Category Archives: Drawing

Plotting Mandelbrot

Posted on September 15, 2019 by

There are many sites discussing the Mandelbrot Set, but not many examples using VBA to plot the set in Excel, so here is my effort: The spreadsheet (including open source VBA code) may be downloaded from: Mandelbrot chart.zip Note that … Continue reading →

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Arcs and arc-splines

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

I have added two user defined functions (UDFs) to the IP2 spreadsheet to generate coordinates for a single  arc, or a series of arcs connected (if necessary) by straight lines.  The new version may be downloaded from: IP2.zip As an example … Continue reading →

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More Python rotation functions

Posted on February 23, 2018 by

The code described in the previous post includes a Python function that rotates 3D coordinates by an angle defined with two vectors, using Rodrigue’s Rotation.  I have now added this function to the IP2_py spreadsheet, where it is used in the … Continue reading →

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Use Matplotlib from Excel with xlwings

Posted on February 14, 2016 by

Xlwings is another free and open source package allowing communication between Excel and Python.  It now incorporates ExcelPython, and is included in the Anaconda Python package, so will support my ExcelPython based spreadsheets after installation of xlwings using: conda install … Continue reading →

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Section Properties – Lunes and Groups

Posted on July 8, 2015 by

Following a discussion at Eng-Tips and resulting comments I have updated my Section Properties spreadsheet to include calculation of the area and centroid of a “Lune” (the shape of a crescent moon).  I have also added a “Re-draw Shape” button because … Continue reading →

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“Yields circularity when preceded by its quotation” …

Posted on April 15, 2014 by

yields circularity when preceded by its quotation. Today’s post takes us on a little circular tour of the internet, starting with: Grumpy Old Programmer (Mike Woodhouse) who returns from a long holiday from blogging to publish a nice little routine … Continue reading →

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Daily Download 20: Section Properties

Posted on October 6, 2012 by

The download spreadsheets today provide functions to find section properties of shapes either defined by coordinates or selected from a list of shape types.  The section properties found are: area, first and second moments of area about the X and Y … Continue reading →

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