XY to Line doesn't curve

[DiDeng]

I am trying to create a map with XY points and curves that connect the points. I used XY to Line, but the lines don't curve at all even when I changed the symbology of it from straight to curve. I want to achieve something like this that I did in R. Straight lines just don't look good with so many points.

[DiDeng]

Right now it looks like this:

[DanPatterson]

XY To Line (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

did you choose geodesic? or what option for the connecting lines?

[DiDeng]

I used geodesic. The region is small, so the geodesic will look like a straight line.

[DanPatterson]

So that is the result then .... unless you are outputting to a shapefile, then you will never get curves (since shapefiles don't support them.) 

Perhaps try other options if you need visual curvature

[DiDeng]

I tried "great circle", but it is the same. Choosing any of the line types leads to the exact same result.  Are there other settings to achieve this?

[DiDeng]

This is "Rhumb line". Same thing here, nothing is changed.

[DiDeng]

"Normal section" same. These are all the options it has.