Im not really adept at drawing with tikz, could anyone help me with a specific diagram? i need a circle or an ellipsoid with two curves on it that do not intersect.
Something like picture included
thank you
1 Answer
Not very tidy but you can polish it a bit:
\documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,calc,backgrounds}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[font=\sffamily, thick, outer sep=0pt]
\node (a) [draw, ellipse, minimum width=45pt, minimum height=20pt] {A\hskip 15pt\ };
\begin{scope}[on background layer]
\path [draw=red, thick, rounded corners=5pt] (a.175) -- ($(a.130) + (0,17.5pt)$) coordinate (b) -- (a.north);
\path [draw=blue, thick, rounded corners=5pt] (a.north) -- ($(a.east) + (5pt,20pt)$) coordinate (c) -- (a.east);
\node [red] at ($(b)!2/3!(a.130)$) {B};
\node [blue] at ($(c)!2/3!(a.25)$) {C};
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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Might be a good idea to set
outer sep=0on the\node, and perhaps redraw the node afterwards to get the red and blue lines to be underneath. Nov 9, 2014 at 17:19 -
@PeterGrill I initially put the red and blue underneath but it looked rather odd so I put them on top instead. Why zero outer sep?– cfrNov 9, 2014 at 18:40
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Setting
outer sep=0for the first\nodeyields better intersection of the lines. Nov 9, 2014 at 18:43 -
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