This is a continuation tutorial, the third in the wire-frame tutorial series. Here we take the 2D basic house we created on an 2D scatter chart that had scaling, translations and rotation and replace all the cell formulas with two user defined functions (UDF). These basic tutorials use elementary math/geometry and trigonometry (middle school and high school level). As the… Read More... "Excel Animation Tutorial – 2D Wire-frame House #3 (adding UDF – user defined functions)"
Excel Animation Tutorial – 2D Wire-frame House #2 (adding rotation)
This is a continuation tutorial, the second in the wire-frame tutorial series. Here we take the 2D basic house we created on an 2D scatter chart and introduce rotation. These basic tutorials use elementary math/geometry and trigonometry (middle school and high school level). As the series progresses, the tutorials will reach 3D level and the creation of more complex shapes… Read More... "Excel Animation Tutorial – 2D Wire-frame House #2 (adding rotation)"
Excel Animation – the Virtual Joystick Tutorial #2
>. This tutorial brings up an older topic from my blog, excelunusual.com. It is the second part of a short series, showing in detail, how to create a virtual joystick in MS Excel/VBA to serve as a game controller. The Excel file will be available for download on my blog, excelunusual.com. Enjoy! 0:00 Hello my friends and welcome back 0:02… Read More... "Excel Animation – the Virtual Joystick Tutorial #2"
Excel Animation – the Virtual Joystick Tutorial #1
>. This tutorial brings up an older topic from my blog, excelunusual.com. It is the first part of a short series, showing in detail, how to create a virtual joystick in MS Excel/VBA to serve as a game controller. The Excel file will be available for download on my blog, excelunusual.com. Enjoy! Hello my friends and welcome back today 0:02… Read More... "Excel Animation – the Virtual Joystick Tutorial #1"
The ActiveX Spin Button tutorial – VBA tricks for Excel Animation
>. This tutorial brings briefly introduces an older airplane/Ninja cat animation, then it shows how to flip a logic (Boolean) variable using the operator “Not”. Most of the tutorial however, is centered toward the Active X control button in Excel animation and the associated macro. It shows how to create and customize this button, then it shows how to introduce… Read More... "The ActiveX Spin Button tutorial – VBA tricks for Excel Animation"
The Start-Pause VBA Macro for Excel Animation, tutorial – part 3
By popular demand I am coming back to Excel after a long hiatus. This is the third in the series of beginner level tutorials targeted to building Excel animated models and games. >. This is the third part of the video tutorials about one of the most important Excel animation macros (or sub routines). It’s the “toggle” macro built pretty… Read More... "The Start-Pause VBA Macro for Excel Animation, tutorial – part 3"
The Start-Pause VBA Macro for Excel Animation, tutorial – part 2
By popular demand I am coming back to Excel after a long hiatus. This is the second in the series of beginner level tutorials targeted to building Excel animated models and games. >. This is the second part of the video tutorials about one of the most important Excel animation macros (or sub routines). I am reviewing there (with PowerPoint… Read More... "The Start-Pause VBA Macro for Excel Animation, tutorial – part 2"
The Start-Pause VBA Macro for Excel Animation, tutorial – part 1
By popular demand I am coming back to Excel after a long hiatus. This is the first in the series of beginner level tutorials targeted to building Excel animated models and games. >. Past a few minutes of introduction into a 4-stroke engine Excel animation model, the video dives into how to build the first and perhaps the most important… Read More... "The Start-Pause VBA Macro for Excel Animation, tutorial – part 1"
Excel Roller Coaster Update #1
By popular demand I am coming back to Excel after a long hiatus. This is an update of an older model previously presented on this blog. > I added a few features to the roller coaster model as follows: 1) Performance log 2) All sorts of colors and color scheme selection 3) Speed control 4) Coaster length adjustment 3) Ground… Read More... "Excel Roller Coaster Update #1"
A 3D Flight Simulator – video preview
This is a preview to the 3D flight simulator model previously published on this blog. You can download the Excel Model or check out how to build this animation from scratch here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Read More... "A 3D Flight Simulator – video preview"
Two Lissajous Models – a video preview
This is a video preview for two older models included in this blog, a static model and a dynamic model. [sociallocker][/sociallocker] [sociallocker][/sociallocker] Read More... "Two Lissajous Models – a video preview"
A 3D Octal Planetary Model – video preview
This is a video preview to an older post. [sociallocker][/sociallocker] Read More... "A 3D Octal Planetary Model – video preview"
3-Body Planetary System with Options – video preview
A video preview to an older model. [sociallocker] [/sociallocker] Read More... "3-Body Planetary System with Options – video preview"
A 3D Animated Excel Roller Coaster – video preview
This is a video preview for the 3D animated roller coaster previously presented on this blog. A tutorial on this topic will be posted later. [sociallocker]>[/sociallocker] Read More... "A 3D Animated Excel Roller Coaster – video preview"