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As a side note, the French (at least) architectural drawings are in centimeters, that's the only place I have seen centimeters as the default, but it's one of t
by nraynaud 11y ago
As a side note, the French (at least) architectural drawings are in centimeters, that's the only place I have seen centimeters as the default, but it's one of the most important engineering field.
- Symbiote 11y agoAre you sure? "ISO 129 Technical drawings -- Indication of dimensions and tolerances" specifies that SI units be used, i.e. µm, mm, m, km. I've only seen British drawings, which almost exclusively use mm for things up to the size of a moderate building (school etc). I've seen metres used on really big things, like 10km of railway.
- nraynaud 11y agoI just did a random google image search in French: http://www.jeanbellanger.com/data/5190/f1f0/d3476/thumbnail/x1410-y885-tfill-k65/jean-bellanger-architecte-plan-entreprise-moderne-angers.jpg http://www.jeanbellanger.com/data/5190/f1f0/d3476/thumbnail/... (it looks like this architect doesn't really understand the concept of thumbnails) I think architecture is using a separate set of rules than mechanics.
- blue1 11y agoAs an (italian) architect, I can confirm: architects usually use centimetres. Millimetres would imply a level of precision which is not practical in construction.