The units and display format used to format values.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 2015.0.0.0 (2015.0.0.0)
Since: 2014

Syntax

C#
`public DisplayUnitType DisplayUnits { get; set; }`

Visual Basic
`Public Property DisplayUnits As DisplayUnitType Get Set`

Visual C++
`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

Exception	Condition
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.

DisplayUnits Property

Syntax

Field Value

Remarks

Exceptions

See Also

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