Contour Plot for Excel

This software tool will enable you to add contour plotting capability to the chart making feature of Excel spreadsheets.

Microsoft Excel spreadsheets have extensive chart/plot capability. But, contour plot is not one of them. This program helps make real contour plots to be created in Excel. The user will be able to interact with these contour plots just like one does with any of the other standard chart types in Excel. There are no restrictions on the data to be used. The data used by the program could be rectangular data, nearly rectangular data, and irregular data. There is a data generator included that can generate data based polynomials and any equation. The trial version of the program will produce just an image of a plot. The working version will create contour plots based on actual data.

There are some preliminaries necessary before you can get the program to work with Excel. The Excel must be set up for access to VB projects. For the Excel 2007 to 10 versions you need to go through the steps of Microsoft Office Button -> Excel Options -> Trust Center -> Trust Center Settings -> Macro Settings -> Check Trust access to the VBA project object model. For the 1997 and 2003 versions the steps are Tools-macro-security -> Trusted Publishers -> Check Allow access to Visual Basic Project. This is a very good product and is a good option when you have a need for a tool like this. Go ahead and try it out in your exact work settings.

Real contour plots are created in Excel. You can interact with the contour plot just like any other Excel plot. Contour Plot works with any contour data. It accommodates rectangular data, nearly rectangular data, and irregular data. It includes a data generator for polynomials or any equation. The free trial version creates a picture. The full version creates an Excel chart.