Profile Builder is like the Follow Me tool 'on steroids'. It has been designed for professionals who want to model intelligent building materials with extreme speed and accuracy. It may forever change the way you model with SketchUp.

Compatible with:

• Windows systems SU6 and up.
• Mac systems SU7 only

Features

• Ability to define and save custom profiles
• Intelligent modelling of real building materials
• Automatic orientation of profile extrusion along any path
• Ability to edit a path and automatically update the extrusion
• Full control of profile orientation (placement point, rotation, offsets, etc.) along a path
• Profile Member Path Inferencing (PMPI)
• Automatic edge smoothing
• Export material quantity reports
• Downloadable profile libraries

For a complete description of features, download the PDF User Guide (English)

For installation and usage, see user guide.

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Profile Libraries

The following profile library files (PLB) are available at no charge. The Profile Builder plugin is required to use these libraries. See user guide for details.

• Australian Steel Shapes (CHS,EA,PFC,RHS,SHS,UA,UB,UC) *added March 25, 2009* (by Andrew Carter)
• Concrete Curbs *added January 19, 2009* (by Phil Rader)
• Circles and Squares
• Mouldings
• American Lumber and Glulam
• American Steel Shapes (W,S,L,C,HSS,Pipe)
• Canadian Steel Shapes (W,S,L,C,WT,WWF,HSS,Pipe)
• European Steel Shapes (HD,HE,HL,HP,IPE,IPN,Tube,U,UAP,UPE,UPN)
• British Steel Shapes (L,C,Tube,Pipe,UB,UC,UP)
• French Steel Shapes (L,C,HE,IPE,IPN,Pipe,Tube)
• German Steel Shapes (L,C,I,HE,IPE,Pipe,Tube)

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