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7. Ellipses
7.1 Construction by circle projection
Data :
a circumscribed circle with center O and radius 2b (major axis) ;
an inscribed circle with center O and radius 2a (minor axis).
Plot: each point of the ellipse is constructed by taking a radius [OA 1] , [OA 2] , [OA 3], ... which intersects the inscribed circle at C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , .... from these points are drawn a parallel to the major and...
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