# Convex hull of a random set of points: from scipy.spatial import ConvexHull points = np.random.rand(30, 2) # 30 random points in 2-D hull = ConvexHull(points) # Plot it: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot(points[:,0], points[:,1], 'o') for simplex in hull.simplices: plt.plot(points[simplex, 0], points[simplex, 1], 'k-') # We could also have directly used the vertices of the hull, which # for 2-D are guaranteed to be in counterclockwise order: plt.plot(points[hull.vertices,0], points[hull.vertices,1], 'r--', lw=2) plt.plot(points[hull.vertices[0],0], points[hull.vertices[0],1], 'ro') plt.show()