Revit 2025.3 API
Dimension |
Sets the FormatOptions to optionally override the default settings in the Units class for the alternate units value.
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)
Syntax
public void SetAlternateUnitsFormatOptions( FormatOptions formatOptions )
Public Sub SetAlternateUnitsFormatOptions ( formatOptions As FormatOptions )
public: void SetAlternateUnitsFormatOptions( FormatOptions^ formatOptions )
member SetAlternateUnitsFormatOptions : formatOptions : FormatOptions -> unit
Parameters
- formatOptions FormatOptions
- The FormatOptions.

Exception | Condition |
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ArgumentException | The display unit in formatOptions is not a valid display unit for the unit type of this DimensionType, or the rounding method in formatOptions is not set to Nearest. See UnitUtils.IsValidDisplayUnit(UnitType, DisplayUnitType), UnitUtils.GetValidDisplayUnits(UnitType) and FormatOptions.RoundingMethod. |
ArgumentNullException | A non-optional argument was null |

See the UnitType property to determine the unit type of this dimension style.
See Also