I don't know if this is the correct place for this but I have a question for the programmers. I took a fancy years ago to making designs in Microsoft Excel, treating the spreadsheet much like a needlepoint canvas. The whole trick lies in the ability to make rows and columns any desired width, thus creating 3-dimensional form.

I am familiar with the checkerboard pattern available in mac.ucl but all the squares or rectangles are the same size. There is also the Celtic Knot formula in jos.ucl and I love how you can specify how many columns and rows you want. Then you indicate what pattern you want by entering certain numbers. I wish there was something like this where I could specify the measurement of each square.

Kerry Mitchell seems like quite the guru with geometric shapes and I found a design of his with 100 transforms, that's a bit much, though of course the work was gorgeous.

If anyone cares to assist in my request I would be most grateful!

Here's a sampling of my old "ExcelArt" designs:

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I don't know if this is the correct place for this but I have a question for the programmers. I took a fancy years ago to making designs in Microsoft Excel, treating the spreadsheet much like a needlepoint canvas. The whole trick lies in the ability to make rows and columns any desired width, thus creating 3-dimensional form. I am familiar with the checkerboard pattern available in mac.ucl but all the squares or rectangles are the same size. There is also the Celtic Knot formula in jos.ucl and I love how you can specify how many columns and rows you want. Then you indicate what pattern you want by entering certain numbers. I wish there was something like this where I could specify the measurement of each square. Kerry Mitchell seems like quite the guru with geometric shapes and I found a design of his with 100 transforms, that's a bit much, though of course the work was gorgeous. If anyone cares to assist in my request I would be most grateful! Here's a sampling of my old "ExcelArt" designs: ![5a96087bc174c.jpg](serve/attachment&path=5a96087bc174c.jpg) ![5a96088ccc7f2.jpg](serve/attachment&path=5a96088ccc7f2.jpg) ![5a9608bc8d97e.jpg](serve/attachment&path=5a9608bc8d97e.jpg) ![5a9608cb02f78.jpg](serve/attachment&path=5a9608cb02f78.jpg)
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Wouldn't it be possible to use a regular grid-type formula, and then add a transformation on the Mapping tab to transform the grid?

Wouldn't it be possible to use a regular grid-type formula, and then add a transformation on the Mapping tab to transform the grid?

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Hello Frederik,
Thank you very much for your response. I haven't quite found what I'm looking for in the formula database and was looking for pointers from formula writers to see if I could produce anything similar to this kind of digital design. I'll keep poking around and experimenting.

Thanks for your time,
Kathy

Hello Frederik, Thank you very much for your response. I haven't quite found what I'm looking for in the formula database and was looking for pointers from formula writers to see if I could produce anything similar to this kind of digital design. I'll keep poking around and experimenting. Thanks for your time, Kathy
 
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