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Imperial Unit Support
It's embarrassing, but in the real world we do use these. The code is freely available for implementation. To be able to set "(to the nearest 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32th, 1/64th... of an inch) and have the dimensions display inches as inch + fraction would save us doing it manually in another tab constantly. Also, the abbreviation for inch is " and for feet is '. If you could recognize those as well as "ft" or "in" would be handy. Lastly, units conversion selection as a dropdown in the Mass Properties Tool... cubic inches conversion to cubic feet or cubic yards as a drop down would be very handy.
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In drawings, you can use fractional dimensions. (It is an option in the settings)
Also, it would be quite hard to implement " and ' for inches and feet, as they are used for starting and ending strings.
You can insert any valid FeatureScript expression into boxes that take a value.
PS: You can change the workspace units to get your mass properties in a different unit system
IR for AS/NZS 1100
If you don't want to do those calculations in another tab, you are welcome to do your math directly in the length parameter:
This probably also preserves design intent more accurately, since the expression will remain in the parameter, and will be displayed whenever a user tries to edit it: