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    Charting/Graphing a design layout

    Heya y'all.
    I'm attempting to produce a chart/graph which will provide a layout for an installation grid of ceiling tile, based on the width/length. I'm thoroughly familiar with the calculation process involved in producing the required number of peices, and I believe i'm capable of creating a VBA code which will output the numbers representative of the placement for each component. I do not however, know of a system within Excel in order to represent these outputs visually.

    I've attached a very poorly drawn example of the output I'd like to achieve, along with a fairly thorough explanation of the component estimating process.

    As I mentioned, I'm not looking to have someone write the whole shebang for me, I just need a nudge in the right direction in terms of where to get started with visually representing the numbers once I calculate them.

    Any help would be appreciated.

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    Re: Charting/Graphing a design layout

    You could use a multi series xy-scatter chart to plot the lines.
    I have manually create a few sets of lines to illustrate the data layout.

    Calculating the actual dimensions will be the tricky bit.
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    Re: Charting/Graphing a design layout

    Ossim.
    Didn't have much time to look it over, but it appears to be what I was hoping for. Just getting into graphs and charts, so didn't know where to start. I'm familiar with the calculations for the components enough that I should, with some trial and error, be able to design a suitable interface.

    thanks.

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