sin(2t), radial projection

This is a graph of the sin(2t) function in a radial view.

The curve is animated without interpolating the path.

See this example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

.frame {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #000;
}

.axis text {
  font: 10px sans-serif;
}

.axis line,
.axis circle {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #777;
  stroke-dasharray: 1,4;
}

.axis :last-of-type circle {
  stroke: #333;
  stroke-dasharray: none;
}

.line {
  fill: none;
  stroke: red;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
//2 PI = 360 deg
var data = d3.range(0, 2*Math.PI, .01).map(function(t) {
  return [t, Math.sin(2*t)];
});

var margin = 30;
// radius is the minimal dimension, minus the margin
var width = 960,
    height = 500,
    radius = Math.min(width, height) / 2 - margin;

var r = d3.scale.linear()
    .domain([0, 1])
    .range([0, radius]);

//default accessor [[x1,y1]] => radian and angle
var line = d3.svg.line.radial()
    .radius(function(d){ console.log('====',d[0],d[1],r(d[1])); return (r(d[1])); })  // will change between -1 and 1
    .angle(function(d) { console.log('====',d[0]*(180/Math.PI));return d[0];});

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
  .attr("width", width)
  .attr("height", height)
  .append("g")
  .attr("transform", "translate(" + width / 2 + "," + height / 2 + ")");
// radius axis
// cheat with CSS
var gr = svg.append("g")
  .attr("class", "r axis")
  .selectAll("g")
  .data(r.ticks(10).slice(0))
  .enter().append("g");

gr.append("circle")
    .attr("r", function(d,i){console.log("=>",d,i,r(d));return r(d)});

gr.append("text")
    .attr("y", function(d) { return -r(d) - 4; })
    .attr("transform", "rotate(50)")
    .style("text-anchor", "middle")
    .text(function(d) { return d; });

var ga = svg.append("g")
  .attr("class", "a axis")
  .selectAll("g")
    .data(d3.range(0, 360, 15))
  .enter().append("g")
    .attr("transform", function(d) { return "rotate(" + (d-90) + ")"; });

ga.append("line")
    .attr("x2", radius);

ga.append("text")
    .attr("x", radius + 6)
    .attr("dy", ".35em")
    .style("text-anchor", function(d) { return d < 270 && d > 90 ? "end" : null; })
    .attr("transform", function(d) { return d < 270 && d > 90 ? "rotate(180 " + (radius + 6) + ",0)" : null; })
    .text(function(d) { return d + "°"; });
// a bit cheating
var path =
     svg.append("path")
    .datum(data)
    .attr("class", "line")
    .attr("d", line);
var totalLength = path.node().getTotalLength();
path
  .attr("stroke-dasharray", totalLength + " " + totalLength)
  .attr("stroke-dashoffset", totalLength)
  .transition()
    .duration(2000)
    .ease("linear")
    .attr("stroke-dashoffset", 0);
</script>
</body>

Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js to a secure url

https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js