Reverse path direction

It's annoying when you use a special brush which has different ends, and you want to switch the direction with just a click of a button

The strange thing is that it's so understandable and essential for those who work inIllustrator, but not for Adobe.
Are stubborn and do not know what?

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Reverse path direction in Illustrator CS5

I have started to use Illustrator CS5 for outline drawing this year. I purchased the license time ago, but I always preferred to use FreeHand for outline drawing (I design lettering and typefaces).
Now that FreeHand is unfortunately become a bit too obsolete for the new operating systems architectures, I have familiarized myself with Illustrator and was going decently, but I have been unable to find a solution to this problem yet:
Whenever I need to reverse the direction of a path (for various reasons), I can’t seem to find a way to do so, unless of course it’s a composed path (from two closed paths). I need to perform this operation. At work, I use InDesign CS6 and I have seen Adobe has introduced it in its palette, but I can’t find it in Illustrator CS5 or CS6.
Many thanks in advance to all those who could help me…

You can temporarily make the simple path into a Compound Path (same thing as a FreeHand Composite Path) and then the reverse direction buttons in the Attributes palette will work. But like most everything in Illustrator, it's needlessly cumbersome:
Select the single path (Object>Compound Path>Make).
Select a portion of it with the white pointer. (Deselect, then click a segment or an anchor; don't altClick it to select the whole path, because Illustrator doesn't know the difference between a path's being selected as an object, as opposed to merely having all its anchors selected.)
Click the Reverse Direction button in the Attributes palette.
Deselect. Then select the whole path (sigh).
Object>Compound Path>Release.
Ridiculous, isn't it?
The scripting object model provides for a path direction setting (polarity), but interface doesn't provide access to it on normal paths. This simple script will reverse the polarity of currently selected paths:
//Begin Script
for(i=0;i<activeDocument.selection.length;i++){
if(selection[i].polarity==PolarityValues.POSITIVE){
selection[i].polarity=PolarityValues.NEGATIVE;
}else{
selection[i].polarity=PolarityValues.POSITIVE;
//EndScript
Of course, while drawing glyphs, you'll soon run into the lack of other FreeHand no-nonsense features, such as extend/retract individual handles. And there's nothing you can do about the lack of Connector Points which ensure tangency between straight and curved segments.
What font program are you using? FreeHand's progenitor, Fontographer, from which its path drawing interface was derived (and which pre-dated Illustrator), is now owned and sold by FontLab. I would (and do) use that.
JET

Attributes panel - retract handles/reverse path direction?

For the life of me I can't get these buttons to go 'live' for any type of object (they are frustratingly unselectable all the time). Do they actually work or is it just my installation?
CS6 (16.0.4)
Mac OS 10.6.8

The reason the buttons are most often grayed (disabled) is because in Illustrator, they are for changing winding direction of subpaths of Compund Paths.
FreeHand's Inspector Palette, does, indeed, have buttons for extending/retracting handles. The half-baked imiltation of that in Illustrator would be the much less capable behavior of the Convert To Smooth and Convert To Corner buttons in the Control Panel (across the top of the main drawing window).
FreeHand also provides a proper Reverse Path command that works on any path, and any number of paths, be they subpaths of Composite Paths or simple paths. Illustrator doesn't, which is why you have to resort to the cumbersome workaround of clicking a path's endPoint with the Pen, thereby making the program think you intend to add segments to that end, and thereby making that end the endPoint (i.e.; changing the path direction if the anchor clicked is not already the endPoint).
JET

Reverse path direction? Filling path problem.

I just spent a lot of time creating paths in my PSD file. I created them as open paths, but now I need to use them to fill an enclosed area. I use the pen tool to close the path, but if I select "fill path", my color fills OUTSIDE the path not inside it! And I don't see any way to reverse the path to make it "positive".
Help!

Look at the Options Bar. There are some little icons that determine how Paths behave. See this similar thread:
Ed Hannigan, "help with clipping path" #1, 8 Jun 2008 5:34 pm

Illustrator CS2 - Reverse path?

Hi,
I am using a brush on a path but the arrow symbols are in the wrong direction! I would just need to reverse the path of the line in order to put the arrows symbols in the correct direction but as I am a novice in Illustrator, I don't know how to do that? If somebody can help...

Other drawing programs have a proper Reverse Path command. Illustrator doesn't. Illustrator has a Reverse Path Direction button in the Attributes palette, but it only works on subpaths of compound paths. (Very lame.)
One of the AI Javascripts contained in
This .zip archive is named "JET_ReversePath." Put that script your Presets/Scripts folder. Relaunch Illustrator. Then you should be able to:
1. Select any number of paths, including paths that have Brushes applied to them.
2. File>Scripts>JET_ReversePath.
JET

How do you reverse the direction of a build in title?

I use Final Cut Pro X, and for a build in title, how would you reverse the direction? For example, One of the build in titles is called "Knock Out", and the words come into the frame away from you, but how do you make the words go the other way, and go towards you?
If you don't understand what I mean, that effect is called "knock out", and you can look at it in your application.
I know how to reverse clips, but that does not work with transitions/title effects
Thank you!

This particular title does not offer many options for customization; in particular, no option for working the other around, as you want.
I can think of a few options for this. The easiest is would be to make the title by itself into a compound clip; but I have just tried it and it does not work, because the blend mode of the text (stencil alpha) does not propagate down inside a compound clip. (If it did, you'd just have to reverse the compound).
Another option is to open a copy in Motion and make changes there. If you have Motion, this will allow you to adjust as you wish.
Yet another easy way may be to "construct" this title yourself right in FCP X.
Insert the "Custom" title, adjust the text font, change the blend mode to Stencil Alpha, and keyframe the scale.

Path direction in Oracle spatial network data model

Hi all,
can any one help me how to implement path direction using oracle network data Model?
We are using Oracle Spatial database. there is one feature called network constraint in Network data Model. but how to implement path direction of my Network ? Please help me any one

The path direction in a Spatial network is enabled at creation time when calling the create network procedure such as SDO_NET.CREATE_LOGICAL_NETWORK. If you describe the Create procedure you're using you should see a IS_DIRECTED argument, which when set to TRUE will enable path direction. Then just ensure that your links are created in the right direction -specifying correct orientation for start node and end node.
Cheers,
Stuart.

SSRS 2012, any solution to reverse the direction Data Bar

Hi All:
I am trying to use data bar to have some visualisation of my report, however, there is a problem on the scale. I need to show a reverse direction (heading to the left side instead of heading to the default right side). I am currently use 100% stacked bar
that makes me show the concept, but my number is really small so it is so difficult to see the difference. is there anyway I can show a reverse direction from the simple data bar then I don't need to use the 100% stacked?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Johnny

Hi Johnny,
According to your description, you want to reverse the direction of Data Bar in Reporting Services. Based on my test, we can directly enable the Reverse direction option under the Scale options in Horizontal Axis Properties dialog box to achieve the goal.
For more detail information about the method, please refer to the following blog:
http://bhushan.extreme-advice.com/data-bar-in-ssrs-report/
If there are any other questions, please feel free to let me know.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
Katherine Xiong
TechNet Community Support

How to reverse text direction in keynote?

Hello everybody,
I use Bullets ans lists a lot. One issue is that giving that i'm using Arabic language, the Bullets and Lists comes to the left of the text while it should come before the text, meaning to the right.
Using Pages I have no problem at all becouse there is the option "reverse text direction" under Alignment options. Can anybody help if such an option is avaliable in Keynote?
Thanks in advance.

With your keyboard set to US, choose the text option with bullets. Then switch your keyboard to Arabic and type. Or set your OS language to Arabic before opening Keynote (it will still have its menus, etc in English).
It will still be good if Keynote had a direction control like Pages, so ask Apple to add that via
http://www.apple.com/feedback
For an earlier discussion, see
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5531456?start=15&tstart=0

%ASA-5-305013: Asymmetric NAT rules matched for forward and reverse flows; Connection for tcp src outside:10.159.159.3/49204 dst tru777:10.1.34.19/3389 denied due to NAT reverse path failure

Hi,
I have an ASA5510 running version 8.2(5). I have set up a new network on interface Ethernet0/1.777 of the fwl. The firewall works perfectly with remote access VPNs but has now given me the error with the new network that has been set up:
%ASA-5-305013: Asymmetric NAT rules matched for forward and reverse flows; Connection for tcp src outside:10.159.159.3/49204 dst tru777:10.1.34.19/3389 denied due to NAT reverse path failure
The difference between the other networks and the new one that I have set up is that this is the first one using a private addressing scheme. I understand that NAT is not allowing something along the way but I cant figure out what needs to change in order to get it to work. My config is as follows:
interface Ethernet0/1.777
description TRU 777
vlan 777
nameif tru777
security-level 50
ip address 10.1.34.17 255.255.255.240 standby 10.1.34.18
access-list acl_tru777 remark * ALLOW ALL OUTBOUND *
access-list acl_tru777 extended permit ip any any
access-list RA-VPN extended permit ip 10.1.34.16 255.255.255.240 10.159.159.0 255.255.255.0
access-list acl_no-nat extended permit ip 10.1.34.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0
access-list acl_no-nat extended permit ip 10.1.34.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.0.0 255.240.0.0
access-list acl_no-nat extended permit ip 10.1.34.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0
access-list acl_ra-lock-tru777 extended permit ip 10.1.34.16 255.255.255.240 10.159.159.0 255.255.255.0
access-list acl_ra-lock-tru777 extended permit ip 10.159.159.0 255.255.255.0 10.1.34.16 255.255.255.240
ip local pool ra-pool 10.159.159.0-10.159.159.254 mask 255.255.255.0
nat (tru777) 4 access-list acl_no-nat
nat (tru777) 2 10.1.34.16 255.255.255.240
global (outside) 2 x.x.x.x
crypto isakmp nat-traversal 20
I think that is everything you should need, if not please just ask.
Thank you very much in advance,
Chris

Hi Julio,
Here you go:
FWL01# sh nameif
Interface                Name                     Security
Ethernet0/0              outside                    0
Ethernet0/1              CLIENTS                 50
Ethernet0/1.314        tru01                      50
Ethernet0/1.313        dmz01                    50
Ethernet0/1.316        tru02                      50
Ethernet0/1.776        dmz776                  50
Ethernet0/1.777        tru777                     50
Management0/0       management           100
FWL01# sh run nat
nat (tru02) 1 192.168.3.0 255.255.255.240
nat (tru777) 4 access-list acl_no-nat
nat (tru777) 2 10.1.34.16 255.255.255.240
FWL01#    sh run glob
global (outside) 1 interface
global (outside) 2 x.x.x.x
Thanks,
Chris

How to reverse table direction

Hi, i've noticed that there is a way to reverse a table direction in the "Help" menu, but, the steps given to reverse the table direction doesn't work!
After selecting the table, you are supposed to choose "Format" -> "Table" -> "Reverse Table Direction" but there is no such option! I can't even locate the "Table" inside "Format".
Any help...?
Thanks,
Tal.

Wayne Contello wrote:
What version of Numbers are you asking about?
In Numbers 3.2.x you can see there is no menu item :
maybe the help you are referring to is for the Yosimite version of Numbers?
I'm on Numbers 3.5, which is the latest version of Numbers.
You are right about Numbers 3.2.x versions that didn't have any option of "Table" inside "Format", but this option didn't appear in the Numbers Help also.
After updating to Numbers 3.5, I checked this specific subject and saw that it is in the Help menu, so I thought it is a new feature they added to the app.
For some reason, there is a documentation for it in the Help menu of the app, but no sign of it in the app itself.
This is definitely a mistake by Apple. No way there is documentation for it in the Help menu but no sign for it in the app itself. Something is wrong here...

Reverse clip direction-nothing in advanced menu(as stated in Help)

help.
just installed this hd 6.
previously i was able to reverse clip direction---advanced>reverse clip direction.
in imovie hd6 the help topic states to go to advanced after clip is selected. but there is no "reverse clip"command.
where and how do i do this task.
please answer.
thanks
stuart0 211

Click on the 'Editing' tab below the clips pane on the right hand side, then on the 'Video FX' tab at the top, and scroll down to 'Fast/Slow/Reverse'.
As with most awkward things, this is described (..if you scroll right down to the bottom, under iMovie 5 / iMovie HD specific..) in Dan's brilliant "Unofficial" iMovie FAQ.
That should be everyone's first port of call for concise answers to iMovie problems!
By the way, Welcome to iMovie Discussions!

Filled area on left or right side of path – make path clockwise - reverse path

Hello,
for a script I'm writing, which will select path points at specific angles (all angles with less than 180°) I need to know, if the inner part of my shape (namely the filled area) is to the left or to the right regarding the direction the path is running.
In Illustrator I'm able to create shapes by drawing clockwise or counterclockwise. This is a problem, because the filled area sometimes is to the left and sometimes to the right. I know a script out there, which makes the path running the reverse direction. But it doesn't care if the path is already running clockwise or counterclockwise.
I'm looking for a script which allows me to destinctivly make a path running clockwise when it is counterclockwise so that the filled area is to the right of the path or leave it as it is.
I've been searching on google for ages already but could'nt find any script which handled this before.
thank you for any help
Benny

select a path before running
var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var sel = idoc.selection[0];
if (sel.polarity == 'PolarityValues.NEGATIVE')
sel.polarity = PolarityValues.POSITIVE;
edit:
yeah, same as what elDudereno said

SharePoint 2013 Media Player using UNC path directly without using a Website in IIS (either out of the box or custom player using javascript only)

Hi,
There isn't much info on this and I am hoping its possible.
I have come across the following article which explains how we can setup SharePoint 2013 Asset Library using video links using a website in IIS that is mapped to a UNC path.
http://stevemannspath.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/sharepoint-2013-videos-in-sharepoint.html
This is great. However we have an issue where I work and I need somehow to get SharePoint mediaplayer to point to a video directly using the UNC path like :- \\WINSP13\TempVideos\NTV_Carr_Indig.wmv without the use of a website in IIS.
I understand that we won't be able to stream the video then thats ok.
when trying to add a video link to an asset library using the UNC path, we get the following error: We don't support
playing a video of that format from a file share.
Is there a way or a workaround to do this? we are using only javascript to do this (AngularJS or any custom Javascript player such as MediaElement)
Thanks
Kind Regards,
Will

From a SharePoint architecture perspective, this is a BAD design, since you are rerouting the communications (from the client to the UNC) away from and outside of SharePoint... as a result, SP cannot provide any level of guarantee about the ability for videos
to play on the client machine.
Secondarily, I'm not sure that the browser will let you pull resources from such different locations (doing so has been the root of several type of attacks, such as "Cross Site Scripting").
That said (and assuming the browser lets you), you can always use JS to handle creating the video player HTML and setting the UNC location... instead of using a site asset library to store the links, just create a list for the videos
Scott Brickey
MCTS, MCPD, MCITP
www.sbrickey.com
Strategic Data Systems - for all your SharePoint needs

In Win7, I've set all flipflopwheel registry entries to 1, reversing scroll direction - everywhere except Thunderbird! (Even works in Firefox) Ideas?

I'm a Mac user in a Windows world. I like "natural scrolling". I've reversed all the windows scrolling by changing all instances of "flipflopwheel" in the registry. This fixed it even for low-level software like Synergy, which lets me use my keyboard and mouse across both my Windows and Mac computers.
Any idea why Thunderbird would be reading the mouse directly, and if that's really what's happening, how to change it's interpretation of the scroll wheel to match the rest of the OS?

Right-click on the YouTube video. Does it say About HTML5 or About Flash Player?
If it says About Flash Player, then go to the mixer, open the detailed view to see all the sliders, and make sure that the volume for the Flash Player slider is not muted.

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