Albert Einstein was definitely onto something when he said, “Creativity is intelligence having fun”. We have some proof that Mathcad can be fun and still productive. Try solving a Mathcad puzzle, and see if you can get the result and brag about it to your colleagues and fellow professionals.
Follow the instructions below:
- Use READPRN to read the file xmas.prn into a variable v
- Create a 3D plot (Ctrl 3)
- Add traces (Shift-Enter) until you’ve got 15 input boxes
- Enter v[0, v[1, and so on until v[14 into the placeholders
- Click on all the fifteen inputs one after the other and set the Format of the fifteen traces:
- First: Surface Fill = tree green
- Second: Trace Color = trunk brown, Trace Thinkness = the thickest
- Third: Surface Fill = a nice ball colour, maybe red
- Fourth: Surface Fill = another nice ball colour, maybe yellow
- Fifth: Surface Fill = yet another nice ball colour, maybe blue
- Sixth: Surface Fill = nice box colour
- Seventh: Trace Color = nice colour to go with the box above, Trace Thinkness = the second thickest
- Eighth: Surface Fill = another nice box colour
- Ninth: Trace Color = nice colour to go with the box above, Trace Thinkness = the second thickest
- Tenth: Surface Fill = a floor colour
- Eleventh: Surface Fill = a star colour
- Twelfth: Surface Fill = wallpaper colour
- Thirteenth: Trace Color = silver, Trace Thickness = the second thickest, Line Style = line
- Fourteenth: Trace Color = gold, Symbol = Yes, Line Style = none, Trace Thinkness = the thickest
- Fifteenth: Trace Color = nice mat colour
- Set z-axis max to 10
- Hide Tick Marks and Tick Mark Values for all axes
- Hide Axis Expressions
Congratulations if you’ve solved the puzzle!
If not, see what it is supposed to show here.