svg line animation not functioning - animation

Question

I need a pair of fresh eyes.
Actions: Created svg in both Illustrator and switched to Inkscape when line would not animate. Still not working. Have tried with my current svg and a few others, including a basic line to no avail.[enter code here]
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JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/senorzacharias/f2qmu66L/

Answer 1

There are several things wrong here.
The primary thing that was wrong was the fact that the inline style attributes take precendence over the CSS rules. So the style="...stroke-dasharray:none.." was preventing the line animation from functioning.
Once you fix that, the stroke-width value of 0.1 means that it is too small to be visible.
Once you fix those two things, you get this:
I've made the stroke red so it is easier to see.
.path {
stroke: red;
stroke-width: 4;
stroke-dasharray: 800;
stroke-dashoffset: 0;
-webkit-animation: dash 5s linear forwards;
-moz-animation: dash 5s linear forwards;
-o-animation: dash 5s linear forwards;
animation: dash 5s linear forwards;
}
#-webkit-keyframes dash {
from {
stroke-dashoffset: 800;
}
to {
stroke-dashoffset:0;
}
}
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