>>Americans still don't want to realise how small a part of the real, measure up, world they are in maybe? (Having a dig!)
Brian several industries still use imperial as a standard regardless of their location in relation to the US. I'm not arguing that metric is not easier to learn and apply system, I am however citing the fact as mentioned earlier that every cad package I know of can swap back and forth the units with a couple of clicks so it is really a moot point. As for the Mars lander they were probably off by more than a decimal place to say the least and an organization like NASA should have a strict QA program that requires all work done to certain standards and they managed to launch us another $125 million into debt......
By the way the request at the start of this thread to be able to enter feet & inches input with the last " sign missing (like type 5'2 for the same as 5'2") has been enabled now since the Nov-21 v2 beta.
Tis a fun/silly world---NOW, do you want to see the list of SIMPLE things that I and my friends have solved to make all good?---It's so easy!
(To make the list!)