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Firstly I did a search and couldn't find this (so I hope I'm not spamming too much) if it already exists please point me to the proper thread(s). Could someone please tell me how revit handles metric vs imperial units? (I know it's not like autocad where an object needs to be scaled.) If I understand correctly a tile is a tile...305x305[12"x12"] and when I change units revit simply grabs a differnt tape measure. Right? If this is so then why are there two families, m_tile.rvt & tile.rvt? If I understand correctly it is for the family names and that the 305x305 Tile, Ceramic is exactly the same physically sized object as the 12"x12" Tile, Ceramic. Therefore, could we simply not just decide on a unit of measure and double up the family name types, one with metric words and one with imperial words but both with the same physical size. (I tested this quickly by opening the w shape.txt file and making a copy of one of the entries and then simply changed the name to an imperial designation and all seemed to be fine. So ok a metric 305 beam may be 304.2mm and an imperial 12" beam may actually be 302.1mm but since we're making two entries we could adjust these sizes as well.) I hope this won't sound too agressive, but is it correct then that why there are two families,  m_tile.rvt & tile.rvt) of exactly the same object, of exactly the same physical dimensions is so that people who only speak '-" don't get all worked up by having to see mm?
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