You will learn to make the "dark matter box" pattern and image below, and the dozens of variations the file permits therefrom.
- Become familiar with the basic image to be created:
This article relies on the previous accomplishment of the 9 articles preceding it, #*How to Create Artistic Patterns in Microsoft Excel
- How to Create a Flower Pattern in Microsoft Excel
- How to Create a Tornado Screw Pattern in Microsoft Excel
- How to Create a Uniform Spiral Pattern in Microsoft Excel
- How to Create an Insectoid Pattern in Microsoft Excel
- How to Create a Skewed Spheroids Pattern in Microsoft Excel
- How to Create a Floral Glassware Pattern in Microsoft Excel
- How to Create a Squiggly Frame Pattern in Microsoft Excel
- How to Create an Equilateral Springs Pattern in Microsoft Excel.
- Please complete those first before attempting this one.
2Start a new workbook by saving the previous workbook from How to Create an Equilateral Springs Pattern in Microsoft Excel under a new name. Save the workbook into a logical file folder.
3Complete all changes in the upper Defined Variables section.
- Enter On=0,Off=1 cell A4 = 1
- Enter Adjuster = 1
- Enter TURNS = 10
- Enter S's Count = 6
- Enter Var = 12
- Enter Divisor = 3,000,000
- Enter top = "=ROUND((-B4*PI())+(Adj),0)" 968321
- NEW: Enter 28.6470945405378 into cell E2 and Format Cell Number Number Custom "(FFF)" 0.000000 with parentheses and quotes. Go to cell AA7 and enter "=D4" and Insert Name Define name FFF to cell $AA$7.
- Enter YN = N for Part-Cycle. Enter <=Y/N: Part-Cycle to cell F4 and move the old note into an Insert New Comment for E4.
- Enter YN = Y for Molecules in cell E5 and Insert Name Define Name Molecules to $E$5. Enter <=Y/N: MOLECULES to cell F5.
- Enter Power = 1
- Enter AAA = -10
- db = 4.5
- All the rest are the same as they were before.
4Complete all changes in the upper Columnar Formulas section.
- The formula in A7:A1447 has not changed.
- In B7, check that the formula is "=IF(EVEN(S_COUNT)=S_COUNT,ROUND((-B4*PI())+(Adj),0),0.0000000000001)"
- In B8:B1447, check that the formula is "=((B7+(-TOP*2)/(AdjRows)))*$B$1"
- In cell C7, check that the formula is "=ROUND(-EXP((PI()^2)+(Cc*-(db))),0)+Designer"
- In C8:C1447, the formula is "=C7"
- In D7:D1447, revise the formula to "=X7/IF(Divisor=0,S_COUNT,Divisor)+(IF(COS((ROW()-7)*PI()/180*Factor)<0,ABS(COS((ROW()-7)*PI()/180*Factor))^Power*-1,COS((ROW()-7)*PI()/180*Factor)^Power)*IF(AAA=1,0,1))+IF(AAA=0,0, AB7*IF(MOLECULES="Y",Factor,1))^Power" where AB7 holds Triangle x.
- In E7:E1447, revise the formula to "=Y7/IF(Divisor=0,S_COUNT,Divisor)+(IF(SIN((ROW()-7)*PI()/180*Factor)<0,ABS(SIN((ROW()-7)*PI()/180*Factor))^Power*-1,SIN((ROW()-7)*PI()/180*Factor)^Power)*IF(AAA=1,0,1))+IF(AAA=0,0, AC7*IF(MOLECULES="Y",Factor,1))^Power" where AC7 holds Triangle y.
- In F7:F1447, the formula is "=IF(A7=0,F6,((PI())*((SIN(B7/(C7*2))*GMLL*COS(B7)*GMLL*(COS(B7/(C7*2)))*GMLL)+D7)))"
- In G7:G1447, the formula is "=IF(A7=0,G6,((PI())*((SIN(B7/(C7*2))*GMLL*SIN(B7)*GMLL*(COS(B7/(C7*2)))*GMLL)+E7)))"
- In H7:H1447, the formula is "=F7*GMLL*Sync1"
- In I7:I1447, the formula is "=G7*GMLL*Sync1"
- In J7:J1447, the formula is "=F7*GMSL*Sync2"
- In K7:K1447, the formula is "=G7*GMSL*Sync2"
- The lookup tables have not changed.
5Create the Chart.
- Select F7:G1447 and with either the Chart Wizard or the Ribbon select A;;/Other Scatter Smoothed Line Scatter. Cut or Copy the chart to the Chart worlsheet. Using Chart Layout, get rid of the Axes, Grid lines and Legend. Format Selection for Data Series 1 as Navy Blue .25 pt Line Weight. Data Series 1 should read in the formula bar as "=SERIES(,Data!$F$7:$F$1447,Data!$G$7:$G$1447,1)".
- Do Chart Add Series and activate the Data sheet and select cell range J7:K1447. Format as Ice Blue from the Color Wheel, which is below a sky blue and a grey blue. Format Line Weight .25
- Do Chart Add Series and activate the Data sheet and select cell range H7:I1447. Format as Magenta from the Color Wheel, which is between a blood red and a dark rose, but comes out as a hot pink. Format Line Weight 1 pt.
- Add Box Lines. Do Insert Picture Shape Line copy and paste into the chart. In will be black but the heads will appear. Drag heads to where they need to be to give illusion of box and hold down Option Key to create next line. Give each line yellow color and yellow Glow. Decided against the blue lines.
- Do Plot Area and Chart Area Fill Black. Here's an example of an attempt made:
- Turns=12, AdjRows=360, S_Count=11, db=4.5, AAA=1, Power=1, Divisor=2724863.07004514, (FFF)=28.647095, YN Part-Cycle=Y, YN MOLECULES = N, On Off = 1 -- probably charted to row 360:
- S_Count = 44, AdjRows = 1439; otherwise as above:
- Turns 10, AdjRows 1439, On Off 1, S_COunt 3, Var 12, db 4.5, Divisor 1, AAA 1, Power 3, otherwise as above:
- The Related wikiHows list below pertains because Neutral Operations are used in these designs.
- See the article How to Create a Spirallic Spin Particle Path or Necklace Form or Spherical Border for a list of articles related to Excel, Geometric and/or Trigonometric Art, Charting/Diagramming and Algebraic Formulation.
For art charts and graphs, you might also want to Search on "Microsoft Excel Imagery - category" to view many Excel charts where trigonometry, geometry and calculus have been turned into art.
- ERRORS: If there are errors or error values, either the sheet in incomplete and needs further input or Lookup Tables for critical variables or perhaps there's a mistake somewhere along the line. If the instructions have been completed and there are still errors, select the cell that has the error value that is furthest left and topmost first. Look for a typo in a formula or unmatched parentheses. Possibly, a Defined Name is wrong -- they need to be input into the formulas exactly as they were defined. Do Insert Name Define to check. If there is a #DIV/0! error, the example does not, so look for a variable that somehow did not get filled in with a value perhaps. At any rate, what to do is select the cell with the error, and after checking all those typical errors, do Tools Auditing Trace Precedents and/or Trace Error. If fixing all the topmost leftmost errors does not fix the rest of your errors on the worksheet, one may need to do it the hard way, from the bottom right upwards then leftwards; that is the slow but sure way to fix all errors.
- Also, errors in the chart data will most likely plot as zeroes. This may be acceptable or desirable even. However, if too many lines (or curves) are returning to 0, it may indicate a logical flaw in the data -- or too many tiny values and then perhaps rescaling the chart is needed by inspecting the horizontal and vertical axes and changing them to zero in on the problem. Hover over or click on a data marker on the series plot and then do a search in the proper column by value for that value, and identify its precedents.
Sources and Citations
- The source file for this article is "Garthwaite LINE14w TRIANGLEa.xlsx".