A sectional profile that can be extruded along an edge.

Add a profile to floor slabs, balcony extensions, canopy outlines, etc.

1. Double click a face to select its outline

2. Click 'Build Along Path' icon

These profiles remain parametric and can be easily changed in the future.

This works for decorative floor or wall patterns, or easily drawing extruded walls.

1. Select an existing profile group

2. Click 'Build Along Path'

3. A new profile is built along the same path as the existing profile

4. Delete old profile if necessary

1. Draw a profile

2. Select all edges and faces (triple-click)

3. Click '+' button to make a new profile

4. Name the profile

5. Change pivot point, rotation, offset, material if necessary

6. Click 'Build' to draw your profile

7. Optional: save profile to a folder of your choosing (saves a .skp file)

Add a profile to floor slabs, balcony extensions, canopy edges, etc.

1. Double click a face to select its outline

2. Click 'Build Along Path' icon

Select multiple disconnected edges or multiple faces to generate profiles for each one. This can be useful in generating slab edge profiles for multiple floors, for example.

1. Select all paths

2. Click 'Build Along Path' icon

Sometimes, a profile can be reversed. Fix this:

• Select profile > Right click > Profile Builder 3 > Reverse Selected

This can be mapped to a shortcut for more efficiency.

Profiles are groups, with the profile's name listed in the Instance field.

Items within Profile groups can be edited like any other grouped item. Exploding the Profile group will remove its associativity with Profile Builder.

Use the eyedropper tool to get attributes of existing profiles in the model.

No more worrying about losing the original path of the profile!

1. Double click the profile group

2. Click 'Edit Path' icon

3. The profile group disappears and only its path remains

4. Edit the path

5. Press 'Esc' to exit

6. A dialog box will alert you if multiple paths are detected

7. Reverse profile if necessary

8. The profile path has been edited!

An assembly is a combination of:

1. Profiles

2. Components (Sketchup Components)

3. Spans (explained more later: but basically another profile, or component, or assembly in between two components)

This assembly combines 2 profiles, each with a different material:

1. Top edge (light)

2. Bottom edge (dark)

This assembly just consists of 1 component, the mullion, copied at a fixed spacing (see: 1.50m) along a path.

This assembly combines:

1. Profile: Top rail

2. Profile: Bottom rail

3. Component: Mullion (at 1.50m spacing)

This assembly combines:

1. Component: brown mullion

2. Span: dark red frame, which spans between brown mullions

More detailed explanation below!