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SVG Performance with use and many
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>SVG Swarm</title>
<style>
svg {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
}
use {
fill:none;
stroke-width:1;
stroke:#000;
}
</style>
<div id="fps">FPS: <span>?</span></div>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v2.min.js?2.9.1"></script>
<script>
var data = d3.range(100).map(function() {
return d3.range(5).map(function() {
return {xloc: 0, yloc: 0, xvel: 0, yvel: 0};
});
});
var width = 960,
height = 500;
var x = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([-5, 5])
.range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([-5, 5])
.range([0, height]);
var time0 = Date.now(),
time1;
var fps = d3.select("#fps span");
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);
var use = svg.append('defs').selectAll('path')
.data(data)
.enter()
.append('path')
.attr('id', function(d, i) { return 'path-' + i; })
.attr("d", function(d) {
return 'M' + d.map(function(x) { return [x.xloc, x.yloc]; }).join('L');
});
var p = svg.selectAll("use")
.data(data)
.enter()
.append('use')
.attr('xlink:href', function(d, i) { '#path-' + i; });
var fpsqueue = [];
d3.timer(function() {
data.forEach(function(x) {
x.forEach(function(d) {
d.xloc += d.xvel;
d.yloc += d.yvel;
d.xvel += 0.04 * (Math.random() - .5) - 0.05 * d.xvel - 0.0005 * d.xloc;
d.yvel += 0.04 * (Math.random() - .5) - 0.05 * d.yvel - 0.0005 * d.yloc;
});
});
use.attr("d", function(d) {
return 'M' + d.map(function(a) { return [x(a.xloc), y(a.yloc)]; }).join('L');
});
p.attr('xlink:href', function(d, i) { return '#path-' + i; });
time1 = Date.now();
if (fpsqueue.length === 100) { fps.text(d3.mean(fpsqueue).toFixed(3)); fpsqueue = []; }
fpsqueue.push(Math.round(1000 / (time1 - time0)));
time0 = time1;
});
</script>
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