> I've never seen or heard of one that used 'thou'. For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the term, 'thou' is defined as:
"an alternate name for what Americans call a mil: a unit of distance equal to 0.001 inch (25.4 micrometers). This name originated in Britain, but it is now common in the U.S. also." - http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictT.html (University of North Carolina) So although I accept (from our discussion here) that 'mil' appears to be more widely used than 'thou', my (British) engineering background means that 'mil' is 'millimetres' first, 'milli-inch' second. It's like the word 'pants', which to me is underware first (UK meaning), and an outer garment for the lower part of the body second (US meaning). I could avoid this issue altogether by using my preferred measurement system, which is metric. However when I switch kicad to metric I get unfriendly grid choices, such as 0.127mm. Since it looks like 'mil' is more widely used to mean thousandths of an inch, is there a way of getting kicad to give me rational metric grid options, so I can work purely in metric without immediately hitting a brick wall? BTW, this US vs UK vs the world business leaves a bad taste in the mouth. This isn't a battle, it's a matter of the same word having different meanings in different parts of the world. Robert. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.11/1071 - Release Date: 10/15/2007 06:48
