WORKBOOKS FOR

ENGINEERS

Mike Van Voorhis, PE

Utah Department of Professional Licensing

Professional Engineer Conference 2013

Workbooks for Engineers

• Art requires one to make

something that nobody

asked for with time and

effort that nobody

supports.

• DIYers assume risks for

their work.

• Innovation requires one

to create something new,

it is an art with risks,

conducted by DIYers.

• Engineers are in the

business of Innovation.

Workbooks for Engineers

• Purpose: To provide technical professionals with analysis

techniques using freely available computer applications

• Topics:

• spreadsheet organization,

• online data,

• interpolation,

• graphic analysis and

• VBA scripting

Workbooks for

Engineers

• Excel, OpenOffice,

MacNumbers

• Calculation Table

organization,

Parameters/Values/Unit

s/Comments - copy &

paste formulas for

printing with

row/headers

• Use filters, hide / show

rows and columns, unit

conversions

• VBA, OfficeVB, Mac

AppleScript scripting

http://AnalysisChamp.com/XLS/FreeStyle.xls

Online

References

NUMEROUS SOURCES OF

INFORMATION AND

REFERENCES FOR

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

Interpolation

Graphic Analysis

GRAPHICAL

CAPABILITIES:

• SCREEN SNIP OR

CAPTURE

• PASTE ONTO

WORKSHEET

• SCALE

• SHAPES

• MEASUREMENT

Graphic Analysis

GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES

• SCREEN SNIP OR

CAPTURE

• APPLY TO CHART

BACKGROUND

• ADJUST POINTS

• MANIPULATE POINTS

ADD-IN

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-

excel/archive/2009/11/02/excel-add-in-for-

manipulating-points-on-charts-mpoc.aspx

Graphical

Application

USE SHAPES WITH CELL

DATA TO GRAPHICALLY

DEPICT INFORMATION

http://AnalysisChamp.com/XLS/FS-4Bar.xls

Maps

USE ONLINE IMAGES WITH

SHAPE SCALE

MEASUREMENT

TECHNIQUES

Nomograph

USE SCANNED IMAGES

AND CHARTS WITH SHAPE

OBJECTS TO PERFORM

ANALYSIS, CAPTURE

RESULTS AND PERFORM

CHECKS WITH EXISTING

REFERENCES

Schematics

USE SHAPES TO CREATE

GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ART

WITH LIVE DATA AND

BACKGROUND

CALCULATIONS

PDF Output

USE PRINT-TO-PDF

APPLICATIONS TO

PROVIDE RESULTS TO

CLIENTS AND WORKMATES

Workbooks for Engineers

WORKBOOK CAPABILITIES

• DATA ORGANIZATION

• ANALYSIS

• SHARED ENGINEERING METHODS

• SHARED ORGANIZATIONAL DATA

• REMOTE AND COLLABORATIVE

ACTIVITIES

http://AnalysisChamp.com