On 11/16/2013 07:06 PM, John Kasunich wrote: > In non-metric countries, "mil" is typically used only when making > printed circuit boards. Ordinary mechanical design is done in either > inches or mm. > > In other words, inches and millimeters are the "mainstream" units, > and mils are a "niche application". It almost seems like you have > it the other way around.
You are right. Inches are the norm. The next version will use inches as the default imperial measurement and have mil as a derivative. This change will have some consequenses, but they are relatively easy to grasp: 1 in + 1 = 2 in 1 in + 1 mil = 1.001 in 1 mil + 1 = 0.001 in + 1 = 1.001 in -- Greetings Bertho (disclaimers are disclaimed) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
