- Author
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Anderson, R. K.
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Harrison, J. O., Jr.
- Title
- Computer Program Package for Metric Conversion: Reference Manual. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBS TN 872
July 1975
145 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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computer programs
- Abstract
- The programs in this package are designed to convert dimensions and other quantities appearing on engineering drawings from metric to U.S. customary units and vice versa. They were developed by Caterpillar Tranctor Co. and General Motors Corporation. In addition to the programs themselves, the package contains documentation explaining how to get the programs running on different computers and how to use them, and test problems to permit users to verify that the programs run correctly on their own computers. The Caterillar program converts 31 different metric units to their U. S. customary equivalents. In contrast, the General Motors programs convert in both directions but work with millimetres and inches only. The General Motors programs also use rounding conventions differing somewhat from those employed in the Caterpillar program. Both the Caterpillar and the General Motors programs are written in American National Standard FORTRAN and are suitable for use on a wide range of computers with little or no modification. The Caterpillar program is operated in batch made with the General Motors programs are interactive.