Whereas "1000" within the "Metric" system might be referring to any manner of unit types is that one thousand metres, kilometres, nanometres etc.
In other words, by itself, a measurement of "1000" means one thousand units and nothing more. " Imperial" represents " inches", " foot", " mile" etc.ĭesign note: the 'unit' of Blenders default system " None", whilst similarly 'decimal' in nature to " Metric", has no meaning beyond its face value. " Metric" represents " millimetres", " meters" etc. " None" represents simple 'unit' based measurement. Each 'type' of unit has its own set of options organised under Blenders main " Units" sub-system, which itself can be found within " Scene" Properties, and breaks down as follows The Units system ^Īs briefly touched upon in the introduction, the distance and/or angle between two points or edges, or the area attributed to a given surface, can be measured relative to a choice of three distinct ' units of measurement', " None", " Metric" and " Imperial". A basic understanding of Blender is recommended but not specifically required to get the most from the below. With this in mind the following discusses where to find these settings and how they can be used within Blender to give content a real world measurement context.