Hypocycloid Charts - WOW!


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Overview

This workbook displays an infinite number of dazzling animated charts (three examples are shown below). The workbook is set up with a simple user interface that makes it very easy to generate a new chart or save the parameters for charts that you like. Turn animation on or off with the click of a button. We guarantee that you'll be amazed!

The chart displays what's known as a hypocycloid curve -- the path formed by a point on a circle that rolls inside of another circle. This, as you may recall from your childhood, is the same technique used in Hasbro's popular Spirograph toy.

The workbook is not protected, so you can view the formulas and VBA macros that are used.

Free Download

Click the link below to  get a copy of this file. It works with Excel 97 or later.

 

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