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decimal feet ↔ ft-in-sixteenths · inch fractions

Feet-inch ↔ decimal converter

Decimal feet to feet-inch-sixteenths and back, plus decimal inches to the nearest 1/16 fraction — the conversions detailers do all day, with the rounding handled.

Formula & assumptions

Decimal feet ↔ feet-inch-sixteenths, and decimal inch to nearest-1/16 fraction. Detailing/layout aid; fractions reduced. Sixteenths round to the nearest; 16/16 carries to the next inch, 12" carries to the next foot.

Verify with project engineer, contract documents, and applicable code/specification. Estimating aid only — not a design tool, not legal advice.

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