Animate the movement of a bug along a path.
Demonstrates how to use the getTotalLength and getPointAtLength methods on SVG path elements to interpolate a point along an existing path.
Built with svg.js and inspired by @mbostock's much slicker D3-variants, here and here
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <script src="http://cdn.rawgit.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/master/extras/coffee-script.js"></script> | |
| <script src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/svgjs/svg.js"></script> | |
| <style> | |
| path { | |
| fill: none; | |
| stroke: #999; | |
| stroke-width: 1.5px; | |
| } | |
| circle, ellipse { | |
| fill: steelblue; | |
| stroke: white; | |
| stroke-width: 1.5px; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| <body> | |
| <div id="canvas"></div> | |
| <script type="text/coffeescript"> | |
| w = 960 | |
| h = 500 | |
| draw = SVG('canvas').size(w, h) | |
| curveSpec = """ | |
| M192,355 | |
| L224, 365.626 | |
| C256, 376.35, 320, 397.8, 384, 359.67 | |
| C448, 321.54, 512, 223.837, 570, 192.8 | |
| C628, 161.755, 680, 197.78, 706, 215.19 | |
| L732, 233 | |
| """ | |
| draw.path(curveSpec, true).attr("id", "curve") | |
| curve = document.querySelector "#curve" | |
| origin = curve.getPointAtLength 0 | |
| bug = draw.circle(13).center(origin.x, origin.y) | |
| bug.moveAlong = (path, reverse=false, duration=2000) -> | |
| length = path.getTotalLength() | |
| timer = draw.circle(0).animate(duration) | |
| # t ranges from 0 to 1 over the duration of the timer | |
| transition = (t) => | |
| t = 1 - t if reverse | |
| point = path.getPointAtLength t * length | |
| @center point.x, point.y | |
| timer.during(transition) | |
| reverse = true | |
| run = -> | |
| reverse = not reverse # reverse direction on next run | |
| bug.moveAlong(curve, reverse).after(run) | |
| run() | |
| </script> |