Dashed line in Motion

Hi I'm tryin create an animated dashed line in motion.
I've done a lot of searches on the forum and people keep refering to this url: http://www.motionsmarts.com/tutorials/drawinglines/drawinglines1.html
However the site is closed so can't seem to find any good info.
Any ideas?
Thanks

What you want can be done by using shape styles with either the line (shape) tool or paint brush and applying the write-on behavior. (A couple of the shape styles are dashes.)
I think that at least one of Mark Spencer's Mac Break Studio episodes is on paint brushes and/or shapes. Do a search.
There is a very good Motion discussion group in these forums. There is also a good one at Creative Cow (at which Mark Spencer is a frequent contributor).
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