topic How to programmatically get project default units in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

How to programmatically get project default units

ujr_esrich — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:03:13 GMT

Hi Community, is there a way to get at a Pro project's default units programmatically? They can be set in Pro from Backstage > Options > Project > Units (see screenshot). I would have expected these settings to be exposed somewhere on ArcGIS.Desktop.Core.ApplicationOptions, but I can't find it there nor elsewhere. Or is this not exposed at all? A similar question has been asked some years ago but remained unanswered. Any hints are much appreciated.

Re: How to programmatically get project default units

GKmieliauskas — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:45:07 GMT

Hi,

Take a look at the ArcGIS Pro SDK API reference. Code from reference below:

protected override async void OnClick() { await QueuedTask.Run(() => { var unit_formats = Enum.GetValues(typeof(UnitFormatType)) .OfType<UnitFormatType>().ToList(); System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Default project units\r\n"); foreach (var unit_format in unit_formats) { var default_unit = DisplayUnitFormats.Instance.GetDefaultProjectUnitFormat(unit_format); var line = $"{unit_format.ToString()}: {default_unit.DisplayName}, {default_unit.UnitCode}"; System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(line); } System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(""); }); }

Re: How to programmatically get project default units

CharlesMacleod — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:03:56 GMT

Re: How to programmatically get project default units

ujr_esrich — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:15:49 GMT

Hi @GKmieliauskas and @CharlesMacleod, thanks a lot for your replies, these helped me to quickly work on.