Re: SVG question: gradient perpendicular to line

Nice lateral (ho ho) thinking.

Oliver

On 24 Nov 2012, at 12:28, Thomas DeWeese <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Oliver,
>    There isn't a good general way to apply a gradient perpendicular to a line.  The best option I can think of would be to always have your line always going 0,0 to <Length>,0 and then use a transform to place and rotate the line.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Oliver Kohll <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know if it's possible to apply a gradient perpendicular to a line in SVG? I have the following code:
> 
> 
> <svg contentScriptType="text/ecmascript" width="2000" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" zoomAndPan="magnify" contentStyleType="text/css" height="1000" viewBox="0 0 2000.0 1000.0" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.0">
> <defs>
> <linearGradient gradientTransform="" x1="0%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" gradientUnits="objectBoundingBox" x2="0%" y1="0%" y2="100%" xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onLoad" id="linear0" xlink:show="other" spreadMethod="pad">
> <stop style="stop-color:#000000;stop-opacity:1;" offset="0%"/>
> <stop style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:1;" offset="100%"/>
> </linearGradient>
> </defs>
> <path style="stroke:url(#linear0);fill:none;stroke-width:30.0;" d="M62 175L404 177"/>
> </svg>
> 
> 
> Now in the <linearGradient> element, if you make x1=0%, x2=100%, y1=0%, y2=0% you get a horizontal gradient from black to white across the line. However if I try to rotate the gradient by 90 deg. by making x1=0%, x2=0%, y1=0%, y2=100%, it nearly works but the gradient isn't smooth, but just has one half black and the other half white.
> 
> What I'd like to do in the end is apply a gradient to make the line look like a tube. Is this possible?
> 
> Cheers
> Oliver Kohll
> 
> www.agilebase.co.uk
> 
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