The units and display format used to format values.

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

Syntax

C#
[ObsoleteAttribute("This property is deprecated in Revit 2021 and may be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use the `GetUnitTypeId()` and `SetUnitTypeId(ForgeTypeId)` methods instead.")]
public DisplayUnitType DisplayUnits { get; set; }
Visual Basic
<ObsoleteAttribute("This property is deprecated in Revit 2021 and may be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use the `GetUnitTypeId()` and `SetUnitTypeId(ForgeTypeId)` methods instead.")> _
Public Property DisplayUnits As DisplayUnitType
	Get
	Set
Visual C++
[ObsoleteAttribute(L"This property is deprecated in Revit 2021 and may be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use the `GetUnitTypeId()` and `SetUnitTypeId(ForgeTypeId)` methods instead.")]
public:
property DisplayUnitType DisplayUnits {
	DisplayUnitType get ();
	void set (DisplayUnitType value);
}

Field Value

The display unit.

Remarks

Most display units represent simple units like meters, square feet, or degrees, and are formatted as decimal numbers. Some display units represent specialized formatting methods like "feet and fractional inches" or "degrees, minutes and seconds".

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentException When setting this property: displayUnit is an invalid display unit. See UnitUtils.IsValidDisplayUnit(DisplayUnitType) and UnitUtils.GetValidDisplayUnits().
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentOutOfRangeException When setting this property: A value passed for an enumeration argument is not a member of that enumeration
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..InvalidOperationException UseDefault is true in this FormatOptions.

See Also