distanceunits-of-measurementmaxscript

get distance in meters maxscript

Is there a way to get distance between two objects in meters?

I'm trying this right now 

        units.displayType =#metric
        myDistance = distance aObject1 aObject2

        label1.text = distance  as string

Of course this is giving me the distance between those objects but in units of 3dsmax...

So if anyone knows a way or a formula i will be really grateful thank you

Solution

  • There is a whole topic in maxscript help dedicated to this, Units Struct - Accessing System and Display Units

    The piece of code you need would look like this:

    label1.text = units.formatValue myDistance