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Units

Type the unit after the number, the way you would say it. Calculeaf treats that as multiplication by the unit, so 12 kN/m is twelve kilonewtons per metre — not a dimensionless 12 with a label stuck on.

The Math ribbon Units group with quick unit buttons and the Units dropdown open on Length.
Math tab, Units group. Quick buttons for common units; Units ▾ browses the rest by category.

Attach a unit

A space after the number is the usual form. No space also works (5kN). Compound units use /, *, and ^:

w := 12 kN/m =
p := 20 N/mm^2 =
A := 150 mm^2 =

You can also write a unit after a closing parenthesis: (w * L / 2) kN is unnecessary if w and L already carry units — the product already has a dimension.

Pick a unit from the ribbon

On the Math tab, the Units group has quick buttons: m, kg, s, N, Pa, J, W, kN, MPa, deg. Units ▾ opens categories: Length, Mass, Time, Force, Pressure, Energy, Power, Temp, Velocity, Area, Volume, Angle, Electric, and Freq. Click a token to insert it into the focused math region.

Incompatible units

If two quantities cannot combine — adding metres to seconds, or passing a length into ln() — the region shows an error such as Incompatible units or ln() requires a dimensionless argument. Fix the expression; Calculeaf will not silently drop the unit.

Pin a display unit

Click the unit on the result chip and pick a compatible unit. That pins how this region displays; it does not change the stored value. Right-click the region and choose Reset units to clear the pin.

To lock a unit in the expression itself, use to().