[Plugin] FredoSection - v1.5c - 30 Jan 26

slbaumgartner

I just got these errors reported in the Ruby Console when I opened a new model on my Mac (SketchUp 2026, macOS 26.2). Looks like a bug in handling MDI on the Mac:

<NameError: uninitialized constant F6_FredoSection::FredoSection>
/users/steve/library/application support/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_fredosection/bootstrap_fredosection.rbe:579:in `switch_model'
/users/steve/library/application support/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_fredosection/bootstrap_fredosection.rbe:459:in `model_changed'
/users/steve/library/application support/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_fredosection/bootstrap_fredosection.rbe:391:in `onActivateModel'

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoSectiont v1.5b - 26 Jan 26

Requirements

LibFredo6: v15.8a or above
Sketchup version: SU2026 and above

FredoSection 1.5b is a maintenance release including:

Bug fixing for Mac

Home Page of FredoSection for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoConnect thread.

slbaumgartner

And another error popping up in the Ruby Console on my Mac:

#<NoMethodError: undefined method dialog_close_all' for #<F6_FredoSection::Common:0x00000001738b4f10>> /users/steve/library/application support/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_fredosection/bootstrap_fredosection.rbe:587:in close_model'
/users/steve/library/application support/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_fredosection/bootstrap_fredosection.rbe:472:in model_changed' /users/steve/library/application support/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_fredosection/bootstrap_fredosection.rbe:390:in onOpenModel'

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoSectiont v1.5c - 30 Jan 26

Requirements

LibFredo6: v15.8a or above
Sketchup version: SU2026 and above

FredoSection 1.5b is a maintenance release including:

Another bug fixing for Mac

Home Page of FredoSection for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoConnect thread.

slbaumgartner

@fredo6 I installed the recent second version of 1.5b. When I quit SketchUp on my Mac, a whole flock of messages appear in the Ruby Console. Unfortunately, they flash past so quickly that it is not possible to read them, but the little I am able to spot seems to say they are coming from either libFredo6 or FredoSection. Are these (could they be) logged in a file somewhere so that they can be examined?

TonedF

Can you make it work in 'Hidden Line Mode' or 'Shaded using all the same' or 'Shaded mode' please?

fredo6

@TonedF said in [Plugin] FredoSection - v1.5c - 30 Jan 26:

Can you make it work in 'Hidden Line Mode' or 'Shaded using all the same' or 'Shaded mode' please?

Can you clarify the 'Can you make it work'. I am not sure I understand how this relates to FredoSection. Thanks.

TonedF

If you have view (in style) set to "Hidden Line Mode" or "Shaded using all the same" so you can show just black & white in LayOut...it doesn't show the section images

JQL

Hi Fredo, I use Curic Section nowadays, but I've been following FredoSection with interest and will try it fully when I have the time. Still I have a feature request:

Could you consider the idea of multilayered offsets from Section.

Imagine following scenario:

Group has Masonry material applied.
Face inside Group has Plaster material applied.
FredoSection would create a Section fill with Masonry hatch and an inset of 2cm from the edge that matches the Plaster material, where a Plaster hatch would be applied.

If the masonry wall would have several faces painted with plaster, then all these faces would create a plaster offset hatch when sectioned.

If you want to make this outstanding, then that plaster offset could be a multiple offset representing several layers:

Masonry Group - Section Fill is Masonry
Ventilated Façade on external Face - Aluminium 1cm + Air gap 2cm + Insulation 6cm + Waterproofing 0.25cm + Mortar 2cm.
Plaster material on internal Face - Plaster 2cm

The Object is still painted as Masonry

But section would be:

Interior Space | Plaster 2cm | Masonry Xcm | Aluminium 1cm + Air gap 2cm + Insulation 6cm + Waterproofing 0.25cm + Mortar 2cm | Exterior Space

Xcm would be the leftover value after subtracting these multiple layers offsets.

Epix3D

Trying to buy FredoSection after trial period but the "Purchase License" link doesen´t work, -and I cannot find any place to buy? Please advise me.

Rich O Brien

@Epix3D said:

Trying to buy FredoSection after trial period but the "Purchase License" link doesen´t work, -and I cannot find any place to buy? Please advise me.

Just update to latest release along with updating LibFredo. FredoSection is still in Beta so there is no license needed.