Hey everyone, One function that e.g. ArchiCAD already has is that you can use a currently “snapped-to” Object snap as a reference point for further measurements. A momentary zero, so to say. It is a bit hard to explain, but I will try: It would be amazing if you could use the current measurement …

hi @Monomango thanks for this suggestion. I get what you mean and think this could be useful. RH-76152 Add a way to draw a line past a smarttrack point with defined distance

I absolutely second this. And would like it to be a general thing, not only for lines. Related thread of mine : [image] Extrude or Pushpull up to a point minus some distance Rhino Hi all, Playing around with PushPull recently. This is meant to make solid modeling intuit…

To cast my plus 1 vote and reference SketchUp (I know) One of the interesting things that SketchUp allows is if you have not exited a command you can type a new value and it will update the geometry creation accordingly. For instance if you draw a line 4’ and hit enter but decide you want it to be …

[image] Monomango: if I want to have a line that starts at one point but should be 20cm longer than a second reference point Try the attached Python Plugin which adds a LinePast command to Rhino. Select a start point, the point to extend beyond and enter the distance. Note that the distance i…

I’m not sure I get how this is supposed to work - the only indication is the commit comment and doing this doesn’t seem to work for me. EDIT : got it, you have to stay ON the SmartTrack point. Sadly this is not working for extrusion distances or PushPull :frowning:

Feature Request–Transfer current measurement at Cursor into command

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)

brian (Brian Gillespie) September 5, 2023, 11:21pm 6

RH-76152 is fixed in the latest WIP

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Feature Request–Transfer current measurement at Cursor into command

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