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Point-Along-Path Interpolation
license: gpl-3.0
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<body>
<style>
path {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
stroke-width: 3px;
}
circle {
fill: steelblue;
stroke: #fff;
stroke-width: 3px;
}
</style>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var points = [
[480, 200],
[580, 400],
[680, 100],
[780, 300],
[180, 300],
[280, 100],
[380, 400]
];
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", 960)
.attr("height", 500);
var path = svg.append("path")
.data([points])
.attr("d", d3.svg.line()
.tension(0) // Catmull–Rom
.interpolate("cardinal-closed"));
svg.selectAll(".point")
.data(points)
.enter().append("circle")
.attr("r", 4)
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d + ")"; });
var circle = svg.append("circle")
.attr("r", 13)
.attr("transform", "translate(" + points[0] + ")");
transition();
function transition() {
circle.transition()
.duration(10000)
.attrTween("transform", translateAlong(path.node()))
.each("end", transition);
}
// Returns an attrTween for translating along the specified path element.
function translateAlong(path) {
var l = path.getTotalLength();
return function(d, i, a) {
return function(t) {
var p = path.getPointAtLength(t * l);
return "translate(" + p.x + "," + p.y + ")";
};
};
}
</script>
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