"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
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I've seen a few RFQs from Boeing subs showing CAD drawings using the
traditional right-side-up cone indicating the orthographic projection to
be
for standard Imperial ft/inch/lb.

Has anybody seen any RFQs from Boeing calling for metric dimensioning?


If asked why I'm interested... I just can't see Boeing shifting to the SI
system when they lead the world in technology using ft, lbs, thrust, Mach
speed, known strengths of material in thousands of pounds per square inch,
BTU required for the thrust, drag, gravity, air pressure in the tires in
lbs/sq/in, and everything they have been designing since that first biplane
that flew the mail from San Fran to Alaska to keep up with the steamships
mail delivery, and later the famous Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland
where virtually every world-class aeronautical enterprise used to leverage
themselves into leadership roles.

Why would there be a reason for them to go through their whole history and
library of data from endless successes and failures in order to meet the
world myopic desire to metricate?