Custom Format for archictetural units in Form Field

[Bryan@Hensen]

Hello all,

Bluebeam related question here.  I'm running a calculation in a text box form field, and I want it to display the output in traditional fractional inches and feet format.  Cannot for the life of me find it anywhere on the web!  Essentially, if I have an elevation of "8853.9" outputting from the calculation, how do I write the script for the custom format to diplay this as 8,853' 10 13/16" ?

[Thom Parker]

This is not a trivial conversion. The problem, is that the starting point is a potential irrational number, so there won't be a clean conversion.

Here is a page on a Math site that explains the conversion process:

https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/decimal-to-fraction-calculator.php

Here's another page that shows a table conversion:

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/inches-decimal-equivalents-d_471.html

 It think the best strategy is a best match loop. Starting with the chunkier fractions first, then working down to finer grains until it's close enough.