JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="canvas_container"></div>
JavaScript
var canvas = Raphael('canvas_container', 322, 273);
var set = canvas.set(canvas.circle(110, 265, 7), canvas.circle(110, 7, 7), canvas.circle(7, 151, 7)).attr({
stroke: "none",
fill: "#666"
});
var pathstr = "M 109 255 l 0 -245 l -103 141 l 265 0";
var path = dashline(canvas, pathstr, 4000, {
stroke: '#828282',
'stroke-dasharray': "--",
'stroke-linecap': "butt",
'stroke-width': 1,
'fill-opacity': 0
}, 1000);
function dashline(canvas, pathstr, duration, attr) {
var guide_path = canvas.path(pathstr).attr({
stroke: "none",
fill: "none"
});
var path = canvas.path(guide_path.getSubpath(0, 1)).attr(attr);
var total_length = guide_path.getTotalLength(guide_path);
var start_time = new Date().getTime();
var interval_length = 20;
var interval_id = setInterval(function() {
var elapsed_time = new Date().getTime() - start_time;
var this_length = elapsed_time / duration * total_length;
var subpathstr = guide_path.getSubpath(0, this_length);
attr.path = subpathstr;
path.animate(attr, interval_length);
}, interval_length);
return path;
}