As a true patriot, I loathe the very fact that an American software program like Autodesk contains references to the metric system championed by the Europeans. Whatever happened to the Imperial System? The right system? Sure, it was brought to us by way of the British colonists, but while the rest of the world has moved on to the metric systems for its so-called "practicality" and "accuracy" and other meaningless hype, the United States has defiantly held on to the system of imperial units, turning a system that was once the symbol of our oppressors into a symbol of our own liberty and freedom.
Wait, you might say. We have inches in Autodesk 360! Inches are imperial units, yes? In fact, inches are only a small fraction of our glorious system of measurements. How can we champion inches, but neglect the thou (1/12000 ft), the chain (66 ft), the cable (608 ft), the link (66/100 ft), the rod (66/4 ft), or, god forbid, the furlong (6 or 6.08 ft, depending who you ask). Or, for smaller lengths, the barleycorn (1/3 in), the poppyseed and the line (1/4 barleycorn), the digit (3/4 in), the nail (2 1/4 in), the Ynch (3 barleycorns), the shaftment (width of the hand and outstretched thumb, 6 1⁄2 ynches before 1066, 6 inches thereafter), or the Ell (from fingertip of outstretched arm to opposite shoulder, 20 nails = 1 1⁄4 yard or 45 inches). How can we so quickly abandon our precious units of measure, our national heritage?
And thus, I implore the developers of Autodesk 360 Fusion: change the units of measure in Autodesk to celebrate the glory of our nation. Away with terrible european systems of measure! Bring back the furlong from the edge of obsolescence. Bring back the digit, the barleycorn, the shaftment. Bring back the glory of America. Bring back freedom.