55 Measurement
The quantification of length, width, height, or volume.
Closely related to scale, measurement is an essential part of communicating design intent, ensuring compliance with clearances, and adhering to code requirements. The ability to quantify an object using a common system of measure has been with humanity since the early measurement systems of Mesopotamia and Egypt, to the development of the Roman pes (or Roman foot), which was imported to England in the mid 1600s. Two main systems of measurement—the imperial system (feet and inches) and the metric system (meters and centimeters, also known as the International System of Units or SI)—are dominant in our contemporary world, and are the ...
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