Converting Measurements

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#195225 11-Apr-2016 12:01

What I would find very useful though I can't seem to find anything that does it nicely, is where you get a dimension of an item in inches (like 14 x 15 x 19) and paste that and have it return in mm or cm even.

Right now I seem to need to convert on a 1:1 basis which is annoying.

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#1530006 11-Apr-2016 12:07

Not too convenient, but WA can do like this...

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=14+inches+in+cm,+15+inches+in+cm+,+19+inches+in+cm

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#1530015 11-Apr-2016 12:17

sleemanj:

Not too convenient, but WA can do like this...

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=14+inches+in+cm,+15+inches+in+cm+,+19+inches+in+cm

Thanks. Was hoping I could do something like this:

12.8 x 10.8 x 3.6 inches in CM but that gives the volume measurement I think.

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#1530017 11-Apr-2016 12:21

(14,15,19) inches in cm

or faster:

{1,2,3} inches in cm

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#1530049 11-Apr-2016 13:13

I wonder where the best place to give google feedback on new ideas for it's search engine is?

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#1530053 11-Apr-2016 13:24

networkn:

I wonder where the best place to give google feedback on new ideas for it's search engine is?

Send it in an email addressed to anyone, they'll know about it ;-)

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#1530360 12-Apr-2016 01:04

Multiply inches by 2.54 to convert to CM.

If you want to calculate the volume of your item. Convert the measurements to CM (or another metric measurement first) Then simply multiply the length width and height together to get the volume.