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stefanogismondi
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Nov 14, 2018 3:14 PM UTC
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Adding new arrowhead style on Stroke control panel

I need to add a new arrowhead style on stroke control panel that currenly let me choose from 39 different arrowstyles.

Would you please be so kind to give me the step by step procedure to do so?

I guessed was sufficient to add new arrow

I'm not the administrator.

Thanks and regards

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Doug A Roberts
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Nov 21, 2018 9:17 AM UTC

Thank you a lot for your answer , I saw this post but spoke about Mac/Apple version. I tried to follow instructions but nothing happens


stefanogismondi  wrote

Thank you a lot for your answer , I saw this post but spoke about Mac/Apple version. I tried to follow instructions but nothing happens

On Windows, the arrowheads files is located at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CC 2019\Support Files\Required\Resources\en_GB

Follow the instructions in it, then save your version of the file at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CC 2019\Plug-ins

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Ton Frederiks
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Nov 21, 2018 10:17 AM UTC

stefanogismondi  wrote

I'm not the administrator.

You need to have Administrator rights.

According to the Help file the procedure is like this:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/stroke-object.html

Customize arrowheads

To define custom arrowheads, open the Arrowheads.ai file, which is located under ShowPackageContent\Required\Resources\<locale>\ (for Mac) and \Support Files\Required\Resources\<locale>\ (for Windows). Follow the instructions in the file to create custom arrowheads.

Place the updated Arrowheads.ai file at: <Illustrator home>\Plug-ins\ and avoid replacing the existing Arrowheads.ai file.

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Abambo
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Nov 14, 2018 3:19 PM UTC

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stefanogismondi
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Nov 14, 2018 3:20 PM UTC

Many thanks!

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Srishti_Bali
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Nov 20, 2018 9:11 PM UTC

Hi there,

To create your own Arrow Head in Illustrator, please check out the method shared by Mike on this Post: creating custom arrowhead or caps in Illustrator.

Hope it helps!

Regards,

Srishti

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