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Spline Transition
license: gpl-3.0

This example is the third of three in the Path Transitions tutorial; see the previous example for context.

When transitioning a transform on a path using basis interpolation, you must clip the path by two additional control points so that the change in tangent is not visible while the path slides left.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
</style>
<svg width="960" height="500"></svg>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
var n = 40,
random = d3.randomNormal(0, .2),
data = d3.range(n).map(random);
var svg = d3.select("svg"),
margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 20, left: 40},
width = +svg.attr("width") - margin.left - margin.right,
height = +svg.attr("height") - margin.top - margin.bottom,
g = svg.append("g").attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
var x = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([1, n - 2])
.range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([-1, 1])
.range([height, 0]);
var line = d3.line()
.curve(d3.curveBasis)
.x(function(d, i) { return x(i); })
.y(function(d, i) { return y(d); });
g.append("defs").append("clipPath")
.attr("id", "clip")
.append("rect")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);
g.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis axis--x")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + y(0) + ")")
.call(d3.axisBottom(x));
g.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis axis--y")
.call(d3.axisLeft(y));
g.append("g")
.attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)")
.append("path")
.datum(data)
.attr("class", "line")
.transition()
.duration(500)
.ease(d3.easeLinear)
.on("start", tick);
function tick() {
// Push a new data point onto the back.
data.push(random());
// Redraw the line.
d3.select(this)
.attr("d", line)
.attr("transform", null);
// Slide it to the left.
d3.active(this)
.attr("transform", "translate(" + x(0) + ",0)")
.transition()
.on("start", tick);
// Pop the old data point off the front.
data.shift();
}
</script>
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praveenuics commented Jun 29, 2017

Is this code available in v3 at all?

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