WandW opened this issue on May 09, 2010 · 39 posts
WandW posted Sun, 09 May 2010 at 8:22 PM
A recurring topic is the relationship between Poser Native Units and real-world units. This varies , from the Poser 1 and Post-Poser 5 'Official' 103.2 inches to the Poser 4 and DAZ 96 Inches to Dr. Geep's 100 inches, and is well-summarized in English Bob's excellent dissertation:
www.morphography.uk.vu/scaleobj.html
I was recently pondering this, and happened across a shipping term, TEU, short for 'Twenty-ft. Equivalent Unit' which is the size of a 20 foot shipping container. This is used for defining the capacity of intermodal container cargo ships, which are very important to the economy of the West Coast, which is also the nexus of the US Software industry.
The size of a TEU is 20 ft long, by 8 ft wide, by 8.6 ft. tall; 8.6 feet is 103.2 inches, the size of a Poser Native Unit....
EDIT-I should note that this dimension is very important in determining the height of loaded container ships to ensure adequate clearance under bridges and other port structures.
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