Fitting Take-Out Cut Length

Cut length of pipe between two fittings from center-to-center or face-to-face, with take-out and thread make-up shown.

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Example

You enter

Reference dimension center-to-center
Run dimension (in) 24
Take-out end A (in) 1.5
Take-out end B (in) 1.5
Make-up / weld gap end A (in) 0.5
Make-up / weld gap end B (in) 0.5

You get

Cut length (in) 22

Details, formula, and sources

Center-to-center: cut = C-to-C - (takeout_A + takeout_B) + (makeup_A + makeup_B). Face-to-face lands on the fitting faces, so only make-up / weld gap applies.

Fitting take-out / make-up cut-length layout as taught in NCCER Pipefitting and the standard fitter's references, by name; first-principles.

Public first-principles layout. Fitting take-out and thread make-up are product-/schedule-specific and user-supplied; confirm against your fittings and the spool drawing.

Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.

Field names used by the API: reference, dimension_in, takeout_a_in, takeout_b_in, makeup_a_in, makeup_b_in, cut_length_in

Take-out / make-up product- and schedule-specific, user-suppliedfitting reference / spool drawing