Units & calculations
Fields that know they're a torque, not just a number
Every value in SpecLatch can carry a physical dimension. That one idea removes a whole class of catalog errors: units convert instead of being re-typed, formulas are checked against physics before they run, and the metric datasheet can never disagree with the imperial one.
Store once, display both systems
A unit-aware field stores one number in a unit you choose and displays it in any compatible unit — per grid view, per document template, per portal visitor. Dual display (240 N·m alongside 177 lb·ft) is a formatting choice, not a second column.
- Pressure, flow, power, torque, temperature, length, and more
- Per-template display units: metric datasheet and imperial datasheet from one record
- A public unit toggle on your portal — visitors pick their system
Dimension-checked formulas
Calculated fields run tested functions, not spreadsheet strings. Every formula is checked for physical sense: adding a pressure to a temperature refuses to save, and a result must land in a field of the right dimension. When inputs change, results recompute everywhere.
- A registry of engineering functions, each unit-tested
- Chained calculations: one field's result feeds the next
- Wrong-dimension formulas are rejected at definition time, not discovered in print
Rollups and lookups across tables
A series can aggregate its models — the torque range of a gearmotor line, the size span of a valve run — computed live from the records underneath. Lookups pull a linked record's value through the link, so shared data lives exactly once.
- MIN / MAX / RANGE / COUNT and friends, per series
- Lookups through linked records, chainable one hop at a time
- Rollups print on documents like any other field
Performance curves
Define curve axes once per table — head vs. flow, torque vs. speed, output vs. input — and each record carries its own points. Curves chart on the record page and render into generated documents.
- Unit-aware axes with dual-system display
- Charted on records, printable on datasheets
- Multiple curves per record
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