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I want to create a cascade of ellipses in TikZ. However, with my code, I get the ellipses to have the same center. But what I instead want, is that the ellipses have a common point on their boundary (and not the same center).

Below is my MWE with the concentric ellipses (which I don't want) and after that is an image with my intended outcome.

documentclass{article}  

usepackage{tikz}  

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 5cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 4cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 3cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 1cm); 

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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I want to create a cascade of ellipses in TikZ. However, with my code, I get the ellipses to have the same center. But what I instead want, is that the ellipses have a common point on their boundary (and not the same center).

Below is my MWE with the concentric ellipses (which I don't want) and after that is an image with my intended outcome.

documentclass{article}  

usepackage{tikz}  

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 5cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 4cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 3cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 1cm); 

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

tikz-pgf tikz-shape

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

JouleV

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asked 1 hour ago

Jimmy R.Jimmy R.

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add a comment | 

I want to create a cascade of ellipses in TikZ. However, with my code, I get the ellipses to have the same center. But what I instead want, is that the ellipses have a common point on their boundary (and not the same center).

Below is my MWE with the concentric ellipses (which I don't want) and after that is an image with my intended outcome.

documentclass{article}  

usepackage{tikz}  

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 5cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 4cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 3cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 1cm); 

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

tikz-pgf tikz-shape

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

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Jimmy R.Jimmy R.

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documentclass{article}  

usepackage{tikz}  

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 5cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 4cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 3cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 1cm); 

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

JouleV

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asked 1 hour ago

Jimmy R.Jimmy R.

1916

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

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asked 1 hour ago

Jimmy R.Jimmy R.

1916

edited 1 hour ago

JouleV

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edited 1 hour ago

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This is a starting point:

documentclass[tikz,margin=3mm]{standalone}

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1cm and 0.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1.5cm and 1cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2cm and 1.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2.5cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:3cm and 2.5cm);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone} 

usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}



begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}



foreach i/j in {1/.5, 1.5/.75, 2/1, 2.5/1.25}

node[ellipse, draw, anchor=south, inner sep=0pt] at (0,0) {phantom{rule{i cm}{j cm}}};

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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This is a starting point:

documentclass[tikz,margin=3mm]{standalone}

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1cm and 0.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1.5cm and 1cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2cm and 1.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2.5cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:3cm and 2.5cm);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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This is a starting point:

documentclass[tikz,margin=3mm]{standalone}

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1cm and 0.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1.5cm and 1cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2cm and 1.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2.5cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:3cm and 2.5cm);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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This is a starting point:

documentclass[tikz,margin=3mm]{standalone}

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1cm and 0.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1.5cm and 1cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2cm and 1.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2.5cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:3cm and 2.5cm);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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answered 1 hour ago

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documentclass[tikz,margin=3mm]{standalone}

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture} 

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1cm and 0.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:1.5cm and 1cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2cm and 1.5cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:2.5cm and 2cm);

draw (0,0) arc (-90:270:3cm and 2.5cm);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone} 

usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}



begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}



foreach i/j in {1/.5, 1.5/.75, 2/1, 2.5/1.25}

node[ellipse, draw, anchor=south, inner sep=0pt] at (0,0) {phantom{rule{i cm}{j cm}}};

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone} 

usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}



begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}



foreach i/j in {1/.5, 1.5/.75, 2/1, 2.5/1.25}

node[ellipse, draw, anchor=south, inner sep=0pt] at (0,0) {phantom{rule{i cm}{j cm}}};

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone} 

usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}



begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}



foreach i/j in {1/.5, 1.5/.75, 2/1, 2.5/1.25}

node[ellipse, draw, anchor=south, inner sep=0pt] at (0,0) {phantom{rule{i cm}{j cm}}};

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone} 

usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}



begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}



foreach i/j in {1/.5, 1.5/.75, 2/1, 2.5/1.25}

node[ellipse, draw, anchor=south, inner sep=0pt] at (0,0) {phantom{rule{i cm}{j cm}}};

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

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answered 48 mins ago

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answered 48 mins ago

IgnasiIgnasi

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answered 48 mins ago

IgnasiIgnasi

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