[Plugin] FredoSection - v1.3b - 27 Dec 25

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The information on FredoSection is maintained on the Plugin Home Page of FredoSection. This is also where you can download the RBZ file.

IMPORTANT: FredoSection is available for SU2026 and above.

LibFredo6: v15.7a or above
Sketchup version: SU2026 and above
Platform: Windows and Mac OSX
Usage: free till March 2026

FredoSection provides several tools dedicated to section planes:

Generation of section cut faces with hatching patterns at scale for section planes which are active in scenes.
Section box: create a configurable set of section planes (inside box, outside box, custom section line) for a selection of geometry.
Door and window schedule: create a permanent companion model with selected views of doors and windows, which can then be mapped at scale in a Layout document. This will be released in a next version however.
Pattern Manager: This tool is used to create / modify hatching patterns and assign them to groups and components to decorate their cut faces created by the other tools above. FredoSection comes with a set of built-in patterns, but you can create your own.

FredoSection is mainly oriented to support a workflow Sketchup + Layout. It only works on Scenes. The hatching patterns are scaled by scene, so that they always appear at the same size when printed on paper. This requires that you assign a paper scale to each scene processed.

Here is a short user manual for the generation of Cut Faces, the Pattern Editor and the Section Box.

FredoSection - User Manual - English - v1.3 - Dec 2025.pdf

I published 3 videos to give an overview of the main tools:

Generation of Cut Faces: Overview

Pattern Editor: Overview

Section Box: Overview

TIG

Perhaps the best Fredo idea yet !

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NEW RELEASE: FredoSectiont v1.3b - 27 Dec 25

Requirements

LibFredo6: v15.7a or above
Sketchup version: SU2026 and above

FredoSection 1.3b is a maintenance release including:

Adjustments for Section Boxes

Home Page of FredoSection for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoConnect thread.

Neodimium

Hi.
Is there similar tool for SU2017?
And it doesn't need to be so advanced.

TIG

@Neodimium said in [Plugin] FredoSection - v1.3b - 27 Dec 25:

Hi.
Is there similar tool for SU2017?
And it doesn't need to be so advanced.

My free SectioncutFace extension is compatible, it lets you apply a material to a simple section-cut face. If you unlock its group you can manually change its material. However, the material is not reliant on the cut container and manual changes are lost if the section is ever changed/remade. So this Fredo's new toolset is like its big, smarter brother...