Put the .5 in an un-used cell. Select the cell and then pull-down:

Insert Names Define and enter plate then click add and click ok.

You can then use the name in a formula:

=plate*12.345
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"JWDesigns" wrote:

I'm using different material "plate, angle, tube steel" I would like to
assign a number value to that text. ie. plate would equal .5 Is there a way I
can do this?