Ib Rasmussen wrote:
> 
> I'm going to make a model of a church based on drawings by the french
> architect Jardin, from about 1750.
> The measurements on the drawings are in "Pieds". Does any of the you
> know what that unit converts to in centimetres?
> 
> I'm guessing that it is about the same as a Danish "fod" (foot), which
> is 31.4 cm, and it is not all that important for the model, but I am
> curious.

Yes, a "pied" is indead a "foot".  Since at that time, there were no
definite standard for those measurements - it was either the architect's
own foot, or in some case the King's - feel free to use whatever you
feel works fine, such as 1 "pied" = 1 pov-unit.

In today's units, 1 foot = 30.48 cm.

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