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Oct 29 at 20:40 comment added Billy Kerr @CiroSantilliOurBigBook.com - don't move the arrow head too far back or the line will show. There's no real way to offset where the connector touches unfortunately other than by drawing the lines manually. I mean you could perhaps do it by using a long custom dash, but it wouldn't adjust automatically when you move the connected objects.. More trouble than it's worth, probably. This is something you would really need to ask the Inkscape developers about. They do take feature requests on the Inkscape GitLab site
Oct 29 at 15:16 comment added Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com It would be cool if there was a way to leave some a little empty space between arrow head and target shape. If I increase offset the head goes back but line continues drawn.
Apr 2 at 16:38 comment added Billy Kerr @user2518618 - if you ask this as a new question I can add a more detailed answer.
Apr 2 at 16:36 comment added Billy Kerr @user2518618 There's no automatic way to do this AFAIK. It will take some manual work. Another method is not to adjust the arrow heads at all using the method given above, but instead use the nodes tool to pull the connector away from the edge. This won't disconnect the connector, however if you then move the shape, the arrows will snap back to their original positions. So, you will still need to fix it manually each time, but since you are fixing it manually anyway, using the nodes tool may be easier than typing in values for custom dashes.
Apr 2 at 10:41 comment added user2518618 This is a great solution, but here is a small detail if you zoom in at the point of the arrow: the line below still touches the shape and it looks like there is a little square at the point of the arrow, you can't see the sharp point of the arrow. The best workarround I found is changing the Dashes to Custom and setting a Pattern with a single number, which makes the line shorter, but you have to modify this number manually every time you move the objects. Is there a better solution for that?
Jun 22, 2022 at 12:18 comment added Billy Kerr @SIMBIOSISsurl - perhaps, but this question is about arrow heads, how to move them, and how to connect arrows to objects, nothing really to do with diagram symbols. You need to pay attention to the actual question being asked.
Jun 22, 2022 at 12:03 comment added SIMBIOSIS surl You can also go to symbols and use the logical or diagram simbols over there, then conect them just as in the answer.
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