Hi Pual,
I just noticed that I had already written something, but it didn't get
sent to the list before the question got answered.
Oh well...anyways:
To find the angle, you have to find the slope of the tangent at that
point of the curve; however, this is really easy because with bezier
curves you already know the tangents for the end points.
the control points for the cage of a bezier are:
A(the beginning point that you will be curving from)
B(the middle)
C(the end point you curved to)
the slope of the line AtoB is the slope of the tangent for point A
the slope of the line BtoC is the slope of the tangent for point C
remember that the slope, m = deltaY/DeltaX, rise over run, (y1-y0)/(x1-x0)
Now that you have the slope for each line segment, and since m = tan
(theta), then arc tan (m) = theta; therefore,
pop in the slope, using Math.atan(m) to get the radian, or Math.atan(m)
* 180 /Math.PI to get the degree.
You could also use atan2 reducing points by offset, but either way you
need to use the ctrl points.
Now that you have the degree, if your arrow head are dynamically
generated you know how what to translate the points by; however, if they
are shapes than with the registration point located at the arrow head
tip, then rotating should be a piece of cake from that point.
Hope that helps,
Anthony
On 3/16/2010 12:02 PM, p...@ipauland.com wrote:
I was recently asked if I could add some arrowheads to some actionscript
generated curves. I initially thought "Triangle pointing to end point", and that
would be a great solution. I can place a MC at the end of the curve, but how can
I get the right angle to point it to?
Paul
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