UnitSettings Object Preview

Derived from: Base Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::drawing" and the header file is <Drawing/Drawing/UnitSettings.h>

PreviewThis functionality is provided as a preview of intended future API capabilities. You are encouraged to use it and report any problems or suggestions using the Fusion API and Scripts forum.

Because this is a preview of future functionality, there is the possibility that it will change, which will possibly break any existing programs that use this functionality. Because of that, you should never deliver any programs that use any preview capabilities. For a distributed program, you should wait until it has moved from preview to released state.

Description

Object that provides access to the Units section of document settings for a drawing.

Methods

Name Description
classType

Static function that all classes support that returns the type of the class as a string. The returned string matches the string returned by the objectType property. For example if you have a reference to an object and you want to check if it's a SketchLine you can use myObject.objectType == fusion.SketchLine.classType().

Properties

Name Description
alternateUnitSetting Returns the alternate linear unit parameters.
angularPrecision Gets and sets the angular dimension precision display value.
isAlternateUnitsDisplayed Gets and sets whether alternate dimension units are displayed on dimensions.
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
mass Gets and sets the mass unit. Values include UseModelSetting, kg, g, lbmass, and ouncemass.
massPrecision Gets and sets the mass precision.
objectType This property is supported by all objects in the API and returns a string that contains the full name (namespace::objecttype) describing the type of the object.

It's often useful to use this in combination with the classType method to see if an object is a certain type. For example: if obj.objectType == adsk.core.Point3D.classType():
unitSetting Returns the primary (non-alternate) linear unit parameters.

Accessed From

DocumentSettings.unitSettings

Version

Introduced in version September 2026