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I ran into this when trying to make a vector version of the Smith chart [1] - which has a lot of circles. It turns out the inaccuracy from a 4-segment Bezier "c
by jmwilson 3y ago
I ran into this when trying to make a vector version of the Smith chart [1] - which has a lot of circles. It turns out the inaccuracy from a 4-segment Bezier "circle" is significant when you need precisely intersecting arcs at the scale of a full letter/A4 page [2][3]. Ultimately, you can just increase the number of Bezier segments and make the error arbitrarily small; doubling to 8 segments was enough to eliminate the error on the chart even at extreme magnification.
[1] https://www.penpapernomographic.com/pdf/smith-chart.pdf https://www.penpapernomographic.com/pdf/smith-chart.pdf
[2] https://github.com/pgf-tikz/pgf/issues/817 https://github.com/pgf-tikz/pgf/issues/817
[3] https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0cc44db2e367356629d897c10e13318f049ecfa8f72d047ffc35c07f5371f569/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f72694c527a6d7a2e706e67 https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0cc44db2e367356629d897c10...