Tag Archives: coordinates

Area from Vectors

The previous post looked at User Defined Functions (UDFs) for working with vectors, including examples of functions to find the area of polygons defined by coordinates.  In this post the functions will be extended to find other section properties (such … Continue reading

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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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