              enter image description here



              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.






              share|improve this answer



























                0














                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


                enter image description here



                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


                enter image description here



                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.






                share|improve this answer

























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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


                  enter image description here



                  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


                  enter image description here



                  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.






                  share|improve this answer













                  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


                  enter image description here



                  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


                  enter image description here



                  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.







                  share|improve this answer












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