diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 57f94f6..f1e9486 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
   - [ ] Stacked Area
 - [X] Transition Enter State with Previous Scale
   - [X] How to handle Ordinal Scales where value didn't exist previously? (closest index?)
-- [ ] Add Animation Easing Functions
-  - [ ] Basic Quad Easing
-  - [ ] Elastic Easing
-  - [ ] Linear Easing
+- [X] Add Animation Easing Functions
+  - [X] Basic Quad Easing
+  - [X] Elastic Easing
+  - [X] Linear Easing
 - [ ] Auto Height/Width options for
-- [ ] Canvas High DPI: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/canvas/hidpi/
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+- [ ] Canvas High DPI: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/canvas/hidpi/
diff --git a/addon/components/e3-layout.js b/addon/components/e3-layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc92baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addon/components/e3-layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+const {guidFor} = Ember;
+
+let e3Layout = Ember.Component.extend({
+  tagName: '',
+
+  /*
+   At minimum, we should provide data array to a layout.
+   */
+  attrs: {
+    data: null
+  },
+
+  /*
+   Any attributes changed; recalculate the layout.
+   */
+  didUpdateAttrs() {
+    this.getAttr('_e3Context').updateMeta(
+      'layouts',
+      this.getAttr('name'),
+      this._generateLayout()
+    );
+  },
+
+  /*
+   Internal private hook to trigger the layout's implementation of the
+   using component's `generateLayout()`
+   */
+  _generateLayout() {
+    let data = this.getData();
+    return this.generateLayout(data);
+  },
+
+  /*
+   Hook to get the data that will be used to generate the layout.
+   */
+  getData() {
+    return this.getAttr('data');
+  },
+
+  /*
+   Generate item layout
+   */
+  _generateItemLayout(data) {
+    return this.generateItemLayout(data);
+  },
+
+  /*
+   Actually generate the layout
+   */
+  generateLayout(data) {
+    let guidMap = Object.create(null);
+
+    // For each item, create a layout.
+    data.forEach(item => {
+      let guid = guidFor(item);
+      guidMap[guid] = this._generateItemLayout(item);
+    });
+
+    return function(item) {
+      return guidMap[guidFor(item)];
+    };
+  },
+
+  generateItemLayout(/*data*/) {}
+});
+
+e3Layout.reopenClass({
+  positionalParams: ['_e3Context', 'name']
+});
+
+export default e3Layout;
diff --git a/addon/components/e3-layout/identity.js b/addon/components/e3-layout/identity.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9aff51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addon/components/e3-layout/identity.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import layout from '../e3-layout';
+
+/*
+ This is more or less a utility layout that will take x & y scales and
+ create a layout for objects based on that layout.
+ */
+export default layout.extend({
+  name: 'identity',
+
+  attrs: {
+    x: null,
+    y: null
+  },
+
+  generateItemLayout(item) {
+    let xScale = this.getAttr('x');
+    let yScale = this.getAttr('y');
+
+    if(!xScale || !yScale) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    return {
+      x: xScale(item),
+      y: yScale(item)
+    };
+  }
+});
diff --git a/addon/helpers/e3-bind-layout.js b/addon/helpers/e3-bind-layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b20eb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addon/helpers/e3-bind-layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+/*
+ A layout is a function that takes a model as an input, and returns an object
+ that represents the position for that object. Most likey, the returned result
+ of the layout is something like
+  {
+    x: {INTEGER},
+    y: {INTEGER}
+  }
+ */
+export function e3BindLayout(params/*, hash*/) {
+  let [layout, layoutProp] = params;
+
+  if(layout) {
+    return function(data) {
+      let itemLayout = layout(data);
+      if(itemLayout) {
+        return itemLayout[layoutProp];
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+export default Ember.Helper.helper(e3BindLayout);
diff --git a/addon/utils/shadow/scales/ordinal.js b/addon/utils/shadow/scales/ordinal.js
index 6ce2fc5..1e317cb 100644
--- a/addon/utils/shadow/scales/ordinal.js
+++ b/addon/utils/shadow/scales/ordinal.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export default function shadowScalesOrdinal(range = [0,1], domain = [0,1], optio
   }
 
   // Create the lookup map.
-  let map = {};
+  let map = Object.create(null);
   let stepSpacing = (spaceBetween / max(1, (bands - 1)));
 
   // Create a lookup in the map for each item in the domain.
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ function calculateMissingPosition(lookedUpVal, domain, sort) {
   }
 
   return found;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/components/e3-layout.js b/app/components/e3-layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f2872b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/e3-layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from 'ember-e3/components/e3-layout';
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diff --git a/app/components/e3-layout/identity.js b/app/components/e3-layout/identity.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a19399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/e3-layout/identity.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from 'ember-e3/components/e3-layout/identity';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/helpers/e3-bind-layout.js b/app/helpers/e3-bind-layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c739da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/e3-bind-layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default, e3BindLayout } from 'ember-e3/helpers/e3-bind-layout';
diff --git a/tests/dummy/app/router.js b/tests/dummy/app/router.js
index 593863c..4e1ca2a 100644
--- a/tests/dummy/app/router.js
+++ b/tests/dummy/app/router.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Router.map(function() {
   this.route('grouped-bars');
   this.route('invert');
   this.route('nytimes-strikeouts');
+  this.route('force-direction');
 });
 
 export default Router;
diff --git a/tests/dummy/app/routes/bubble-1.js b/tests/dummy/app/routes/bubble-1.js
index 0fca7c0..9876a5e 100644
--- a/tests/dummy/app/routes/bubble-1.js
+++ b/tests/dummy/app/routes/bubble-1.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export default Ember.Route.extend({
     return g(10);
   },
   setupController(controller, model) {
-    window.c = this;
     controller.set('model', model);
   }
 });
diff --git a/tests/dummy/app/routes/force-direction.js b/tests/dummy/app/routes/force-direction.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9876a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dummy/app/routes/force-direction.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+let ID = 0;
+// TODO: Use faker or something here.
+function g(number) {
+  let res = [];
+  while(--number >= 0) {
+    res.push(o());
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+function o() {
+  return {
+    id: ++ID,
+    value: Math.random() * 100,
+    temperature: Math.random() * 100
+  };
+}
+
+export default Ember.Route.extend({
+  actions: {
+    add() {
+      let model = this.controller.get('model');
+      model.push(o());
+      this.controller.set('model', model.slice(0));
+    },
+    clear() {
+      this.controller.set('model', []);
+    }
+  },
+  model() {
+    return g(10);
+  },
+  setupController(controller, model) {
+    controller.set('model', model);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/tests/dummy/app/templates/force-direction.hbs b/tests/dummy/app/templates/force-direction.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79687f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dummy/app/templates/force-direction.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<h2 class="title">Force Direction (in progress)</h2>
+<br><br>
+{{#e3-container type='svg' height=400 width=800 as |ctx meta|}}
+  <metadata>
+    {{e3-scale/linear ctx 'x'
+      domain=(e3-extent model key='value' padding=0.2 min-delta=5)
+      range=ctx.horizontalRange
+    }}
+    {{e3-scale/linear ctx 'y'
+      domain=(e3-extent model key='temperature' padding=0.3 min-delta=5)
+      range=ctx.verticalRange
+    }}
+
+    {{e3-layout/identity ctx 'identity'
+      data=model
+      x=(e3-bind-scale meta.scales.x 'value')
+      y=(e3-bind-scale meta.scales.y 'temperature')
+    }}
+  </metadata>
+
+  {{#each model as |data|}}
+    {{e3-shape/circle ctx
+      data=data
+      x=(e3-bind-layout meta.layouts.identity 'x')
+      y=(e3-bind-layout meta.layouts.identity 'y')
+    }}
+  {{/each}}
+{{/e3-container}}
diff --git a/tests/integration/components/e3-layout-test.js b/tests/integration/components/e3-layout-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..799031b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/components/e3-layout-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { moduleForComponent, test } from 'ember-qunit';
+import hbs from 'htmlbars-inline-precompile';
+
+moduleForComponent('e3-layout', 'Integration | Component | e3 layout', {
+  integration: true
+});
+
+test('it renders', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(2);
+
+  // Set any properties with this.set('myProperty', 'value');
+  // Handle any actions with this.on('myAction', function(val) { ... });
+
+  this.render(hbs`{{e3-layout}}`);
+
+  assert.equal(this.$().text().trim(), '');
+
+  // Template block usage:
+  this.render(hbs`
+    {{#e3-layout}}
+      template block text
+    {{/e3-layout}}
+  `);
+
+  assert.equal(this.$().text().trim(), 'template block text');
+});
diff --git a/tests/integration/components/e3-layout/identity-test.js b/tests/integration/components/e3-layout/identity-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fb87df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/components/e3-layout/identity-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { moduleForComponent, test } from 'ember-qunit';
+import hbs from 'htmlbars-inline-precompile';
+
+moduleForComponent('e3-layout/identity', 'Integration | Component | e3 layout/identity', {
+  integration: true
+});
+
+test('it renders', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(2);
+
+  // Set any properties with this.set('myProperty', 'value');
+  // Handle any actions with this.on('myAction', function(val) { ... });
+
+  this.render(hbs`{{e3-layout/identity}}`);
+
+  assert.equal(this.$().text().trim(), '');
+
+  // Template block usage:
+  this.render(hbs`
+    {{#e3-layout/identity}}
+      template block text
+    {{/e3-layout/identity}}
+  `);
+
+  assert.equal(this.$().text().trim(), 'template block text');
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/helpers/e3-bind-layout-test.js b/tests/unit/helpers/e3-bind-layout-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae45ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/helpers/e3-bind-layout-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { e3BindLayout } from '../../../helpers/e3-bind-layout';
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Helper | e3 bind layout');
+
+// Replace this with your real tests.
+test('it works', function(assert) {
+  let lookup = {'1234': {x: 12}};
+  let layout = function(data) {
+    return lookup[data.id];
+  };
+
+  var result = e3BindLayout([layout, 'x']);
+  assert.ok(result);
+  assert.equal(result({id: '1234'}), 12, 'the correct value is returned');
+});