diff --git a/js/lattice/LatticeEsim.js b/js/lattice/LatticeEsim.js
index a120eab088c370b13e352c8f1a1fdd8b38ab21de..99bdbbce817ce88e99514933614c26a7a29b8867 100644
--- a/js/lattice/LatticeEsim.js
+++ b/js/lattice/LatticeEsim.js
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ define(['lattice', 'appState', 'threeModel', 'eSim', 'eSimCell', 'eSimSuperCell'
             if (index.x-1 >= 0) callback(this.cells[index.x-1][index.y][index.z]);
             if (index.y+1 < yLength) callback(this.cells[index.x][index.y+1][index.z]);
             if (index.y-1 >= 0) callback(this.cells[index.x][index.y-1][index.z]);
+        },
+
+        calcCapacitance: function(){
+
+        },
+
+        calcInductance: function(){
+
         }
 
     };
diff --git a/js/menus/EStaticMenuView.js b/js/menus/EStaticMenuView.js
index 50b25b7b9d203e8afad1a2cda3316ffc2bbcf42b..152028182ea3c95711746a8a043ea82bbdccde3c 100644
--- a/js/menus/EStaticMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/EStaticMenuView.js
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
  */
 
 
-define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'menuParent', 'plist', 'text!eStaticMenuTemplate', 'eSim'],
-    function($, _, MenuParentView, plist, template, eSim){
+define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'menuParent', 'plist', 'text!eStaticMenuTemplate', 'eSim', 'latticeESim'],
+    function($, _, MenuParentView, plist, template, eSim, lattice){
 
     return MenuParentView.extend({
 
         events: {
+            "click #calcCapacitance":                               "_calcCapacitance",
+            "click #calcInductance":                                "_calcInductance"
         },
 
         _initialize: function(){
@@ -21,6 +23,25 @@ define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'menuParent', 'plist', 'text!eStaticMenuTemplate
             return null;
         },
 
+        _calcCapacitance: function(e){
+            e.preventDefault();
+            if (this._checkGroupData("voltage")) lattice.calcCapacitance();
+            else console.warn("voltage data missing");
+        },
+
+        _calcInductance: function(e){
+            e.preventDefault();
+            if (this._checkGroupData("current")) lattice.calcInductance();
+            else console.warn("current data missing");
+        },
+
+        _checkGroupData: function(property){
+            var missingGroups = _.filter(eSim.get("conductorGroups"), function(group){
+                return group[property] === null;
+            });
+            return missingGroups.length == 0;
+        },
+
         _makeTemplateJSON: function(){
             return _.extend(this.model.toJSON(), eSim.toJSON());
         },