Category Archives: UDFs

Download update – Python downloads

Posted on 08/12/2013 by dougaj4

Download files related to linking to Python from Excel are to be found in: Python matrix functions in Excel, using Pyxll: Download file: http://interactiveds.com.au/software/Matrixpyxll.zip Python for VBA users – 4; Python data types:  The main Python data types, including numpy arrays, with examples … Continue reading →

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Extracting numbers from text strings

Posted on 07/12/2013 by dougaj4

There is often a need to extract numbers from the start or end of text strings.  It’s not too hard to do with on-sheet formulas, but after having done it a few thousand times I decided it would be worth … Continue reading →

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Moving Load Spreadsheet – update and how to use

Posted on 03/12/2013 by dougaj4

As noted in the comments on the previous post on this topic, the moving load function (and also the associated continuous beam functions) have been modified to make data entry more flexible; the output results are unchanged.  The modified spreadsheet … Continue reading →

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Continuous Beam spreadsheet with moving load

Posted on 26/11/2013 by dougaj4

I have added a moving load function to the ConBeamU spreadsheet, allowing maximum load actions and deflections to be determined in a continuous beam  under the influence of a vehicle defined by a number of point loads.  The new version … Continue reading →

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Unit aware continuous beam spreadsheet update

Posted on 22/11/2013 by dougaj4

The ConbeamU spreadsheet provides Excel user defined functions (UDFs) for the analysis of continuous and simply supported beams and cantilevers using Macaulay’s method.  It allows complex combinations of any number of partial distributed loads, point loads and moments, with changes … Continue reading →

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