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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}


enter image description here










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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}


    enter image description here










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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}


      enter image description here










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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}


      enter image description here







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      edited Feb 27 at 7:47









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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}


          enter image description here






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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}


            enter image description here






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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}


              enter image description here






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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}


                enter image description here






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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}


                  enter image description here






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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}


                  enter image description here







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                  answered Feb 27 at 7:45









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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}


                      enter image description here






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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}


                        enter image description here






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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}


                          enter image description here






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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}


                          enter image description here







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                          answered Feb 27 at 8:39









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