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Feet and inches. Exact to the fraction.

ArchX reads architectural dimensions like 12′-3½″ exactly, converts lengths, areas and volumes with exact factors and calculates takeoffs that keep every dimension, deduction and source sheet. Waste is added only at the rate you state.

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Give it the files. Get the result.

You provide

Your drawings with printed dimensions, the project unit system (U.S. customary or SI) and the tolerance you build to.

ArchX delivers

  • Exact lengths, areas and volumes in feet and inches or SI
  • Takeoffs with gross, deductions, net and waste kept apart
  • Sheet, detail and measurement reference for every quantity

What ArchX does.

  1. 01Reads every printed dimension, fractions included
  2. 02Calculates with exact fractions and the international foot of 0.3048 m
  3. 03Keeps gross, openings, net and waste apart, with the source sheet

The survey foot stays the survey foot.

The international foot is exactly 0.3048 m. A legacy U.S. survey foot is used only with its datum and source, and never silently relabeled.

The figures ArchX returned.

20′ × 10′ less a 3′ × 7′ opening: 179 sq ft net and 187.95 sq ft with the stated 5% waste. 12′-3½″ read as exactly 147½ inches, 3.7465 m.

12′-3½″147½ in · 3.7465 m

20′ × 10′ gross200 sq ft

3′ × 7′ opening−21 sq ft

Net179 sq ft

Waste 5%, as stated+8.95 sq ft

Total187.95 sq ft

Exact fractions, international foot 0.3048 m · ArchX U.S. edition, example project with fictitious data

The other U.S. workflows.

Codes and permits

The code in force on your filing date.

AHJ, code editions, permit matrix

Costs and bids

Every bid on the same basis.

Bid leveling and cost review in USD

Construction administration

RFIs, changes and pay apps. In order.

RFIs, submittals, changes, pay apps

Phases and specifications

Every deliverable. Every spec section.

Phase deliverables, project manual, submittals

See it on a project like yours.

Try ArchX free for 7 days on your own project, or watch it work in a 20-minute demo.

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