Fabric conversion

[montypython]

Hi guys, hope somebody can help

I need a formula to convert fabric weight to meters

So lets say the gsm is 80gsm, the width is 154cm weight is for arguments sake 900g

How would this be calculated into meters?

Hope you guys can help

Thanks

 

[igold]

Re: Fabric coonversion

Welcome to the board.

Since I don't know squat about fabric weights, perhaps this site will help you to get your solution or perhaps help you to provide more information to us, on what calculations you would like to see in a formula or macro.

http://www.ginifab.com/feeds/ozyd2_gm2/

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Re: Fabric coonversion

I need a formula to convert fabric weight to meters

So lets say the gsm is 80gsm, the width is 154cm weight is for arguments sake 900g

How would this be calculated into meters?

You did not say what cells anything is in, so I'll layout the calculation for you and you will have to create the formula from that. The gsm dimension stands for gram per square meter... the fabric weight is 80gsm and you have 900 grams of material total, so you divide 80 into 900 to get 11.25 square meters of material total. Now your material is 154 cm wide which you would divide by 100 to convert it to meters and that division says your material is 1.54 meters wide. So, you have 11.25 square meters of material that is 1.54 meters wide... dividing the total square meters (11.25) by the width (1.54) would give you the length as 7.305195 which I guess would be rounded to 7.31 meters long.

 

[igold]

Re: Fabric coonversion

@Rick,

Nicely done, well put. This one was right in your wheelhouse.

 

[montypython]

Re: Fabric coonversion

You did not say what cells anything is in, so I'll layout the calculation for you and you will have to create the formula from that. The gsm dimension stands for gram per square meter... the fabric weight is 80gsm and you have 900 grams of material total, so you divide 80 into 900 to get 11.25 square meters of material total. Now your material is 154 cm wide which you would divide by 100 to convert it to meters and that division says your material is 1.54 meters wide. So, you have 11.25 square meters of material that is 1.54 meters wide... dividing the total square meters (11.25) by the width (1.54) would give you the length as 7.305195 which I guess would be rounded to 7.31 meters long.

Thanks for the advice, Cells weren't really a problem, just needed a formula that could help with this, but now I am also looking for a formula to work out GSM, if that is at all possible?