Having an electro-mech drafting background, I find that when it comes to the physical constraints, hole sizes and GDT issues, my answer is metric. However, when it comes to track widths and spacing I still tend to think in Imperial. As more component packaging is becoming hard metric, I feel I must try to be more 'metricated'. I find that most of the younger engineers find it hard to relate to the imperial dimensions anyway.... regards, Phil Dutton C.I.D. -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, 20 July 2002 05:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DC] Flash Poll Hello All- Looking for a general consensus... do you design in imperial or metric? Not output and documentation, but design. Thanks, -Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------