standard units for model/terrain files?

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Christopher R Volpe (volpe++at++ash.crd.ge.com)
Fri, 21 Feb 1997 14:50:36 -0500

Hi-
  I was wondering if particular file formats (e.g. Multigen OpenFlight)
use a standard set of units for geometry (i.e. meters, feet, miles,
etc). Do the units tend to vary on a per file basis (e.g. a terrain file
may be in meters whereas a vehicle model may be in feet?), or on a per
file-type basis (.flt is always meters, 3ds is always feet, etc). I'm
browsing around some of the data on the Friends of Performer
distribution from the 2.0 disc, and this information is not easy to find
for most of the data files.

thanks,
Chris 

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