[Tex/LaTex] Continuous node in flowchart using Tikz

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How can I make the nodes connected without any block using Tikz? For example, I was trying to connect the arrows that returns to the do-loop when the decision making box (named as Condn) returns no. However, you can see in the Latex code below that the two arrows are disconnected! Any help?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, arrows, shadows}

\tikzstyle{startstop} = [rectangle, rounded corners, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=1cm,text centered, draw=black, fill=red!30, drop shadow]
\tikzstyle{io} = [trapezium, trapezium left angle=70, trapezium right angle=110, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=1cm, text centered, draw=black, fill=blue!30]
\tikzstyle{process} = [rectangle, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=1cm, text centered, text width=3cm, draw=black, fill=orange!30]
\tikzstyle{decision} = [diamond, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=1cm, text centered, draw=black, fill=green!30]
\tikzstyle{arrow} = [thick,->,>=stealth]
\tikzstyle{line} = [draw, -latex']
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[node distance=2cm]

\node (start) [startstop] {Start};
\node (in1) [io, below of=start] {Input};
\node (pro1) [process, below of=in1] {Process 1};
\node (dec1) [decision, below of=pro1, yshift=-0.5cm] {Condn};
%\node (pro2b) [process, right of=dec1, xshift=2cm] {};
\node (pro2b) [arrow, right of=dec1, xshift=3cm] {};
\node (out1) [io, below of=dec1] {Output};
\node (stop) [startstop, below of=out1] {Stop};

\draw [arrow] (start) -- (in1);
\draw [arrow] (in1) -- (pro1);
\draw [arrow] (pro1) -- (dec1);
\draw [arrow] (dec1) -- node[anchor=west] {yes} (out1);
\draw [arrow] (dec1) -- node[anchor=south] {no} (pro2b);
\draw [arrow] (pro2b) |- (pro1);
      % \path[-,draw] (dec1) -| node{} (inv.north);
      % \path[line]{} (inv.north) |- node[above]{no} (pro1);
\draw [arrow] (dec1) -- (out1);
\draw [arrow] (out1) -- (stop);


\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

I am attaching my output as well (Modified after a sample code found online).

enter image description here

Best Answer

There are various solutions to this problem. You can draw the path completely inserting an empty node with the label above:

\draw [arrow] (dec1.east) -- ++(5em,0) node[above] {no}
                          -- ++(5em,0) |- (pro1.east);

so that the whole picture draws like this:

\begin{tikzpicture}[node distance=2cm]

\node (start) [startstop] {Start};
\node (in1) [io, below of=start] {Input};
\node (pro1) [process, below of=in1] {Process 1};
\node (dec1) [decision, below of=pro1, yshift=-0.5cm] {Condn};
\node (pro2b) [arrow, right of=dec1, xshift=3cm] {};
\node (out1) [io, below of=dec1] {Output};
\node (stop) [startstop, below of=out1] {Stop};

\draw [arrow] (start) -- (in1);
\draw [arrow] (in1) -- (pro1);
\draw [arrow] (pro1) -- (dec1);
\draw [arrow] (dec1) -- node[anchor=west] {yes} (out1);
\draw [arrow] (dec1.east) -- ++(5em,0) node[above] {no}
                          -- ++(5em,0) |- (pro1.east);
\draw [arrow] (dec1) -- (out1);
\draw [arrow] (out1) -- (stop);

\end{tikzpicture}

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I've written a style called add rectangle that takes an optional height and uses the append after command style to add a second node directly after the text node.

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\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Rotate a node but not its content: the case of the ellipse decoration

The source of the difficulty is that ellipses are constructed in a particular way in TikZ. They are paths that start from the x-axis and proceed counter-clockwise around their centre. The vast majority of the time, the exact parametrisation doesn't matter. You appear to have found the one situation where it does!

In the actual question, you only want to be able to mirror the ellipse, and so draw it starting from the negative x-axis (the title of the question suggests a more flexible approach). That's actually not too hard since we can exploit the symmetry of the ellipse. The key is to provide it with a negative x-radius, since then it will start from the negative x-axis (and proceed clockwise, but we could correct for that by negating the y-radius as well). To do this, we interrupt the call from the node shape to the drawing command and flip the sign of the x-radius. The simplest way to do this is to redefine the \pgfpathellipse macro to do the negation and then call the original macro. The following code does this.

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  reverse the ellipse/.code={
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\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[ellipse,
  draw,
  postaction={
    decorate,
    decoration={
      markings,
      mark=at position 1 with {
        \arrow[line width=5pt,blue]{>}
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  }
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\node[reversed ellipse,
  draw,
  postaction={
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    decoration={
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\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Here's the result:

rotated ellipse

(the arrow got clipped, but you can see where it lies)

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