Is there any way to display my point coordinates in architectural units?

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To figure out elevations I’ve been clicking on the ‘details’ button in object properties and pulling out my calculator. Is there any way to make these display in feet-inches? Or better yet is there an alternative to this method for checking geometry?
Thanks!!

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Use EvaluatePt to evaluate coordinates of a selected location.

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Options > Document Properties > Units > Model or Layout
Select Feet or Inches for units as desired and set Distance display to Feet & inches
Select precision for fractional inch display
Rhinoceros Help - Units properties | Rhino 3-D modeling (mcneel.com)

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Hi @keithscadservices,

I presume you cannot set your drawing units to feet and inches? If not, then the only way I can see of getting your point position displayed in feet and inches would be to attach an ordinate dimension to it, using an annotation style set to feet and inches (or using the Alternate Units option in the Annotation Style settings to display feet and inches alongside the dims drawing units).

If you can set your drawing units to feet and inches, then the point coordinates will be in those units. And as an alternative to displaying properties/details you can use the command EvaluatePt. This displays the coordinates in the command line.

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Thanks for the replies guys! I did have the units set to Feet/Inches. The evaluatePt command solves the issue. Coming from CAD I’m often looking at the ‘CAD’ way of solving issues when oftentimes Rhino requires a different approach (but still a very useable and practical approach).

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Do you mean AutoCAD? AutoCAD is one version of CAD software, Rhino is another. Others include NX, Solidworks, MicroStation, Creo, Catia, etc.

You might want to take time and go through the User’s Guide, Level 1 Manual and Level 2 Manual with a focus on how Rhino differs from the software you are used to. Rhino - Learn to use Rhino

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Hi! Is there a way to change the label (leader or dot) to display the same fractional units as the command line?

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