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SVG path animation

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Last edited Dec 29, 2013

Created on Dec 28, 2013

An SVG rocket follows a twisting path in an infinite loop, with its orientation continuously adjusted to match the path's tangent. A checkbox toggles the path's visibility. The animation synchronizes marker movement with path traversal using D3.js v3, the `transition.attrTween` method, and SVG path geometry functions (`getTotalLength`, `getPointAtLength`). Path data comes from an external SVG file, and the rocket is an image element.

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Marker animation along SVG "path" element with D3.js: animating "path" and marker movement synchronously, marker rotate according to tangent line to path.

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