How to switch unit to International Standard

Quanwang · Post by **Quanwang** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:22 pm

I want to switch the unit to International Standard. Who can tell me how to do that? Thanks a lot!

jaugalde · Post by **jaugalde** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:39 pm

Opensees doesn't care what units you input. If you want to use SI, just input masses in kg, coordinates and lengths in meters, your dT in seconds, etc and your output accelerations will be m/s^2, forces will be Newtons, etc. Just make sure you are consistent with units for your input and opensees will be consistent when doing the math and giving you your output.