I have no idea to put the arrow into natural way. The source code is like the below
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw [decorate,decoration={coil,segment length=7.2mm,aspect=1,amplitude=2mm},->,>=stealth] (2,1.7)--(3,0.5);
\end{tikzpicture}
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5Welcome to TeX.SE. Can you elaborate, what you mind with "more natural way"? And, please, provide complete, small document, which we can copy and compile. – Zarko May 31 '16 at 11:40
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4I think in this case a sample image would help as well. – Chris H May 31 '16 at 11:48
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put some bacon on it :P – percusse May 31 '16 at 11:55
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@percusse This is a serious platform. It is the wrong place for jokes like this. If you violate these rules furthermore, I will beat you up with ham until you are sensible. – MaestroGlanz May 31 '16 at 12:05
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@MaestroGlanz have some Bacon :D – percusse May 31 '16 at 12:30
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Are you thinking of the tail leaving the arrowhead on an awkward angle? I'm sure that's been addressed before. – Chris H Jun 01 '16 at 11:03
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Thank you Chris and Jesse. I don' t know how to delete my answer, so could someone delete the answer below? – Yuki Jun 02 '16 at 00:50
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Chris, that's what I wanted to say! Could you give the URL of the answer for this question? – Yuki Jun 02 '16 at 00:54
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Here are a few ways to do it:
- lower the aspect
- reduce the coil's length
- use post length to have some space before the arrow (not shown)
\documentclass[10pt, border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta, decorations.pathmorphing
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
% ~~~ the problem ~~~~~~~~~~~
\draw [ decorate,
decoration={coil,segment length=7.2mm,aspect=1,amplitude=2mm},
-stealth] (2, 1.7) -- ( 3, 0.5);
% ~~~ for reference ~~~~~~~~
\draw [-stealth] (2, 1.2) -- (3, 0);
% ~~~ modified aspect ratio of spring ~~~~~~~~~~~
\draw [ decorate,
decoration={coil,segment length=7.2mm,aspect=.9,amplitude=2mm},
-stealth] (2, 0.7) -- ( 3, -.5);
% ~~~ coil reduced in length ~~~~~~~~~~~
\draw [ decorate,
decoration={coil,segment length=7.0mm,aspect=1,amplitude=2mm},
-stealth] (2, 0.0) -- ( 3, -1.2);
% ~~~ notes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\node at ( 4.5, 0.5) {the problem};
\node at ( 4.5, 0) {for reference};
\node at ( 4.5, -.5) {lower aspect};
\node at ( 4.5, -1.2) {reduced length};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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