Metric system isn't half bad

[BReeves]

Actually starting to like using it now that I can relate to just how big 4mm is. Been playing with 3D printers and of course had to take the step into 3D CAD. I found a free CAD program from Allied Electronics called Design Spark. When I first started using it everything was metric and I couldn't figure out how to change it so I just started drawing in mm. Of course every bolt Nut and part on a 3D printer is metric. Have a pretty nice set of calipers that does both metric and inches which really helps.

Anyway now that I have a pretty good handle on the metric system I'll probably never go back to inches, it really is a whole lot easier to work with.

 

[GunSlingingPlatypus]

Blasphemy you Kommie!!!

 

[Newbie]

I've been thinking about getting one of those newfangled 3d printers just to print gears so i don't have to order from overseas. Do you have any recommendations?

 

[GunSlingingPlatypus]

 

[Yeti695]

As someone that uses feet and inches in a CAD program, I use feet and decimal inches. I'm not big on feet and inches anymore. I have to use them for some of our projects, but I would rather not. Not used metric system, but I see where it would be very useful.

 

[GunSlingingPlatypus]

 

[Jason Freeland]

Actually starting to like using it now that I can relate to just how big 4mm is. Been playing with 3D printers and of course had to take the step into 3D CAD. I found a free CAD program from Allied Electronics called Design Spark. When I first started using it everything was metric and I couldn't figure out how to change it so I just started drawing in mm. Of course every bolt Nut and part on a 3D printer is metric. Have a pretty nice set of calipers that does both metric and inches which really helps.

Anyway now that I have a pretty good handle on the metric system I'll probably never go back to inches, it really is a whole lot easier to work with.

Just got in a Prusa i3 MK3S+ today to replace my Wanhao D9, printing a benchy as I type this.

 

[Uncle TK]

Tell me what a 2 by 4 eight feet long in Metric

 

[SoonerP226]

it really is a whole lot easier to work with.

Of course it is. It had to be simple for a Frenchman to grasp it.

 

[Okie4570]

Tell me what a 2 by 4 eight feet long in Metric

2.54 cm in an inch that will covert it for you lol.