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I use the command Show to combine plots of mathematica. For instance, the code below produces the picture below. As you can see there is some "noise" where the two curves overlap. Is there a way to avoid this? I tried playing around with Overlay, but this did not help.

point = {0, 0};
angle = Pi/4;

sur[p_List] := {p[[1]], p[[2]], p[[1]]^2 - p[[2]]^2};
cur[p_List, alpha_, s_] := sur[p + s*{Cos[alpha], Sin[alpha]}];
veloc[p_List, alpha_, s_] := D[cur[p, alpha, xi], xi] /. xi -> s;
acc[p_List, alpha_, s_] := D[veloc[p, alpha, xi], xi] /. xi -> s;
velocnorm[p_List, alpha_, s_] := veloc[p, alpha, s]/Norm[veloc[p, alpha, s]]
parx[p_List] := D[sur[{x, y}], x] /. {x -> p[[1]], y -> p[[2]]};
pary[p_List] := D[sur[{x, y}], y] /. {x -> p[[1]], y -> p[[2]]};
basex[p_List] := parx[p]/Norm[parx[p]];
basey[p_List] := (pary[p] - (pary[p].basex[p])*basex[p])/Norm[pary[p] -(pary[p].basex[p])*basex[p]];
gauss[p_List] := Cross[basex[p], basey[p]];
kappa[p_List, alpha_] := If[gauss[p].acc[p, alpha, 0] >= 0, Norm[Cross[veloc[p, alpha, 0],acc[p, alpha, 0]]]/Norm[veloc[p, alpha, 0]]^3, -Norm[Cross[veloc[p, alpha, 0], acc[p, alpha, 0]]]/Norm[veloc[p, alpha, 0]]^3];
tanvector[p_List, alpha_] := Cos[alpha]*basex[p] + Sin[alpha]*basey[p];
surface = ParametricPlot3D[sur[{x, y}], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, PlotStyle -> {Directive[Red, Opacity[0.8]]}, Mesh -> None];
tangentplaneplot[p_List] := ParametricPlot3D[sur[p] + u*basex[p] + v*basey[p], {u, -1, 1}, {v, -1, 1}, PlotStyle -> {White, Opacity[0.7]}, Mesh -> None];
normplaneplot[p_List, alpha_] := ParametricPlot3D[sur[p] + u*velocnorm[p, alpha, 0] + v*gauss[p], {u, -5, 5}, {v, -5,5}, PlotStyle -> {White, Opacity[0.7]}, Mesh -> None,Lighting -> "Neutral"];
curveplot[p_List, alpha_] := ParametricPlot3D[cur[p, alpha, s], {s, -1, 1}, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Thickness[0.005]}];
osccircleplot[p_List, alpha_] := If[kappa[p, alpha] == 0, ParametricPlot3D[sur[p] +zeta*velocnorm[p, alpha, 0], {zeta, -2, 2}],ParametricPlot3D[sur[p] + gauss[p]/kappa[p, alpha]+1/kappa[p, alpha]*(Cos[phi]*gauss[p] + Sin[phi]*velocnorm[p, alpha, 0]), {phi, 0, 2*Pi},PlotStyle -> {White, Thickness[0.005]}]];

xmin = -0.7;
xmax = 0.7;
ymin = -0.7;
ymax = 0.7;
zmin = -1;
zmax = 1;

Show[curveplot[point, angle], osccircleplot[point, angle],normplaneplot[point, angle],surface, Boxed -> False,PlotRange -> {{xmin, xmax}, {ymin, ymax}, {zmin, zmax}},PlotRangeClipping -> False]

enter image description here

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    $\begingroup$ Generally there are two issues, truncation error arising from discretizing the continuous model in different ways and round-off error when the GPU decides which parts of roughly coplanar polygons or collinear line segments are in front. For bad line-polygon interactions, I consider replacing Line with Tube. Sometimes, for display purposes, I offset coincident elements to force one to be in front of the other (from a particular viewpoint). It's trickier if you want to rotate the 3D model. $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Commented Jan 27, 2021 at 21:59
  • $\begingroup$ I will second Michael's recommendation to convert all Line[] objects to Tube[] objects, tho choosing a tube radius is not always straightforward, and you'd need to experiment. $\endgroup$
    – J. M.'s missing motivation ♦
    Commented Jan 28, 2021 at 2:12
  • $\begingroup$ @MichaelE2 Many thanks for the hint! There are no lines in my plot, but rather curves plotted with ParametricPlot3D, but I'll experiment with turning these curves into surfaces. That being said, could cranking up certain image parameters help? I tried increasing ImageResolution, but this does not really help. $\endgroup$
    – 220284
    Commented Jan 28, 2021 at 11:15
  • $\begingroup$ @MichaelE2 So it turns out picking a fairly large number for PlotPoints of the two curves also helps a lot. $\endgroup$
    – 220284
    Commented Jan 28, 2021 at 12:54
  • $\begingroup$ Curves are made up of Line segments, surfaces of Polygon objects that are usually broken down into triangles by the rendering machine. Increasing plot points shortens the line segments curves and improves the truncation error. Similarly it should make a more accurate surface. ImageResolution can control some qualities of rendered graphics, but probably not the issues shown in the question, which seem primarily to be issues with plotting. $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Commented Jan 28, 2021 at 14:48

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Here is my best shot, moving the z-coord of curveplot by 0.001 and setting Opacity[0.5] for the white and blue line (yes, this is cheating!). This example uses an angle of Pi/10.

Show[Graphics3D@
   First@curveplot[point, angle] /. {x_?AtomQ, y_?AtomQ, 
    z_?AtomQ} -> {x, y, z - 0.001}, osccircleplot[point, angle], 
 normplaneplot[point, angle], surface, Boxed -> False, 
 PlotRange -> {{-1, 1}, {ymin, ymax}, {zmin, zmax}}, 
 PlotRangeClipping -> True]

enter image description here Here is the view from the other side: enter image description here

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    $\begingroup$ Thanks! Looks like cheating is the way to go! $\endgroup$
    – 220284
    Commented Jan 29, 2021 at 12:08

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