Rolling Offset Calculator

Offset in two directions at once. Enter the set (vertical) and roll (horizontal) plus your fitting angle — get the true offset, travel, and run.

Inches, up/down.
Inches, sideways.
The elbow angle you're using.
Rolling offset in 3D — drag to rotate
↻ Drag to rotate  ·  pipe enters one corner, exits the opposite corner

About this calculator

A rolling offset moves the pipe in two directions at once — up/down (set) and sideways (roll). Picture a box: the pipe enters one corner and exits the diagonally opposite corner.

True offset = √(Set² + Roll²) — the straight-line diagonal across the face of the box.

Travel = True offset ÷ sin(Angle) — the length of the rolled piece, center to center.

Run = True offset ÷ tan(Angle) — the distance the offset eats up along the run of the pipe.

The math is the same as a simple offset — you just replace "set" with the true offset. For 45° fittings: travel = true offset × 1.414.

Travel is center to center — subtract both fitting takeouts for the cut length. Use our takeout calculator.

Note: Travel is a center-to-center dimension. Subtract fitting takeouts to get pipe cut length. Results shown to the nearest 1/16".

Made by the makers of the TNB Roll Out Wheel

A truck-mounted pipe positioner that chucks up, rotates, and locks pipe for solo field welding. Built by pipe welders, for pipe welders.

See the roll out wheel