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Tyler Durden
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I frequently work with tables of engineering equations in different units. I suppose physicists might do the same thing. For example, a table might look like this:

engineering tableenter image description here

Some of the values are inputs and others are computed from the inputs. I put them in spreadsheets with each column representing a different set of units, as you can see. In some cases I copy a formula from one column to the other. Other times, I will convert the value in one column to the other column using a unit conversion.

How can I do something like this in Mathematica? Ideally I would like the input values to be easily editable.

The Dream

What would be really cool is if any of the values could be edited and the other values would compute correctly. When I use a spreadsheet, this is impossible. I either have to make the cell contain a number (an independent value), or a formula (a dependent value). Usually, I color the inputs blue. If I could make it so that any cell could be edited and all the others would solve and update correctly, that would be very cool.

I frequently work with tables of engineering equations in different units. I suppose physicists might do the same thing. For example, a table might look like this:

engineering table

I put them in spreadsheets with each column representing a different set of units, as you can see. In some cases I copy a formula from one column to the other. Other times, I will convert the value in one column to the other column using a unit conversion.

How can I do something like this in Mathematica?

I frequently work with tables of engineering equations in different units. I suppose physicists might do the same thing. For example, a table might look like this:

enter image description here

Some of the values are inputs and others are computed from the inputs. I put them in spreadsheets with each column representing a different set of units, as you can see. In some cases I copy a formula from one column to the other. Other times, I will convert the value in one column to the other column using a unit conversion.

How can I do something like this in Mathematica? Ideally I would like the input values to be easily editable.

The Dream

What would be really cool is if any of the values could be edited and the other values would compute correctly. When I use a spreadsheet, this is impossible. I either have to make the cell contain a number (an independent value), or a formula (a dependent value). Usually, I color the inputs blue. If I could make it so that any cell could be edited and all the others would solve and update correctly, that would be very cool.

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Tyler Durden
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Working with tables of equations in different units

I frequently work with tables of engineering equations in different units. I suppose physicists might do the same thing. For example, a table might look like this:

engineering table

I put them in spreadsheets with each column representing a different set of units, as you can see. In some cases I copy a formula from one column to the other. Other times, I will convert the value in one column to the other column using a unit conversion.

How can I do something like this in Mathematica?