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The ExcelCalcs web site has been taken off to private clinic for a Christmas facelift. Take a look and tell us if you like it in the forum. We have also introduced new site functionality too it will be much easier to use. The make over was partly in response to a selected user survey in No...
Users navigating the site with IE (Microsoft's Internet Explorer) will double count the downloads if the site not in the users's trusted zone. When you visit a site which uses the automatic download prompt, the Information bar appears instead of the download window. This is due to a security...
The recording artist Neil Young famously sang “Sell Out” about other artists compromising their integrity to gain corporate sponsorship. We don’t want to sell our soul but we do need support from sponsors. We seek to develop our relationships with large organisations to which ...
We welcome solved problems on any topic. We are delighted to receive any contribution but we make the following suggestions: Search the repository before you propose a calculation we do not want to repeat ourselves. Consider using the XLC calculation template this helps to keep a co...
ExcelCalcs Welcomes Aeronautical Engineer Richard Abbott - Richard Abbott boldly goes where no other ExcelCalcs User has gone before by uploading some Aerospace calculations. It's a small world because as it turns out I used to work with Richard's eminent engineering father, Barrie Abbott. Ric...
The ExcelCalcs site had become a victim of its own success it has become so busy with new arrivals that we began to overload our server. Our host providers have now upgraded us onto a much faster machine with a broader bandwidth. You should notice an improvement in site response time and down...
Dr Shaiq Khan is a Chartered Structural Engineer working freelance in the building trade. In his day to day work, he develops and uses spreadsheets for the design and maintenance of buildings. This enables him to enhance the quality of work for his clients. He is generous enough to share his ...
You'll find Alex's Excel Gold by following these links: ASCE798S - ASCE 7-98 Code Snow Loading Analysis ASCE702S - ASCE 7-02 Code Snow Loading Analysis ASCE798W - ASCE 7-98 Code Wind Analysis ASCE702...
Dr Shaiq Khan is a Chartered Structural Engineer working freelance in the building trade. In his day to day work, he develops and uses spreadsheets for the design and maintenance of buildings. This enables him to enhance the quality of work for his clients. He is generous enough to share his te...
The least you can do (my mother always told me) is say thank you. At ExcelCalcs you can thank people by applauding to increase their Karma rating. You just need to login to the site and look for the applaud markers in the forum (or you can click them in this email). I can't believe that Ale...
Why Excel & XLC? This movie makes the case for using Excel for engineering calculations. Find out why you should be using MS Excel and XLC to make and share calculation documents. ...
Do Green Solutions Work? Blown Out! - The electricity produced by rooftop wind turbines in urban areas is so small they may do more harm to the environment than good, a report has confirmed. Energy savings figures from roof mounted urban wind turbines have been revised downwards. The 18-month...
Alex Tomanovich continues to work tirelessly to bring you excellent solutions to concrete problems. Alex is probably the most active ExcelCalcs member, his worked solutions are extensive and formidable. If you want to learn more about Alex, his other spreadsheets and his HP calculator programs ple...
You will have noticed that each download page in the repository there is a ratings button, a comment box and a repository link button. So why do we include them? The answer is simple – we want your feedback. Please rate and comment on any file you use to guide the rest of the community. ...
The simple bolt is far from simple and each industry seems to build up its own ‘black art’ on how they are best used (plain washers, spring washers, two washers, drill and pin nuts, lubricate bolts, use Loctite on nuts, use two nuts one to lock the other, torque tighten, load indicatin...
Websense is a global leader in internet filtering and web security solutions to help companies productively use the internet. Unfortunately it had been blocking the ExcelCalcs site due it use of words like ‘Free software’ and ‘downloads’. I appealed to the Websense and I am...
Sadly we all age and die. XLC is regularly improved and we want all our users to benefit from them, so old versions die and new versions can be downloaded. It simplifies support issues and it also offers some protection from piracy. Many of you will be running XLC version 03_08 build 03 which wil...
XLC Animator Tool - Now XLC can animate your charts and graphs. Play the short movie to see new functionality.
Volvo Training - I was delighted to deliver the ‘Design of Construction Equipment’ course in the beautiful town of Belley in the French Alps last week. Twelve engineers from Volvo travelled from France, Poland, Germany and India to attend the 5 day course. Volvo had selected a number o...
We are grateful to users who report in problems via the site forum. Your feedback is essential for our ongoing improvement program. A couple of small items have been recently fixed so if you want to have the most up to date version of XLC install version 03_08 build 03. It has just been uploaded t...
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