Soma figures #1

BASIC SOMA figure page

This initial group of figures was presented in the original SOMA manual.

The basic 7 shapes

SOMA figures


A001 THE CUBE	N001 Step2	P001 Cube parts	P002 Double 1


P003 2*1/2CUBE	A002 aeroplane	A003 dog	A004 robot


A005 crystal	A006 castle 1	A007 bed	A008 tower


A009 chair	A010 bathtub	A011 castle 2	A012 snake


A013 tunnel	A014 gallow	A015 cornerstone	A016 sofa


A017 steamer	A018 well	A019 monument	A020 tomb


A021 cornerhouse 1	A022 cornerhouse 2	A023 gordian knot	A024 memorial


A025 pyramid	A026 staircase	A027 skyscraper1	A028 skyscraper2


A029 skyscraper 3	A030 appartment block 1	A031 appartment block 2	A032 zig zag wall


A033 'W' wall	A034 High & low 1	A035 High & low 2	A036 5 seat bench

The SOMA Solutions in this window show the figures as each level is sliced, from the top and down. The method is described on the "Figure Notation method" page.
http://www.fam-bundgaard.dk/SOMA/FIGURES/NOTATION.HTM
Try to build the figures above, and then click on the name of the figure when you need to see it's description.

A001 The final cube

2 2 6 4 6 6 3 3 3 5 2 1 4 6 1 4 3 7 Solution 1 5 2 1 5 5 7 4 7 7 2 2 3 4 2 5 4 2 5 4 6 3 4 6 3 7 5 5 Solution 2 (Figure) 6 6 3 7 1 1 7 7 1

4 5 2 7 5 5 7 7 6 4 1 2 4 6 5 7 6 6 Solution 3 (Figure) 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 1 5 3 7 5 2 7 7 2 1 1 3 5 5 3 7 6 2 Solution 4 4 4 3 6 4 4 6 6 2

3 1 1 3 3 7 3 4 4 6 1 2 5 7 7 4 4 7 Solution 5 (Figure) 6 6 2 5 6 2 5 5 2 1 6 6 4 4 6 2 4 4 Solution 6 (Used by 'Block by Block') 1 1 7 3 5 6 2 2 2 3 7 7 3 5 7 3 5 5
4 theoretical positions of block no 7. Which of these are possible ? (7A Yes) (7B No) (7C Yes) (7D No)
N001
Soma looks easy, but even if you use only 2 blocks difficult shapes can be made: this figure can be made of 2 blocks. which and how ?

2 2 2 . 6 . 6 6 2 . 6 .
P001 (Soma pairs 1)
If you start with the previous shape, it will be particularly difficult to build the cube

. . 2 2 | 3 . . 3 1 1 3 4 1 6 6 2 6 | 5 . . 3 . . 4 4 7 . . 2 6 | 5 . . 5 5 7 4 7 7
P002 Double size (Soma pairs 2)
If the smallest block (No 1) is removed, you may build a double size of it, using the remaining blocks. This looks easy.

1 1 7 2 6 6 7 7 4 6 1 3 2 2 2 7 4 4 6 3 3 5 4 3 5 5 5
P003 The cube in halves (Soma pairs 3) by Piet
There is a special way of building the cube, First build the two shapes, and then combine then to the cube

2 2 . 4 2 5 4 2 5 4 . . 4 . . 7 5 5 . . . 7 . . 7 7 . 2 2 3 4 2 5 4 2 5 + = 4 6 3 4 6 3 7 5 5 1 . . 1 3 . 3 3 3 6 6 3 7 1 1 7 7 1 . . . 1 6 . 6 6 . . . . . . . 6 . .
A002 The Aeroplane

5 . 5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 3 3 3 . 2 7 4 4 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 .
A003 The Dog

. . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 7 7 4 4 5 . 1 2 . . . 1 1 2 . . . . 6 2 2 5 5 . 7 4 4 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 6 6 3 3 3
A004 The robot

7 7 7 7 . . . . . 1 1 2 2 2 . . . 1 2 3 . . . 4 3 3 . . . 4 4 3 . . . 6 4 5 6 . . 5 6 6 5 5
A005 The crystal

7 . . 7 7 . 4 6 6 4 4 6 3 4 2 . . . 7 . . 5 5 . 1 5 6 3 3 2 . . . . . . 5 . . 1 1 . 3 2 2
A006 The castle 1 by Piet

6 . . . 5 6 3 3 3 5 . . . . . 6 6 3 5 5 . . . . . 4 4 2 2 2 . . . . . 7 4 4 1 2 7 . . . 7 7 1 1
A007 The bed

7 . . . . . 6 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 5 . . . . . 1 7 4 4 3 2 6 1 5 . . . . . 1 5 5 4 4 2 2 2
A008 The tower (Try to leave out 1 block to make it 1 story smaller. (No 6))

6 6 2 2 4 2 4 2 5 5 1 1 7 1 6 . 6 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 7 5 7 7
A009 The chair

3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 7 4 4 7 7 4 . . . . . . . . . 6 6 5 7 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 6 5 5 6 5 1
A010 The bathtub

2 2 2 7 7 5 5 2 3 7 5 . . . 7 5 6 3 3 3 6 4 4 1 1 6 6 4 4 1
A011 The castle 2

6 . . . 5 6 3 3 3 5 . . . . . 6 6 3 5 5 . . . 1 4 4 . . . . . 7 1 1 4 4 7 . . . 2 7 7 2 2 2
A012 The snake

2 2 . . . 2 . . . 2 4 4 . 4 4 6 . . . . . . 6 6 5 6 5 5 . . . . . . 5 3 7 3 3 3 . . . . . . 7 7 1 7 1 1
A013 The tunnel

. 4 4 3 . . 6 . 3 . 6 6 . 3 1 . 7 4 4 . . 5 . 3 . 6 5 . 1 1 . 7 7 2 . . 7 . 2 . 5 5 . 2 2

Alternative
A014 The gallow

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 5 1 5 5 . 2 . . 2 . . 2 . . 7 . 7 7 5 1 6 6 . 2 . . . . . . . . 4 . 4 4 6 4 3 6 . . . . 3 3 . . . . . 3

Alternative
A015 The cornerstone

7 . . . . 7 7 . . . 2 5 5 . . 2 5 6 1 . 4 6 6 1 1 . . 7 . 2 . 4 5 4 6 . . 2 4 3 . . . 3 3 . . . . 3
A016 The sofa

3 3 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 6 2 2 2 6 6 . . . . . 7 . . . 5 7 7 1 6 5 . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 1 5 5
A017 The steamer

. . . . . . 6 6 1 . . . . . 6 7 . 5 6 1 1 . . 7 . . . 5 7 7 . 5 5 3 3 3 . . . . . 4 4 . 4 4 3 2 . . . . . . 2 2 2
A018 The well

1 2 2 1 6 2 6 6 2 1 . 7 3 . 5 6 . 5 3 7 7 3 4 7 3 5 5 . 4 4 . . 4
A019 The monument

2 . . . . 2 . . . . 2 3 5 1 . 3 3 3 1 1 . . . . . . . . 2 6 5 . 6 6 5 5 . . . . . . 4 7 . 6 7 7 . . . . 4 . 4 7 . . . 4
A020 The tomb

. 3 . 3 3 3 . 2 . . 2 . 7 2 1 7 7 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 1 7 6 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 6 5 5 6 . . . . 4 4 . . . . . 4
A021 The cornerhouse 1

4 2 2 4 4 2 6 4 2 6 6 3 1 1 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 7 3 3 1 . . 5 . . 7 . . 7 7 3
A022 The cornerhouse 2

1 7 . 1 7 7 4 5 5 2 3 5 3 3 3 1 . 4 7 4 5 2 6 6 6 . 4 2 2 6
A023 The gordian knot

. . 6 . 4 . 6 4 4 6 6 4 . 5 5 2 . . 5 7 2 . 3 3 3 2 2 . 7 . 5 7 7 3 1 1 . . 1
A024 The memorial (Proven impossible)

A025 The pyramid

. . . . . . 2 2 2 . . . . . . . 7 . . 3 2 5 1 1 . . 7 . . . 7 7 5 . 3 3 5 5 1 . . . . . . . 6 . . 3 6 6 4 4 . . . . . . 6 4 4
A026 The staircase

. . 3 . . . 3 3 4 . 1 1 3 2 2 . . 5 . . . 6 7 4 . 1 7 7 4 2 . . 5 . . . 6 5 5 . 6 6 7 4 2
A027 The skyscraper 1

. 2 . . 2 . 1 2 . 1 1 . 7 7 . 7 3 . 3 3 3 . . . . . . 4 2 . 4 4 . 7 4 . 6 5 . 6 5 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 5
A028 The skyscraper 2

. . . . . . 1 4 . 1 4 . 7 7 . 7 5 . 3 5 5 . 2 . . 2 . 2 2 . 1 4 . 7 4 . 3 6 . 3 6 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 6
A029 The skyscraper 3(Is it possible ?)

A030 The appartment block 1

6 1 1 4 4 1 7 4 4 3 6 6 5 7 6 5 7 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 2
A031 The appartment block 2

6 2 2 6 6 2 5 5 2 4 4 6 1 1 5 7 1 5 3 4 4 3 3 7 3 7 7
A032 The zig zag wall

6 1 1 1 4 4 2 6 6 6 4 4 7 2 5 2 5 2 7 7 3 7 5 5 3 3 3
A033 The 'W' wall(is it possible ?) (I can't do it - see my almost figure)

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A034 High and low 1

. . . 3 3 3 7 4 4 . . . 7 7 4 4 3 2 5 1 1 . . . 7 6 6 2 2 2 5 1 6 5 5 6
A035 High and low 2

. . . 2 2 2 . . . 4 4 2 7 7 3 . . . 7 3 3 3 4 4 7 5 5 6 1 1 6 6 5 6 1 5
A036 The five seat bench

4 7 7 7 4 4 . 1 1 7 6 4 . 6 6 1 2 6 . 2 2 2 5 3 . 3 3 3 5 . 5 5