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xlwSciPy update for Python 3
The xlwSciPy spreadsheet allows a wide variety of the science and maths functions in the Python Numpy and Scipy libraries to be called directly from Excel. The spreadsheet has now been updated for use with Python 3. The spreadsheet and … Continue reading
Posted in Coordinate Geometry, Differential Equations, Excel, Link to Python, Maths, Newton, Numerical integration, NumPy and SciPy, Python Pandas, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
Tagged Excel, Numpy, Python, SciPy, UDF, VBA, xlwings
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More circle fitting options with Scipy
A comment on the first post on this topic found that the method used did not work well for short arcs of large radius circles. An example of the problem can be seen in the screen shots below: The function … Continue reading
Posted in Coordinate Geometry, Curve fitting, Excel, Link to Python, Maths, Newton, NumPy and SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
Tagged curve fitting, Excel, least squares, Numpy, ODR, Python, SciPy, VBA
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More Python rotation functions
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
Posted in Coordinate Geometry, Drawing, Excel, Link to Python, Maths, Newton, NumPy and SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
Tagged Excel, fit 3D circle, Numpy, Python, RPView, UDF, VBA, xlwings, xl_RPView
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Fitting 3D circles to scattered points
Following a comment at update-to-glob_to_loc3-and-loc_to_glob3-functions, I have modified the Python code at the linked site, so it can be run from Excel, via xlwings. The spreadsheet described below, and the associated Python code, can be download from: 3DCirc.zip The original … Continue reading
Posted in Coordinate Geometry, Excel, Link to Python, Maths, Newton, NumPy and SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
Tagged 3DCirc, Excel, fit 3D circle, Numpy, Python, UDF, VBA, xlwings
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Cubic splines with jagged data
A cubic spline provides a good approximation to a smooth curve, and alternative versions are available for free download (see Daily Download 22: Splines and Curves, Update to AL-Spline-Matrix, and xlwSciPy 1.09 – update for xlwings 0.10 and Scipy 0.18.1), but if … Continue reading
Posted in Arrays, Beam Bending, Concrete, Curve fitting, Excel, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged CSplineA, Cubic splines, Excel, fitting jagged data, MSplineA, UDF, VBA
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