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{{Infobox software
| name = 3D-Calc
| logo = 
| screenshot = 3d-calc-desktop.gif
| caption = 3D-Calc screenshot
| developer = Frank Schoonjans
| released = {{Start date and age|1989|04}}
| latest_release_version = 3.31
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2003}}
| operating_system = [[Atari ST]]
| genre = [[Spreadsheet]]
| license = [[Freeware]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.frankschoonjans.com/3d-calc/}}
}}
'''''3D-Calc''''' is a 3-dimensional [[spreadsheet]] program for the [[Atari ST]] [[computer]]. The first version of the program was released in April 1989 and was distributed by ISTARI bvba, [[Ghent]], [[Belgium]].

==History==
Starting in May 1991, the English version was distributed by MichTron/[[Microdeal]], Cornwall, UK.

In January 1992, version 2.3 of the program was licensed to [[Atari]] Corp., who released Dutch and French translations.

In 1994, version 3 of 3D-Calc (renamed 3D-Calc+) was licensed to the UK magazine ST Applications.

Today, ''3D-Calc'' software is [[Freeware]] ("[[Public domain]] without [[source code]]") and can be downloaded freely.<ref name="3dcalcwebsite">[https://www.frankschoonjans.com/3dcalc.php 3D-Calc] ''"Today, 3D-Calc is in the public domain and can be downloaded freely"''.</ref>

In 1992–1993, it was ported to [[MS-DOS]] to serve as the basis of a new statistics software package [[MedCalc]].<ref name="3dcalcwebsite" />

==Features and reception==
The spreadsheet contains 13 pages of 2048 rows and 256 columns. Cells of different pages could be cross-referenced. ''3D Calc'' offers a GEM based user interface with icons, menus and function keys. Users can work on three spreadsheets at the same time with up to three GEM windows for each. The application supports on-screen help via the "?" menu<ref name="ST Format 61">{{cite magazine |last=Crush|first=Peter|date=August 1994|title=3D Calc Plus|magazine=ST Format |publisher=Future Publishing|issn=0957-4859|issue=61|page=34}}</ref> and can import data from Lotus 1-2-3 (with some limitations).<ref name="ST Applications 46">{{cite magazine |last=Crush|first=Peter|date=October 1994|title=3D Calc Plus|magazine=ST Applications|publisher=The ST Club|issue=46|pages=9–11}}</ref>{{rp|10}}

The program includes an integrated [[scripting language]], and an integrated text module with a data import feature from the spreadsheet, allowing formatted data output, mailmerge, label printing etc.

Peter Crush writing for the ''ST Format'' and ''ST Applications'' magazines commended ''3D Calc'' for rich features including easy to use graph generation,<ref name="ST Format 61"/> but criticized no support for colours.<ref name="ST Applications 46"/>{{rp|11}}

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