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Pentagon Diagram - connection lines
Hello,
is there a possibility in Articulate to align lines to points.
The grouping option does not help me much. I have created a pentagon diagram (see attachment) that uses normal ellipses to represent the points in the diagram. The ellipses move along motion paths depending on variables. At the end I want to connect the points in the diagram with lines.
1. Is there a way to connect the points without javascript?
I am a newbie in terms of javascript.
2. in PPT there is a flexible way to connect lines. Are there such connections in Articulate as well?
3. How would such a programming look like in javascript?
4. What would be the appropriate connection command?
Thanks for any support, regards, Christine
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Please correct me if I'm off, but I think you are wanting the dots to draw the pentagram.
If so, I recommend approximating the effect by combining the wheel animation on the pentagram and motion paths on the dots. For more control, you may need to use a wipe animation on lines positioned like a pentagram, as the wheel animation only works from the top.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/5f6884ad-f228-4dff-8cb5-349114bb6c2e/review
Play around with the "direction" (it should be called "easing") if your dots don't quite line up with the animation. In my example, I turned "direction" off.
