# Mixed values in formulas

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mixed-values-in-formulas/40458>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [March 7, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mixed-values-in-formulas/40458 "2026-03-07T20:09:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![B3nn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b19c9b/32.png) [@B3nn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/B3nn)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mixed-values-in-formulas/40458/1 "2026-03-07T20:09:45Z")

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Please follow the format below for requesting a feature.

**The problem that this feature will solve:**

_The ability for more complex formulas._

**Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:**

_for designing something like a thread, there are a lot of value types shared across different formulas._

Currently I have to make multiple variables, one that’s a Number type and a matching one that’s a length type. This is because, to set the number of rotations of the thread, you need the length of the total bolt, and the thread pitch spacing, times 360. I can’t set this variable to angle type because there’s measurements in it so I have to set it as a number type.

If I made the previous variables before thinking about this mix of values, then I have to either make a new variable as a number but is the same as the measurements, or delete the original and make one as a number type instead of a measurement type.

**What can’t you achieve without this feature?**

_It’s not blocking me, but we should have 1 of 2 (or both) options._

1. The ability to use other variable types in any formula. Either a way within the formula to use the value as a simple number, or that it auto accepts it and uses the value as is but in a universal way.

2. Allow the ability to change a previous type, to a new type. A long press and add a menu item to change the type. Or a selection of what values this variable is allowed to be used as (One or more)