Linear: meters per unit.
Area: square meters per unit.
Angular: radians per unit.
try { // create a british 1936 foot var britFoot = LinearUnit.CreateLinearUnit(9095); string unitName = britFoot.Name; // "Foot_British_1936" double conversionFactor = britFoot.ConversionFactor; // 0.3048007491 double metersPerUnit = britFoot.MetersPerUnit; int factoryCode = britFoot.FactoryCode; // 9095 // convert 10 british 1936 feet to centimeters double val = britFoot.ConvertTo(10, LinearUnit.Centimeters); // convert 10 m to british 1936 feet val = britFoot.ConvertFromMeters(10); } catch (ArgumentException) { // ArgumentException will be thrown by CreateLinearUnit in the following scenarios // - if the factory code used is a non-linear factory code (i.e. it corresponds to square meters which is an area unit code) // - if the factory code used is invalid (i.e. it is negative or doesn't correspond to any factory code) }
try { // create a Grad unit var grad = AngularUnit.CreateAngularUnit(9105); string unitName = grad.Name; // Grad double conversionFactor = grad.ConversionFactor; // 0.015708 double radiansPerUnit = grad.RadiansPerUnit; int factoryCode = grad.FactoryCode; // 9105 // convert 10 grads to degrees double val = grad.ConvertTo(10, AngularUnit.Degrees); // convert 10 radians to grads val = grad.ConvertFromRadians(10); } catch (ArgumentException) { // ArgumentException will be thrown by CreateAngularUnit in the following scenarios // - if the factory code used is a non-angular factory code (i.e. it corresponds to square meters which is an area unit code) // - if the factory code used is invalid (i.e. it is negative or doesn't correspond to any factory code) }
Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7