geep opened this issue on Sep 25, 2002 ยท 12 posts
geep posted Wed, 25 September 2002 at 7:05 PM
Hi Max,
You are NOT being "smart," and you have asked a very good question.
I am glad you asked the question because I am sure there are others who would like to know the answer, also.
The answer is ...
... the English "inch" is normally divided into:
halves ....... 1/2
quarters ..... 1/4
eights ....... 1/8
sixteens ..... 1/16
thirty-seconds 1/32
(etc.)
Thus:
This system (i.e., dividing in "half" each time) does NOT lend itself to work well with the Poser decimal (base 10) system. (e.g., 0.000)
That is why I have divided the English "inch" into 10 parts, and NOT quarters, eighths, sixteenths, etc.
It is interesting to note that, even in the good ol' U.S. of A., the "Engineering" type of scale (or ruler) is produced with the inch divided into 10 parts - and NOT 2, 4, 8, 16, etc.
I hope this answers your question.
BTW - I just did a post for the METRIC system using Poser's GROUND.
cheers,
dr geep
;=]
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
edited 10/5/2019