Category Archives: Maths

Section Properties from Coordinates

The area of irregular closed polygons defined by coordinates may be conveniently calculated by summing the areas of adjacent trapeziums, as shown below.   The area of each trapezium is calculated from the X axis.  Note that with the apex coordinates … Continue reading

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Trigonometric Functions in VBA

Deep within the bowels of the Microsoft on-line help can be found: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/csfk8t62(VS.85).aspx which lists  the derivation of trigonometric functions not provided by VBA.  Not included in this list is ATan2(), which is strange because this is the one trigonometric … Continue reading

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