Supporting imperial and metric units

To set the current distance unit, set the Distance.CurrentUnitType property.

Distance.CurrentUnitType = Distance.UnitType.Millimeter;

To set whether fractional representation is used for US imperial units, set the

Distance.UseFractionalFormat property.

Distance.UseFractionalFormat = false;

You can use TeklaApplicationLibrary to check whether US imperial units are used.

if(TeklaStructures.Environment.UseUSImperialUnitsInInput)
{
    Distance.CurrentUnitType = Distance.UnitType.Inch;
    Distance.UseFractionalFormat = true;
}

Convert a string into a Distance using Parse or TryParse method. You can also specify the

number format provider and the default unit type using the overloads.

string text = "123.3 mm";
CultureInfo format = new CultureInfo("en-US");
Distance d = Distance.Parse(text, format);

Convert a Distance into a string using ToString method. You can also specify the format, the number format provider and the target unit type using the overloads.

Distance d = new Distance(123.3);
CultureInfo format = new CultureInfo("en-US");
string text = d.ToString(format);

Finally, you can access the distance directly using the Distance.Value and Distance.Millimeters properties.

Distance d = new Distance(123.3);
double value = d.Value;
double mm = d.Millimeters;