Dear Tom,
I have been a little too busy to respond to your carefully considered
email on this issue. I will do so as soon as I can.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
On 2009/01/07, at 1:19 AM, Tom Wade wrote:
You argue too much.
Isn't that what this forum is for ? :-)
I want
simple examples. I say use millimeter. Example: Say I build an
intersection of roads.
I agree completely with your example. Having mixed units on such a
drawing would be highly undesirable, and mm are the most appropriate
unit for your application. In fact, mm are the most appopriate unit
for the majority of industrial applications, and should be
recommended to be used *where it is reasonable to do so*.
How about the two simple examples I cited ?
(A) the requirement is to metricate public reports about people's
height (e.g. missing persons). Do you still say use millimeter ?
(B) the requirement is to standardize on sizes of pants [trousers],
using waist measurement. Do you still say use millimeter ?
As Stan said, this should depend on the standard practice manual for
a particular professional group, as only they know their industry
well enough to decide. For most of them, mm will be the preferred
unit, but I think it is premature to extend this to a "cm-bad-mm-
good" generalization.
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