joining two points on an arc

Apparently you don't mind what has to be the exact radius of the arc. You only want a curved path between those two points. You can use then (point1) to[bend right] (point2).

However, the way you built the figure causes that you have to take into account the radius of the "big gray dots", in order to properly compute the coordinates of the starting and ending points. This is cumbersome.

It is much easier if instead of using circle primitives to draw those big dots, you use circular shaped nodes, and then tikz will do the computations for you.

This is an alternative way to code the same figure, which is more easy to read and to modify. I defined a style for the big dots, which makes easy to change their diameter (minimum size option) or their color, globally. I also gave names to those nodes, and so later I can refer to those names when drawing arrows.

\usetikzlibrary{arrows}
\tikzset{
  big dot/.style={
    circle, inner sep=0pt, 
    minimum size=3mm, fill=gray
 }
}

\begin{tikzpicture}[line cap = round, line join = round, >=triangle 45]
\node[big dot] (origin) at (0,0) {};
\node[big dot] (A) at (3,0)   {};
\node[big dot] (B) at (-1, 3) {};

 \draw[->] (origin) -- (A);
 \draw[->] (origin) -- (B);
 \draw (A) -- (B);
 \draw[->] (A) -- +(1,0);
 \draw[->] (A) to[bend right] (B);
 \end{tikzpicture}

Result


It's okay something like this. Certainly not what would be called a sophisticated answer

enter image description here

\documentclass{article}
 \usepackage{tikz}
 \usetikzlibrary{arrows, decorations.markings, calc, fadings, decorations.pathreplacing, patterns, decorations.pathmorphing, positioning}
 \begin{document}
 \begin{tikzpicture}[line cap = round, line join = round, >=triangle 45]

    \draw[step=.5cm,gray!50,very thin] (-2.0cm,-1.0cm) grid (4.cm,4.0cm);
 \draw[->] (0,0) -- (3,0);
 \draw (3.15,0) -- (-1.05,3.15);
 \filldraw[gray] (3.15,0) circle (.15cm); 
 \draw[->] (3.3,0) -- (4,0);
 \draw[->] (0,0) -- (-1,3);
 \filldraw[gray] (-1.05,3.15) circle (.15cm);
 \filldraw[gray] (0,0) circle (.15cm);

  \draw[red,<-] (3.15cm,0.0cm)  arc  (0:104:3.29);

 \end{tikzpicture}
 \end{document}

Tags:

Arc

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