[Inkscape-devel] mpath animateMotion (message resent)

15 Oct 2012


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I have a situation with using the animateMotionelement.
Somehow the path to follow seems off.
For example.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
<svg
     xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
     xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
     xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
     xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" >
     width="744.09448819"
     height="1052.3622047"
     id="svg2"
     version="1.1"
     inkscape:version="0.48.3.1 r9886"
     sodipodi:docname="New document 1">
    <defs
       id="defs4" />
    <sodipodi:namedview
       id="base"
       pagecolor="#ffffff"
       bordercolor="#666666"
       borderopacity="1.0"
       inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
       inkscape:pageshadow="2"
       inkscape:zoom="0.35"
       inkscape:cx="-262.14286"
       inkscape:cy="514.28571"
       inkscape:document-units="px"
       inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
       showgrid="false"
       inkscape:window-width="1680"
       inkscape:window-height="995"
       inkscape:window-x="0"
       inkscape:window-y="0"
       inkscape:window-maximized="1" />
    <metadata
       id="metadata7">
      rdf:RDF
        <cc:Work
           rdf:about="">
dc:formatimage/svg+xml</dc:format>
          <dc:type
rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
          dc:title</dc:title>
        </cc:Work>
      </rdf:RDF>
    </metadata>
    <g
       inkscape:label="Layer 1"
       inkscape:groupmode="layer"
       id="layer1">
      <path
         sodipodi:type="arc"
         id="big"
         sodipodi:cx="367.14285"
         sodipodi:cy="333.79074"
         sodipodi:rx="132.85715"
         sodipodi:ry="115.71429"
         d="m 500,333.79074 a 132.85715,115.71429 0 1 1 -265.71429,0
132.85715,115.71429 0 1 1 265.71429,0 z"
style="fill:none;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:2.0999999;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-dasharray:none"
transform="matrix(0.80424543,0,0,0.80424543,45.656955,42.48392)"
         inkscape:label="#path2985" />
      <path
         sodipodi:type="arc"
style="fill:none;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:2.0999999;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-dasharray:none"
         id="small"
         sodipodi:cx="404.28571"
         sodipodi:cy="765.2193"
         sodipodi:rx="58.57143"
         sodipodi:ry="58.57143"
         d="m 462.85714,765.2193 a 58.57143,58.57143 0 1 1 -117.14286,0
58.57143,58.57143 0 1 1 117.14286,0 z"
transform="matrix(0.56870733,0,0,0.56870733,37.222609,150.03348)"
         inkscape:label="#path3755">
         <animateMotion dur="6s" repeatCount="indefinite" rotate="0" >
         <mpath xlink:href="#big"/>
      </animateMotion>
      </path>
    </g>
</svg>
Why does the small ellipse not follow the path of the larger one?

[Inkscape-devel] mpath animateMotion (message resent)

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