The curve-fitting tag has no wiki summary.
6
votes
3answers
145 views
Smooth curve through points with pgfplots
I know that one can get smooth point connections with option smooth to \addplot that takes the previous and the next point into account, but this still connects all the points.
How can I draw a ...
27
votes
1answer
604 views
Hobby path realization in convex hull approach
Motivation
In the answer
Highlight a group of nodes in a tikz tree, Jake suggested combining the convex hull approach from padded boundary of convex hull with the hobby path and I was really ...
58
votes
6answers
2k views
Curve through a sequence of points with Metapost and TikZ
This question led to a new package:
hobby
I found Metapost best for drawing complex smooth curves (i.e., Bezier, splines), since you do not have to directly specify Bezier control points. ...
9
votes
1answer
1k views
What “smooth” plot interpolation algorithm does pgfplots use?
In the pgfplots manual it says:
\addplot+[smooth]
Smooth plots interpolate smoothly between successive points.
In order to choose the right sampling of points from a function evaluation for ...
