# Having an arrow follow a path?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-an-arrow-follow-a-path/249448>\
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**Created:** [January 18, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-an-arrow-follow-a-path/249448 "2008-01-18T21:25:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![sonmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@sonmi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sonmi)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/having-an-arrow-follow-a-path/249448/1 "2008-01-18T21:25:10Z")

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i’m having to make some animations showing routes explorers took.

this is an example of one (don’t mind the look, this was a sample)

[lewis and clark](http://www.sonmisonmi.com/temp/Animations%20samples/Path%20Animation/pathanimation.html)

for this i used a mask over the route, then had the arrow on that path, and rotated it manually at different points along the path.

this was a tedious process, so my question is, is there an easier way to approach this? specifically, can i have the arrow rotate on its own on the path?

thanks.