Switch default to geodesic in measure tool?

[adunckel_nrcs]

Hi! I had a question from one of our staff today if there was a way to switch the default in the Measure tool to geodesic so they don't have to switch it over every time they open the tool.

Any thoughts on how to make that happen?

I looked in Options > Units and can't see anything there.

[TheCandiceLandry]

As you stated it doesn't appear as though there is a way to  save geodesic as a setting for the measure tool.  However, once you set the geodesic method and then close the tool, when you open it again it should still be set to geodesic.  Once you close the project  upon reopening  the tool will be reset to planar.  I even tried to customize the ribbon by creating an instance of the measure tool in the geodesic state, but once you change setting of the original measure tool the "custom measure tool instance" also changes.  So this is not an answer but a validation of the struggle.