In this paper a stepwise compaction process of a ring semi-stiff polymer chain placed in a 3d conical
nano-cavity and being under the action of the increasing external field is studied. Compaction from a circlelike
shape to several toroidal-like loops for a three-dimensional system was observed. The thermodynamic
stability of these toroidal-like structures was investigated by observing a hysteresis of the compactionextension
curves. This study extends our previous work [1] with investigation of the effect of the cone
opening angle variation on the distinct shape transitions.