Most parameters used in animations or physical models are changed by buttons called “spin buttons”. Excel is a spreadsheet but behind the table there is a engine used to automate certain spreadsheet functions. This engine can be programmed in a language with a very easy syntax called Visual Basic for Applications, in short VBA. VBA is a very convenient feature… Read More... "Static VBA Macros"
The first two worksheets of this Excel workbook illustrate the creation and display of a rectangle by using a 2D scatter plot. They also show how to adjust its size, translate and rotate it. In the third worksheet a wire-frame cube is created. 3D-2D perspective calculations are done. The cube can be zoomed and it can also be rotated in… Read More... "Basic 3D-2D (Perspective) Visualization"
A roller coaster in Excel 2003 in 3-dimension (perspective view). To start de ride after download, click the little sun icon in the NE corner of the chart. Most of the calculations are done in the spreadsheet with very little VBA as a “glue”. The display is created on a plain 2D scatter plot. [sociallocker][/sociallocker] Read More... "Animated Roller Coaster in Excel"