Tag Archives: Excel

RC Design Functions 9.0

The RC Design Functions 9.0 spreadsheet is now available for free download from: RC Design Functions9.zip The main change is update of shear capacity calculations for the latest versions of the Australian codes; AS 3600 and AS 5100. Shear data … Continue reading

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Installing PyPardiso and speed of Scipy spsolve

I recently upgraded to Python 3.10, and because of some problems with my previous installation I decided to do a complete new installation using pip, which required installation of all the libraries needed for my various programs. For my linear … Continue reading

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Removing Add-ins

Recently I had problems with an Excel Add-in that was still trying to run, and generating error messages, even after being removed from the add-in list and uninstalled. After much searching and trying suggested methods that didn’t work, I finally … Continue reading

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Getting Excel Solver working

Recently I found that for unknown reasons the Excel Solver add-in was not working. Opening the add-ins list from the Devloper tab showed that it had become deactivated (also accessible from File-Options-Add-ins): Clicking the Solver check box returned a message … Continue reading

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Listing Python modules and getting help docs from Excel

Python functions include detailed help documentation but to access this you need the full path to the function, including the names of all code modules and submodules. This post looks at how this information can be found using Excel with … Continue reading

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