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Start Learning NOW, what Can Excel Do

For
Civil Engineering?!

FIND Out The Advantage of Excel That


You May HAVE MISSED!

Did you know?:


Excel-VBA could perform graph automation, such as to
produce excel drawing?

Goal: you will learn and be able to create engineering


drawings through Excel-VBA as well as Excel formulas.
Excel-VBA could perform complex calculation such as a
Structural Analysis?

Goal: matrix based calculation is used for such


calculation, and you will learn how to perform matrix
operations such as adding, multiplying and find the
inverse of a matrix.
A function greatly simplies complex formula? Where to start?

Goal: you will learn how to create your own function to


perform an iterative calculation.
Did you know, Excel and VBA could perform AutoCAD
drawing through script files?

Goal: you will learn how to create a simple script file


through Excel formulas and VBA-Excel It is expected
that you will able to create simple Cartesian chart in
AutoCAD, even you are an AutoCAD first time user!

Many more

Including these helpful files:


Excel files for practice, based on the given subjects.
Frame2D.xls An Excel-VBA program for 2D Frame
Structure Analysis. It has an option to apply selfweight, joint
and uniform loads, and be able to draw structure geometry
(before loading), joint displacement, moment, shear, axial
diagram through Excel Chart.

TRUSS2D.xls An Excel-VBA program for 2D Truss Structure


Analysis. It has an option to apply selfweight and joint loads,
and also be able to draw structure geometry (before
loading), joint displacement, axial diagram through Excel
Chart.
BOF.xls An Excel-VBA program for analysis of Beam on
Elastic Foundation. It has an option to apply distributed and
joint loads, and also be able to draw structure geometry
(before loading), joint displacement, moment, shear
diagram and soil pressure distribution through Excel chart.
XLAT.xls An Excel-VBA program for analysis of Laterally
Loaded Structure. It has an option to apply horizontal
pressure (constant or increases with depth) and joint loads,
and also be able to draw structure geometry (before
loading), pressure profile, generated horizontal loads, joint
displacement, moment, shear diagram through Excel chart.
FDC.xls An Excel-VBA program for One Dimensional
Consolidation Analysis based on Terzaghis formula. It is to
find the relationship between time and average degree of
consolidation.
Example of AutoCAD script files for AutoCAD first time user.

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