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bigengineer

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I am working on a large pit press foundation for an industrial plant. The shop drawings for the press includes some steel sizes that are marked "by customer." So I have to include these in my drawings. The shape sizes are in "chinese" format. For example, this is a wide flange designation "H600x300x12x20" I'm assuming this is:

d = 600 mm
bf = 300 mm
tw = 12 mm
tf = 20 mm

So first question, am I on track with the above? Second question, is there a chart published that converts these sizes to imperial designations or just don't be lazy and convert myself?
 
Actually, when trying to convert this single shape there doesn't appear to be an exact match. So I suppose I will just have to run the calcs and meet their shapes' critical dimensions as best as possible. Even still, if anyone knows a resource for these shapes please let me know.
 
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