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Hi,

 

I have a site with a simple vector map, and I'm trying to draw lines on it that show up sequentially.

 

I've gotten this much so far;

 

See the Pen aEFDw by anon (@anon) on CodePen


 

But I can't figure out how to show the lines one after another. I thought maybe I could do it using TweenMax.

 

I'd appreciate any leads!
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Hi,

 

One choice would be to create a timeline and add the function that draw the lines in the sequence you want and with the desired delay using delayedCall.

 

Perhaps this previous post might come in handy:

 

http://forums.greensock.com/topic/8424-clearinterval-equivalent/?view=getnewpost

 

Keep in mind that the delayedCall method returns a TweenLite instance so if you want the lines to animate without any delay between each other besides it's own duration, there's no need to add an extra delay time between the instances, the engine takes care of things.

 

Best

Rodrigo

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Hi,

 

You should keep in mind that GSAP animates CSS properties and tweens any numeric values an object may have, but it doesn't directly draw lines.

 

What you can do is use GSAP timing mechanism to draw the lines with the correct given data. Yake a look at this post:

 

http://forums.greensock.com/topic/8510-animating-svg-paths-within-a-timeline/

 

Check the stackoferflow link and the amazing codepen made by Carl is a must see, so you can check how simple is to use the engine for those purposes and that the heavy load comes with getting the SVG paths correctly.

 

Best,

Rodrigo.

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Now I'm trying to follow the codepen drawing that Carl made, and this is my codepen where I'm testing it;


 


See the Pen CDHoB by anon (@anon) on CodePen


 


The thing is, that the only the last javascript code is getting executed.


 


Sorry if this is something really basic, but I'm new to javascript, let alone tweenmax.


 


Thanks!


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Thanks, but not sure if that's what I'm trying to do. Please look at this page (you have to scroll down and wait for a few seconds)

 

http://www.goindoor.com/demo/

 

I don't know if it's superscrollorama issue or tweenmax issue, but you can see that the lines are already drawn when you load the page, and if you scroll down they begin to draw again. I'd like the page to be blank when it's loaded and then the lines begin to draw.

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Hi,

 

Unfortunately we're not superscrollorama experts, but one thing that you could try is create the timelines paused, like this:

orig1.style.stroke = '#f60';

var t1 = controller.addTween(
	"#hospital_drawing",
	(new TimelineLite({paused:true}))
	.add([
TweenMax.to(obj1, .5, {length:obj1.pathLength, onUpdate:drawLine1, delay:4,ease:Linear.easeNone})
]));
function drawLine1() {
  orig1.style.strokeDasharray = [obj1.length,obj1.pathLength].join(' ');

}

Question, have you tried without superscrollorama?. Try creating a master timeline that is paused, then create individual timelines or tweens to draw the lines, then nest those tweens/timelines to the master one with the add method and with an event play the master timeline, if that works what you could do is create a dummy tween that lasts 0.0001 seconds, add that to superscrollorama and add an onComplete callback to play the master timeline, not pretty but it could work.

 

Rodrigo.

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