Gets the string used in type catalogs to identify a given unit type.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 21.0.0.0 (21.1.1.109)
Since:  2014

Syntax

C#
[ObsoleteAttribute("This method is deprecated in Revit 2021 and may be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use the `GetTypeCatalogStringForSpec(ForgeTypeId)` method instead.")]
public static string GetTypeCatalogString(
	UnitType unitType
)
Visual Basic
<ObsoleteAttribute("This method is deprecated in Revit 2021 and may be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use the `GetTypeCatalogStringForSpec(ForgeTypeId)` method instead.")> _
Public Shared Function GetTypeCatalogString ( _
	unitType As UnitType _
) As String
Visual C++
[ObsoleteAttribute(L"This method is deprecated in Revit 2021 and may be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use the `GetTypeCatalogStringForSpec(ForgeTypeId)` method instead.")]
public:
static String^ GetTypeCatalogString(
	UnitType unitType
)

Parameters

unitType
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB..::..UnitType
The unit type.

Return Value

The type catalog string, or an empty string if the unit type cannot be used in type catalogs.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentOutOfRangeException A value passed for an enumeration argument is not a member of that enumeration

See Also