Meatballs

index.html

<main class="overflow-hidden vh-100 flex items-stretch overflow-hidden">
  <svg class="w-100 h-100" viewBox="0 0 1200 1200" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice">
    <defs>
      <pattern id="meatball" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse" width="400" height="400">
        <image xlink:href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/149125/meatball.jpg" x="0" y="0" width="766" height="748" />
      </pattern>
    </defs>
    
    <g stroke-width="6" fill="url(#meatball)">
      <circle id="js-circle1" cx="400" cy="600" r="96" />
      <circle id="js-circle2" cx="400" cy="600" r="64" stroke="none" />
      <path id="js-connector" d="" />
    </g>
  </svg>
</main>

meatballs.markdown

Meatballs

Based on https://dribbble.com/shots/3410102-A-bit-of-healthiness

Interested in learning how to animate with RxJS? Here are a couple of resources:

• https://css-tricks.com/animated-intro-rxjs/
• http://varun.ca/drag-with-rxjs/

A Pen by Varun Vachhar on CodePen.

License.

script.babel

// Dom Nodes

const circle1 = document.querySelector('#js-circle1');
const circle2 = document.querySelector('#js-circle2');
const connector = document.querySelector('#js-connector');
const VIEWBOX_SIZE = { W: 1200, H: 1200 };
const SIZES = {
  CIRCLE1: 96,
  CIRCLE2: 64,
};

const circle1$ = Rx.Observable.of([600, 600])
  .do(loc => { moveTo(loc, circle1); });

const circle2$ = Rx.Observable.interval(0, Rx.Scheduler.animationFrame)
  .map(frame => 250 * Math.sin(frame / 200))
  .map(x => [600 + x, 600])
  .do(loc => { moveTo(loc, circle2); });

Rx.Observable
  .combineLatest(circle1$, circle2$, (circle1Loc, circle2Loc) =>
    metaball(SIZES.CIRCLE1, SIZES.CIRCLE2, circle1Loc, circle2Loc),
  )
  .subscribe(path => {
    connector.setAttribute('d', path);
  });


/**
 * Based on Metaball script by SATO Hiroyuki
 * http://shspage.com/aijs/en/#metaball
 */
function metaball(radius1, radius2, center1, center2, handleSize = 2.4, v = 0.5) {
  const HALF_PI = Math.PI / 2;
  const d = dist(center1, center2);
  const maxDist = radius1 + radius2 * 2.5;
  let u1, u2;

  if (radius1 === 0 || radius2 === 0 || d > maxDist || d <= Math.abs(radius1 - radius2)) {
    return '';
  }

  if (d < radius1 + radius2) {
    u1 = Math.acos(
      (radius1 * radius1 + d * d - radius2 * radius2) / (2 * radius1 * d),
    );
    u2 = Math.acos(
      (radius2 * radius2 + d * d - radius1 * radius1) / (2 * radius2 * d),
    );
  } else {
    u1 = 0;
    u2 = 0;
  }

  // All the angles
  const angleBetweenCenters = angle(center2, center1);
  const maxSpread = Math.acos((radius1 - radius2) / d);

  const angle1 = angleBetweenCenters + u1 + (maxSpread - u1) * v;
  const angle2 = angleBetweenCenters - u1 - (maxSpread - u1) * v;
  const angle3 = angleBetweenCenters + Math.PI - u2 - (Math.PI - u2 - maxSpread) * v;
  const angle4 = angleBetweenCenters - Math.PI + u2 + (Math.PI - u2 - maxSpread) * v;
  // Points
  const p1 = getVector(center1, angle1, radius1);
  const p2 = getVector(center1, angle2, radius1);
  const p3 = getVector(center2, angle3, radius2);
  const p4 = getVector(center2, angle4, radius2);

  // Define handle length by the
  // distance between both ends of the curve
  const totalRadius = radius1 + radius2;
  const d2Base = Math.min(v * handleSize, dist(p1, p3) / totalRadius);

  // Take into account when circles are overlapping
  const d2 = d2Base * Math.min(1, d * 2 / (radius1 + radius2));

  const r1 = radius1 * d2;
  const r2 = radius2 * d2;

  const h1 = getVector(p1, angle1 - HALF_PI, r1);
  const h2 = getVector(p2, angle2 + HALF_PI, r1);
  const h3 = getVector(p3, angle3 + HALF_PI, r2);
  const h4 = getVector(p4, angle4 - HALF_PI, r2);

  return metaballToPath(
    p1, p2, p3, p4,
    h1, h2, h3, h4,
    d > radius1,
    radius2,
  );
}

function metaballToPath(p1, p2, p3, p4, h1, h2, h3, h4, escaped, r) {
  return [
    'M', p1,
    'C', h1, h3, p3,
    'A', r, r, 0, escaped ? 1 : 0, 0, p4,
    'C', h4, h2, p2,
  ].join(' ');
}


/**
 * Utils
 */
function moveTo([x, y] = [0, 0], element) {
  element.setAttribute('cx', x);
  element.setAttribute('cy', y);
}

function line([x1, y1] = [0, 0], [x2, y2] = [0, 0], element) {
  element.setAttribute('x1', x1);
  element.setAttribute('y1', y1);
  element.setAttribute('x2', x2);
  element.setAttribute('y2', y2);
}

function dist([x1, y1], [x2, y2]) {
  return ((x1 - x2) ** 2 + (y1 - y2) ** 2) ** 0.5;
}

function angle([x1, y1], [x2, y2]) {
  return Math.atan2(y1 - y2, x1 - x2);
}

function getVector([cx, cy], a, r) {
  return [cx + r * Math.cos(a), cy + r * Math.sin(a)];
}

scripts

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@reactivex/rxjs@5.4.3/dist/global/Rx.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/hammer.js/2.0.8/hammer.min.js"></script>

styles

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tachyons/4.6.2/tachyons.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />