How Do You Convert Metric Board Feet To Cubic Meters?
A board foot, a three-dimensional measure, equals the volume of a piece of wood one foot square by one inch thick. You may think that a metric board foot (MBF) is therefore one metric foot (30cm) by one metric foot by one metric inch (2.5cm). However, as discussed on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website, a metric board foot equals a thousand board feet. The “M” in “MBF” refers to one thousand, not one million. Instead, “MMBF” refers to a million board feet. Convert the Imperial units of a board foot (BF) into metric. Specifically, one foot equals 304.8 millimeters (mm). One inch equals 25.4 mm. Multiply the mm conversions together to get a BF in mm. Specifically, 304.8×304.8×25.40 = 2.360×10^6 mm cubed, where the 10^6 means the decimal point is moved six digits to the right. Multiply by 1,000 to get a MBF in mm. Specifically, 2.360×10^9 mm cubed. Convert this number to cubic meters. Specifically, divide the result of step 3 by a billion. This gives 2.360 meters-cubed (
