Forgive my ignorance...I'm a Cinematographer/Editor who has a background in hands-on custom fabrication (not in a digital sense*) and recently built a product that now needs to be drawn up in CAD for producing a CNC example.
First off, I have not had professional training in AutoCAD and have watched hours of tutorials that in some cases..led to more confusion because of the Windows to Mac translation (or loss of it*). Regardless of the lack of Mac oriented AutoCAD tutorials..I have found my way to becoming fairly proficient in drawing up designs (again, not professing to be an expert or anywhere near but I know how to draw and think in 3 dimensions).
As a result, I have a drawing that is fairly close to final and for the sake of being precise...was drawn in Millimeters/Centimeters... (excuse my ignorance) the reason I'm unsure is because the Mac version isn't as user-friendly as the Windows version..I drew it up in Centimeters (all my measurements/lines were input as .9 for a 9mm measurement). However, I want to make sure I was in fact dealing with .9 centimeters rather than .9 millimeters.
That said, I'm trying to figure that out because the CNC machinist asked for it in imperial/inches and after exploring and reading countless articles in the user forums and elsewhere online... I'm still unsure of the correct way to remedy my problem. As an if-all-else-fails precaution, I've printed various views of the product and drawn out dimension lines and references to a key with all the measurements shown in millimeters as well as in inches. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Again, I don't pretend to be an expert in AutoCAD and am very open to any advise given.
Thank you for your time,
Phil