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PlotFitElements

is an option for ListPlot, ListPlot3D and related functions that specifies what elements to include for fitted models

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PlotFitElements

PlotFitElements

is an option for ListPlot, ListPlot3D and related functions that specifies what elements to include for fitted models

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  • PlotFitElements is used to display visual elements to help compare the curve or surface generated by PlotFit to the original data.
  • PlotFitElementselems controls what visual elements to include for comparing the fitted surface to the original data points.
  • Possible settings for elems include:
  • Noneshow only the fitted curve
    Automaticautomatically chosen elements
    "DataPoints"show the original data
    "BandCurves"show 95% confidence bands around the fit curve
    "BandSurfaces"show 95% confidence bands around the fit surface
    "Residuals"show residual lines from the data to the fit
    "FitCurve"show the fitted curve or surface
    "FitSurface"show the fitted surface
    {elem,<|param1val1,…|>}use element elem with parametrized settings
    {elem1,elem2,…}use multiple elements
  • The parameters available for the "DataPoints" element include:
  • "Style"Automaticstyle for the boundary of the band
    "PlotMarkers"Noneshapes to use for data points
    "MaxPlotPoints"Automaticmaximum number of data points to show
  • The parameters available for the "BandCurves" element include:
  • "Style"Automaticstyle for the boundary of the band
    "FillingStyle"Automaticstyle for the interior of the band
    "ConfidenceLevel"0.95confidence level c for the bands,
  • The parameters available for the "BandSurfaces" element include:
  • "Style"Automaticstyle for the boundary of the band
    "FillingStyle"Automaticstyle for the interior of the band
    "ConfidenceLevel"0.95confidence level c for the bands,
    "MeshStyle"Automaticstyle for surface mesh curves
    "BoundaryStyle"Automaticstyle for surface boundaries
    		"PillarPoints"Automaticpillar locations to support the bands
  • The parameters available for the "Residual" element include:
  • "Style"Automaticstyle for the residual lines
    "MaxPlotPoints"Automaticmaximum number of residuals to show
  • The parameter available for the "FitCurve" element includes:
  • "Style"Automaticstyle for the residual lines
  • The parameters available for the "FitSurface" element include:
  • "Style"Automaticstyle for the fit surface
    "MeshStyle"Automaticstyle for surface mesh curves
    "BoundaryStyle"Automaticstyle for surface boundaries

Examples

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Basic Examples  (5)

Use the default elements for a fitted plot:

Specify 95% confidence bands:

Show data points along with confidence bands:

Use red points to show the data:

Show a fitted surface with the points and confidence band surfaces:

Scope  (7)

Specify a style for the data points:

Specify a color to fill between the confidence bands:

Specify a style for the confidence bands:

Show fill lines that represent residuals:

Specify a style for residuals:

Show data points along with 95% confidence volume:

Specify a style to use with residual elements:

Wolfram Research (2025), PlotFitElements, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFitElements.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2025), PlotFitElements, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFitElements.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2025. "PlotFitElements." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFitElements.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2025). PlotFitElements. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFitElements.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_plotfitelements, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PlotFitElements}", year="2025", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFitElements.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_plotfitelements, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PlotFitElements}, year={2025}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFitElements.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}