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Arrow Object
The Arrow object is tyically used to indicate direction of light. Its direction, line width and color are specified through properties.
Arrow Object Properties
- direction - Orientation of arrow. There are three ways to specify the orientation:
- Compass direction - N, S, E, W, NE, SE, SW, NW
- Clock direction - 1, 2, 3 ... 11, 12. (12 is up, 3 is right, etc.)
- Degrees - Clockwise degrees from up; negative for counter-clockwise. Add "d" to signify degrees. Examples: 90d, -45d, 270d.
- line color - Drawing color for the arrow. Click the color swatch to open the standard Mac/Windows color picker. The line color is linkable.
- line width - Pen width, in pixels, for the arrow.
- locked - Checkbox to lock object so that it cannot be selected unless the alt/option key is pressed.