Well, OK, since I'm a debative kind of person I just HAD to write something
to all of this :)

OK, as far as I'm concerned, use which ever system you want.  It really all
comes down to this:  People were brought up and were taught different
systems, it's therefore harder for people to visualise and work with a
system they are not used to, just like trying to learn another language.  So
of course people will prefer different measuring systems!!!

I was brought up with Metric.  So, I find it hard to visualise feet and
inches etc...  The thing I've always liked about Metric is that it's based
one something that won't change, and it's part of the SI Units, which makes
it very easy to use in Physics calculations.

For those people using Imperial or some other "strange" system, here's how
you can judge a metre:  It's basically one paced step.

OK, here's why I think Metric is good, everything is based on powers of 10
(as I said, it makes it very easy for Physics calculations and scaling):

Here are the basics:

km = kilometre
m = metre
cm = centimetre
mm = millimetre

1 km = 1000 m
1 m = 100 cm
1 cm = 10 mm

Easy eh?  Anyway, in conclusion, I like Metric, but use what ever you want,
it's not going to bother me in the slightest, as long as it's convieniant
for you!  I also prefer Year-Month-Day for filing and sorting on computers.
(For example, a system log looks like "System Log - 1999-03-21.dat" so they
are all sorted)

Luckily, the programs I use for rendering have automatic conversion between
Metric-Imperial.

Just my opinion.

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