{"id":17075,"date":"2025-10-28T03:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=17075"},"modified":"2025-10-28T03:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:12:34","slug":"pumpkin-designer-craft-a-pumpkin-and-get-the-code-to-replicate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2025\/10\/28\/pumpkin-designer-craft-a-pumpkin-and-get-the-code-to-replicate-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Designer: Craft a pumpkin and get the code to replicate it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class = rtcContent><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span>Mike's pick this week is <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/uk.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/174705-pumpkin-designer?s_tid=srchtitle\"><span>pumpkin-designer<\/span><\/a><span> by  <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/uk.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/profile\/authors\/869244\"><span>Eric Ludlam<\/span><\/a><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span>Eric is the development manager of MATLAB's Charting team and he is a big fan of pumpkins. He's even written <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/graphics-and-apps\/2023\/10\/31\/gourds-to-graphics-the-matlab-pumpkin\/\"><span>in-depth articles on how to generate realistic-looking images of them<\/span><\/a><span> using MATLAB. <\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span>Not everyone has Eric's grasp of the MATLAB language, however, which is where pumpkin-designer comes-in. It's a simple MATLAB application that allows you to explore various parameters to produce your perfect pumpkin and then <\/span><span style=' font-weight: bold;'>generate the MATLAB code for it!<\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><iframe class = \"onlineVideoNode\" src = \"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8IjS0X1qVGA\" width = \"560\" height = \"315\"><\/iframe><\/div><ul  style = 'margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; '><li  style = 'margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; '><a href = \"https:\/\/matlab.mathworks.com\/open\/github\/v1?repo=MATLAB-Graphics-and-App-Building\/pumpkin-designer&amp;file=pumpkindesigner.mlapp&amp;focus=true\"><img class = \"imageNode\" src = \"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/files\/pumpkinDesigner_1.png\" width = \"136\" height = \"20\" alt = \"\" style = \"vertical-align: baseline; width: 136px; height: 20px;\"><\/img><\/a><span> For best results use a desktop computer or laptop<\/span><\/li><li  style = 'margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; '><a href = \"https:\/\/uk.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/174705-pumpkin-designer\"><span>pumpkin-designer - File Exchange - MATLAB Central<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  style = 'margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; '><a href = \"https:\/\/github.com\/MATLAB-Graphics-and-App-Building\/pumpkin-designer\" target=\"_blank\"><span>GitHub: pumpkin-designer<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var css = ''; var head = document.head || document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0], style = document.createElement('style'); head.appendChild(style); style.type = 'text\/css'; if (style.styleSheet){ style.styleSheet.cssText = css; } else { style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(css)); }<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overview-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/files\/pumpkindesigner.png\" class=\"img-responsive attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><p>Mike's pick this week is pumpkin-designer by  Eric LudlamEric is the development manager of MATLAB's Charting team and he is a big fan of pumpkins. 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