Engineering Graphics: Unit I (c): Conic Sections

Construction of Ellipse

Engineering Graphics (EG)

An ellipse may be constructed by the following methods:

CONSTRUCTION OF ELLIPSE

An ellipse may be constructed by the following methods: 

1. Eccentricity method (General method)

2. Intersecting arcs (or) arcs of circles method (or) Foci method

3. Concentric circles method

4. Rectangular method (or) Oblong method

5. Parallelogram method

Note that the data required to draw an ellipse varies with the method of construction.

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