Joe_Carrick Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 I know that the standard for metric dimensions is mm. What I don't know is if you use a thousands separator and if so what character do you use? space comma period none Please tell me..... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 I think it depends on the country (or language?). I don't think there is a universal metric standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, DBCooper said: I think it depends on the country (or language?). I don't think there is a universal metric standard. That's fine. It's still useful information and maybe the "country or Language" would also be nice to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlem2000 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 I always work with m. For example, for me the format X/X" is a bit messy and it's the one used in all tutorials in English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 For mm, space. For example: 12 345 Unit indicators only if there are multiple dimension formats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 1 hour ago, robdyck said: For mm, space. For example: 12 345 Unit indicators only if there are multiple dimension formats. This is the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwideziner Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Joe it is all based on the ISO std. no seperators are used. ie 1.2m would be 1200, however with larger numbers a space between the whole m is sometimes used for clarity ie 15 200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Kiwideziner said: Joe it is all based on the ISO std. no seperators are used. ie 1.2m would be 1200, however with larger numbers a space between the whole m is sometimes used for clarity ie 15 200. So, the rule would be no separator for anything less than 10000 mm and a space for anything more? Is there any problem if a space is never used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwideziner Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 IMO if a space is not used it is less clearly defined at a quick glance but still correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Charles Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I don't use any separators....metric being multiples of 10 on plans I usually use simple numbers eg 800mm is 800, 2.4m is noted as 2400, 24m in noted as 24000 as shown below etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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