Hi there, I am working for a client and the model space is in Meters, but I need to measure Distance in Yds. When I try to choose the units, I don’t see any Yd [image] Is this on purpose? Is there a way to measure in yards without changing model units? Jeremy

Hi @jdelavaulx There isn’t a vanilla way since they don’t expose the yards option at the command line. But here is a script that will let you measure in both yards and meters and reports both on the command line. I commented out the 4 decimal display precision and let it default to what you have s…

Hi Jeremy - [image] Jdelavaulx: Is there a way to measure in yards without changing model units? I’m perpetually confused when it comes to imperial units… How does changing model units help measuring things in yards? As far as I can tell, even if I start a new document from an inches or fe…

Hi Wim [image] Wim Dekeyser: I’m perpetually confused when it comes to imperial units… How does changing model units help measuring things in yards? I can’t speak for the op why he wants yards but Rhino should be able to use all its unit systems in the measurements tab without having to cha…

Beautifully written! I think that you make some very good points here, and I fully agree with you. Personally, I am working on measuring golf courses, and whilst the company strictly works in model units of metres, many golf courses around the world use yards. In many different ways, over the 7 1/2…

It would be dead easy with a script to convert from the current file units to feet, then simply divide the result by 3 and output the result which will be yards.

[image] Helvetosaur: convert from the current file units to feet, then simply divide the result by 3 You can convert the current units directly to yards - Yards is included in the Rhino units, just not in the Distance command. Here’s a Rhino 8 plugin that adds a command Yards which gives you…

I did provide a VB script that shows both meters and yards in the command line when using the distance command, perhaps it escaped your attention. [image] 3dsynergy: Copy and paste the text file to an icon. MeasureInMeters&Yards.txt (1.0 KB) I feel and wish that any units that are exposed i…

Hi Roland - [image] 3dsynergy: […] but Rhino should be able to use all its unit systems in the measurements tab without having to change the options, […] That’s what I’m trying to understand. I don’t see which options I need to change to be able to measure in yards. I’m not questioning the n…

Perhaps, the ability to have day 3 different custom units available, and a very quick way to change between them, could be useful for cases such as RM? for example, holding down a modifier key could read out the distance in a sub unit (custom unit 2), and without the modifier, it shows custom unit 1…

Cannot 'Distance' Imperial units when Model is in Metric

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dan (Dan) February 17, 2026, 10:47pm 13

RH-92370 is fixed in the latest Rhino WIP.

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Cannot 'Distance' Imperial units when Model is in Metric

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