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SVG infinity animate not working properly


I have created the SVG infinity animation but it's not working smoothly, It's stuck in the middle and then flow off. Settled nodes in Illustrator in SVG but after that I have facing same issue. Can anybody review the code and help me Please?

.svg-main {
    width: 700px;
    margin: 30px auto;
    position: relative;
}
svg#svga {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: auto;
    bottom: auto;
    right: auto;
}

.sd1{fill:none;stroke:#000000; stroke-width:6;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;}
.circ{fill:#000000; }
.st0{fill:#cccccc;}
.st1{fill:#cccccc;}
.st2{fill:none;stroke:#cccccc;stroke-width:6;stroke-miterlimit:10;}
<div class="svg-main">
<svg version="1.1" id="svga" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
	 width="300px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 685 310" style="enable-background:new 0 0 671.1 304.4;" xml:space="preserve"
	>
<g class="svg-col">
	<path class="sd1" id="loop-normal" d="M343.6,156.5c11,15.9,104.6,147.2,181.9,147.6c0.1,0,0.8,0,1,0c82.1-0.3,148.6-67,148.6-149.2
	c0-82.4-66.8-149.2-149.2-149.2c-77.2,0-170.8,131-182.2,147.5c-0.8,1.1-1.6,2.3-2.1,3.1c-10.6,15.3-104.8,147.8-182.4,147.8
	C76.7,304.2,9.9,237.4,9.9,155S76.7,5.8,159.1,5.8c77.2,0,170.7,130.9,182.2,147.5C342.1,154.4,342.9,155.6,343.6,156.5z"/>
		<animate attributeName="stroke-dasharray" attributeType="XML"
		    	from="1900, 1700"  to="200 1700"
		    	begin="0s" dur="3s"
		    	repeatCount="indefinite"/>
		<animate attributeName="stroke-dashoffset" attributeType="XML"
	    	from="-1700"  to="-3600"
	    	begin="0s" dur="3s"
	    	repeatCount="indefinite"/>  
	</path>

	<circle id="plug" class="circ" cx="0" cy="0" r="7"/> 
	<animateMotion
		xlink:href="#plug"
	  	dur="3s"
		rotate="auto"
		repeatCount="indefinite"
		calcMode="linear"
		keyTimes="0;1"    
		keySplines="0.42, 0, 0.58, 1">
		<mpath xlink:href="#loop-normal"/>
	</animateMotion> 
</g>	
</svg>
 
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 22.1.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<svg version="1.1" id="svg-bg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
	 width="300px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 685 310" style="enable-background:new 0 0 685 310;" xml:space="preserve"> 
<path class="st2" d="M159.1,5.8C76.7,5.8,9.9,72.6,9.9,155s66.8,149.2,149.2,149.2S342.5,155,342.5,155S241.5,5.8,159.1,5.8z
	 M525.9,5.8C443.5,5.8,342.5,155,342.5,155s101,149.2,183.4,149.2S675.1,237.4,675.1,155S608.3,5.8,525.9,5.8z"/>
</svg>
</div>


Solution

  • The first precondition to get a fluent movement with stroke-dashoffset animations is to know the length of the path with appropriate precision:

    document.querySelector('#loop-normal').getTotalLength() // approx. 1910
    
    1. Leave out the animation of stroke-dasharray. Instead divide the total length fo the path statically into one dash and one gap: stroke-dasharray="200 1710". (Any other proportion will work as long as the sum equals 1910.)
    2. Your <animateMotion> is lacking the keyPoints attribute. Set it to "0;1"
    3. Defining keySplines has no effect as long as you don't set calcMode="spline". Leave it of.

    The rest is a bit of a simplification: define the path only once, and position both the background and animated use in the same SVG; name the correct path length in the stroke-dashoffset animation to ensure smooth movement; remove unused CSS.

    .svg-main {
        width: 700px;
        margin: 30px auto;
        position: relative;
    }
    svg#svga {
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: auto;
        bottom: auto;
        right: auto;
    }
    
    .st2{fill:none;stroke:#cccccc;stroke-width:6;}
    .sd1{fill:none;stroke:#000000; stroke-width:6;stroke-linecap:round;}
    .circ{fill:#000000; }
    <div class="svg-main">
    <svg id="svga" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    	 width="300px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 685 310">
      <g class="st2">
    	<path id="loop-normal" d="M343.6,156.5c11,15.9,104.6,147.2,181.9,147.6c0.1,0,0.8,0,1,0c82.1-0.3,148.6-67,148.6-149.2
    	c0-82.4-66.8-149.2-149.2-149.2c-77.2,0-170.8,131-182.2,147.5c-0.8,1.1-1.6,2.3-2.1,3.1c-10.6,15.3-104.8,147.8-182.4,147.8
    	C76.7,304.2,9.9,237.4,9.9,155S76.7,5.8,159.1,5.8c77.2,0,170.7,130.9,182.2,147.5C342.1,154.4,342.9,155.6,343.6,156.5z"/>
      </g>
    	<use class="sd1" stroke-dasharray="200 1710" xlink:href="#loop-normal">
    		<animate attributeName="stroke-dashoffset"
    	    	from="200"  to="-1710"
    	    	begin="0s" dur="3s"
    	    	repeatCount="indefinite"/>  
    	</use>
    
    	<circle id="plug" class="circ" cx="0" cy="0" r="7"/> 
    	<animateMotion
    		xlink:href="#plug"
    	  	dur="3s"
    		rotate="auto"
    		repeatCount="indefinite"
    		calcMode="linear"
    		keyTimes="0;1"    
    		keyPoints="0;1">
    		<mpath xlink:href="#loop-normal"/>
    	</animateMotion> 
    </svg>
    </div>