AutoCAD has a rounding feature for the output shown on the drawings, you are able to select the rounding quantity. I can tell you that AUTOCAD keeps track of significant figures as well as any calculator. I use it in everyday calculations and it can track across many orders of magnitude accurately. I suggest your friend does the unthinkable and reads the manual to find out how to display what they want to display.
Novel thought I realize but with AutoCAD absolutely necessary. John M. Nichols Assistant Professor Room A414 Langford AC MS 3137 Department of Construction Science College of Architecture Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843-3137 Phone: (979) 845 6541 Fax: (979) 862 1572 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Frysinger Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2005 8:25 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32845] Re: metric conversion calculators AutoCad may have a feature built in that considers the number of significant figures. Actually, if we take 10 ft as being precise within 1 ft, then 3.0 m (i.e., 300 cm) would be appropriate. You might ask your friend to try typing in 10.0 ft and see if that changes the output. Jim On Wednesday 11 May 2005 12:31, john mercer wrote: > Hello I have a question. Has anybody used a calculator with metric > conversion built in. The question i have is if you convert ft to m > does it use the conversion factor of 1 ft =30.48cm? If you convert 10 > ft to m does it say 304.8 cm or round it to 305 cm? The reason i ask > this is because i have a friend who has a computer program called > Autocad. It's an engineering program and it has metric conversion in > it. If you take 10 ft and convert it to m it rounds it to 305 cm. I > wonder what a metric conversion calculator does. Thanks -- James R. Frysinger Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist Senior Member, IEEE http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University/College of Charleston 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 843.953.7644 (phone) 843.953.4824 (FAX) Home: 10 Captiva Row Charleston, SC 29407 843.225.0805
