topic Re: does SetValueString only work in imperial? in Revit API Forum

does SetValueString only work in imperial?

Ning_Zhou — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:31:11 GMT

SetValueString("2\'3\""); -> OK

SetValueString("20\""); -> OK

SetValueString("150mm"); -> not OK

SetValueString("150 mm"); -> not OK

did i miss something simple? thanks.

Re: does SetValueString only work in imperial?

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:21:33 GMT

I just tried this on a project created with a metric template and I can confirm that it works for both imperial and metric input values.

SetValueString("100 mm") -> 100 mm

SetValueString("1'") -> 304.8 mm

There must be something else happening here. Are you doing this from an imperial template? Try it on a metric and see what happens.

Also what do you mean by "not OK", is it just not giving the expected value or is it generating an error?

Re: does SetValueString only work in imperial?

Ning_Zhou — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:03:50 GMT

thanks Scott.

now it's working even though i have no idea what's going on? black Friday last week perhaps, i suspect something wrong w/ the model but it mysteriously cured itself! sorry for false alarm.