Thursday, 12 December 2013

Unit Conversions For Scales in Engineering Drawing

10 millimeters = 1 centimeter
10 centimeters = 1 decimeter
10 decimetres = 1 meter
10 meters      = 1 decameter   
10 decameters = 1 hectometer
10 hectometers = 1 kilometer
1000 meters = 1 kilometer    
1 inch = 2.54cm  
  12 inches   = 1 foot  
   3 feet     = 1 yard    
  22 yards    = 1 chain 
  10 chains   = 1 furlong
   8 furlongs = 1 mile
5280 feet     = 1 mile  
1760 yards    = 1 mile
220 yards    = 1 furlong 


100 sq. mm     = 1 sq. cm
10000 sq. cm     = 1 sq. metre
100 sq. meters = 1 acre
100 acres       = 1 hectare
10000 sq. meters = 1 hectare
100 hectares   = 1 sq. kilometer 
1000000 sq. meters = 1 sq. kilometer
144 sq. inches = 1 square foot
   9 sq. feet   = 1 square yard
4840 sq. yards  = 1 acre
640 acres      = 1 square mile