Accuwright TOOLroom · Stretchout
Layout for the fittings catalog software skips.
Branches that aren't square to anything, on reducers that aren't concentric. Lay it out, check it in 3D, and send it to us. We build it, or check it and send you the pattern.
Free while we prove it on real jobs. Every pattern is checked in our shop before it goes out.
Drag to turn it: a 7" branch at 38° on a 12×10 eccentric reducer, rolled and set off center. Yellow is the cut.
How it works
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Describe the fitting
Sizes, angle, roll and offset, even when the branch isn’t square to anything. Our shop reads it straight from the 3D model.
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See it in 3D
Turn it, check the cut line, and read the long and short sides and station lengths before anything is cut.
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Send it to us
Build it for me, or send me the pattern. Either way the shop checks the fitting against the geometry before it goes out.
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Cut it once
Laser-ready DXF with the cut, the hole and layout marks on their own layers, or the finished part from our Greenville shop.
The tools
Learn to lay it out by hand
Free, step by step, with the real numbers: the textbook shop method on a worked example, drawn by Stretchout.
Built by a working fab shop
Stretchout came off our own floor in Greenville. We kept getting fittings that catalog layout software wouldn't draw: laterals rolled off center on eccentric reducers, pipe branches that don't meet the main square. So we built the layout ourselves, and we check it against the 3D model before we cut.
Send us the fitting and we'll build it, or send you a pattern we've checked. Either way, you're dealing with the shop that made the tool.
Is it free?
Yes, while we prove Stretchout on real jobs. Lay out as many fittings as you like. When you want the pattern or the part, send it to us.
Why can’t I download the DXF myself?
Because we check every pattern before it leaves the shop. Being wrong on a free tool is one thing; a bad pattern on stainless is another. Send the fitting and we’ll send the file back.
What can it lay out today?
Pipe branches on a pipe main at any angle and offset (Field Fit). Branches on reducers: rolled, offset, leaning either way, on concentric or eccentric reducers, same-size Ys included. And the Shapes catalog: cones, cylinder miters, gored elbows, square to rounds, rectangle to rectangle transitions and hoppers, and screw conveyor flights. More are coming.
Who is behind it?
Accuwright Mechanical, a custom fab, millwright and rigging shop in Greenville. We built Stretchout for the fittings we kept having to lay out by hand.
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