My reason for posting is that understand Autodesk (AutoCad) is pretty much a de-facto standard in the engineering and design industry, and if it's becoming more metric-friendly I would assume it's in response to customer demand.
That would seem like a good sign. Nat > > > ...through the addition of U.S. metric content based on General > Services > > Administration (GSA) guidelines for professional rounding of unit > > measurements.... > > How does 'US metric' differ from the plain old metric that everybody > else uses? > > On the other hand, perhaps it might be a good thing to imply that metric > is now an American thing! Then Americans can be 'patriotic' and complain > that there are still some awkward foreigners in Britain who insist on > weird outdated units and make trade difficult. > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > > >