ENGLISH INPUT

 

Purpose:  Used to indicate the units of measure system for input data. 

 

-->    Either ENGLISH INPUT or METRIC INPUT is selected at the start of a new project and is uniformly applied to all input.

 

The applicable English units are shown in each data definition.  When using English units for input and metric units for output, the following unit conversions are made.

 

(in) to (mm)

(ft) to (m)

(ksi) to MPa)

(k) to (kN)

(k/ft) to (kN/m)

(lb/ft3) to (kg/m3)