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I would like to change the how the ends of the spline arrows in my figure are rendered to be "rounded", but 

Graphics@{CapForm["Round"], Thick, Arrow[BSplineCurve[{{0, 0}, {4, 7}, {2, 11}, {10, 10}}, SplineWeights -> {3, 5, 4, 5}], .05]}

has no effect, yielding.

How do I get my spline based arrows to have rounded ends?

If it matters, these will be used as part of EdgeShapeFunction in a Graph.

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    $\begingroup$ Use ArrowHeads with custom arrow graphics... $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 11, 2015 at 20:42

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Another take based on @rasher's comment:

Graphics[{Thickness[.02], Arrowheads[{{-.1, 0, Graphics[{Thickness[.02], CapForm["Round"], Line[{{-1, 0}, {0, 0}}]}]}, {.2, 1}}], Arrow[BSplineCurve[{{0, 0}, {4, 7}, {2, 11}, {10, 10}}, SplineWeights -> {3, 5, 4, 5}], .05]}]

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Update:

What if the arrow is dashed or dotted?

Overlaying BSplineCurve (without Arrow) with a transparent Arrow with some manual adjustments seems to work:

ah = GraphElementData["FilledArrow", "ArrowSize" -> 0.1][{{0.`, 0.`}, {1.`, 0.`}}][[1, 1, 1, 3, 1]]; g1 = Graphics[{Thickness[.03], Red, Dashing[.02], CapForm["Round"], BSplineCurve[{{0, 0}, {4, 7}, {2, 11}, {10, 10}}, SplineWeights -> {3, 5, 4, 5}]}, ImageSize -> 300]; g2 = Graphics[{Thickness[.03], Arrowheads[{{.15, 1, {ah /. FilledCurve[x__] :> {Opacity[1], Red, FilledCurve[x]}, .5}}}], Red, Dashing[.02], CapForm["Round"], BSplineCurve[{{0, 0}, {4, 7}, {2, 11}, {9.2, 10.05}}, SplineWeights -> {3, 5, 4, 5}], Opacity[0], Arrow[BSplineCurve[{{0, 0}, {4, 7}, {2, 11}, {10, 10}}, SplineWeights -> {3, 5, 4, 5}]]}, ImageSize -> 300]; Row[{g1, g2}]

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  • $\begingroup$ Promising. What if the arrow is dashed or dotted? $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 13, 2015 at 19:44
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    $\begingroup$ @raxa, I think it would be quite a challenge to play with the Arrowheads settings to get Dotted and Dashed curves with rounded caps. Perhaps, overlaying BSplineCurve (without Arrow) with a transparent Arrow might work -- but i haven't tried it yet. $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 14, 2015 at 9:21
  • $\begingroup$ ... for Dashed curves, although too manual/ fragile/specific, a modification of Arrowheads along the following lines may work: Graphics[{Thickness[.02], Arrowheads[{{-.1, 0, Graphics[{PointSize[.02], CapForm["Round"], Point[{-.05, 0}]}]}, {.2, 1}}], Dashed, Arrow[BSplineCurve[{{0, 0}, {4, 7}, {2, 11}, {10, 10}}, SplineWeights -> {3, 5, 4, 5}], .05]}] $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 14, 2015 at 9:27
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Here's a rough version of comment:

ah = Graphics[{Line[{{{-1, 1/2}, {.04, .2}}, {{-1, -1/2}, {.04, -.2}}}], Circle[{.01, 0}, .2, {-4/9 Pi, 4/9 Pi}]}] Graphics@{Arrowheads[{{Automatic, Automatic, ah}}], CapForm["Round"], Thick, Arrow[ BSplineCurve[{{0, 0}, {4, 7}, {2, 11}, {10, 10}}, SplineWeights -> {3, 5, 4, 5}], .05]}

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  • $\begingroup$ I'm trying to get the butt (start) of the arrow rounded. $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 11, 2015 at 20:59

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