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Dwood
February 16th, 2009, 05:21 PM
Don't know if you've seen this before.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3563/microsoft_excel_revolutionary_3d_.php


Without Excel Grid:

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With Excel Grid:

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:worship:
TheGhost
February 16th, 2009, 05:44 PM
Hah, that is pretty cool. I didn't get the chance to read it all, but I'm going to bookmark it for later. Nice find!
Dwood
February 16th, 2009, 05:59 PM
Hah, that is pretty cool. I didn't get the chance to read it all, but I'm going to bookmark it for later. Nice find!


Thanks! :D It's definitely interesting to read! Especially if you know what you're doing inside of excel.
ExAm
February 17th, 2009, 01:10 AM
I don't quite understand how this is revolutionary, unless that part was a joke.
legionaire45
February 17th, 2009, 01:14 AM
It was part of the joke.

I like how they are using one excel sheet as a backbuffer or something in one of the videos =P.
Sel
February 17th, 2009, 06:52 AM
look out microsoft

autodesk gon buy u out!
Rob Oplawar
February 17th, 2009, 11:20 AM
Excel is the number one go-to tool for rocket scientists, followed immediately by Power Point. True story.
legionaire45
February 17th, 2009, 08:27 PM
Excel is the number one go-to tool for rocket scientists, followed immediately by Power Point. True story.
Oh jesus, my school is training me to be a rocket scientist D:
Con
February 17th, 2009, 08:35 PM
I made something similar on my TI83 graphing calc. It's a simple 3d modeling program where you enter coordinates to form faces. The program then lets you save and load these models, and also lets you render a 10 frame animation which can be played back. It's an orthagonal projection though, IDK how to do perspective.
Heathen
February 17th, 2009, 09:26 PM
D:

I was lost as hell until I read the rest of the thread here...
itszutak
February 17th, 2009, 10:32 PM
I made something similar on my TI83 graphing calc. It's a simple 3d modeling program where you enter coordinates to form faces. The program then lets you save and load these models, and also lets you render a 10 frame animation which can be played back. It's an orthagonal projection though, IDK how to do perspective.
My TI-200 does some real-time stuff like that.

It's very nice :v:
RobertGraham
February 22nd, 2009, 09:22 AM
Thats friggen awesome. I always thought Excel was a boring program that Accountants Used... lol
=sw=warlord
February 22nd, 2009, 09:27 AM
look out microsoft

autodesk gon buy u out!
I can see it now.
Windows 7=£3500 [15% discount for students]