The examples of section VII.1.1 show how the FeResPost COM component can be used to automate CLA calculations with different programming languages. However, the small programs used in these examples are not significantly different from the programs presented in Chapter IV.3.
An example is presented here in which the COM component is used in Excel, combining the capabilities of Excel and FeResPost to produce a small application devoted to CLA calculations. The example is presented in the Excel spreadsheet “COM/EX99_XL_CLA/LaminateAnalysis.xlsm”.
The presentation of the example is organized as follows:
Section VII.3.1 explains how the Excel workbook must be prepared to make the example work.
The different spreadsheets defined in the workbook are presented in section VII.3.3.
Some explanations of the different modules defined in the workbook are given in section VII.3.4.
The example is meant as a presentation of a small application devoted to classical laminate analysis. This application is highly customizable, provided the user is willing to adapt it to their needs by modifying the spreadsheets and the associated VBA programming.