If you are looking for a way to create complex and realistic profiles and extrusions in Sketchup, you might want to check out the DM Profile Builder 2 plugin. This plugin allows you to draw custom profiles with curves, angles, and textures, and then extrude them along paths or surfaces. You can also edit, scale, and bend your profiles after extruding them.

In this article, we will show you how to use the DM Profile Builder 2 plugin to create some examples of profiles and extrusions in Sketchup. You will need to install the plugin from the Sketchup Extension Warehouse or from the developer’s website. Once installed, you will find the plugin under the Extensions menu in Sketchup.

To create a custom profile, you need to use the Profile Editor tool from the DM Profile Builder 2 toolbar. This tool opens a new window where you can draw your profile using the Sketchup drawing tools. You can also import an existing profile from a Sketchup model or from a library of predefined profiles.

For example, let’s create a simple profile of a window frame. We will use the Rectangle tool to draw a rectangle with dimensions of 100 x 50 mm. Then we will use the Offset tool to create another rectangle inside the first one with an offset of 10 mm. We will delete the inner face and the outer edges to get our profile shape.

Once we are happy with our profile shape, we can click on the Save button to save our profile as a .skp file. We can also give our profile a name and a description in the Profile Info panel. We can also assign a material and a texture to our profile in the Material panel.

To extrude our profile along a path, we need to use the Extrude Along Path tool from the DM Profile Builder 2 toolbar. This tool allows us to select a profile and a path and then extrude the profile along the path. The path can be any edge or curve in Sketchup.

For example, let’s extrude our window frame profile along a rectangular path. We will use the Rectangle tool to draw a rectangle with dimensions of 200 x 100 mm on the ground plane. Then we will select our profile and our path and click on the Extrude Along Path button.

We will see our profile being extruded along the path and creating a 3D window frame. We can adjust some parameters of the extrusion in the Extrusion Options panel that pops up. For example, we can change the orientation, scale, twist, or taper of our profile along the path.

To extrude our profile along a surface, we need to use the Extrude Along Surface tool from the DM Profile Builder 2 toolbar. This tool allows us to select a profile and a surface and then extrude the profile along the surface. The surface can be any face or group in Sketchup.

For example, let’s extrude our window frame profile along a curved surface. We will use the Arc tool to draw an arc with radius of 100 mm on the ground plane. Then we will use the Push/Pull tool to extrude the arc into a curved surface with height of 50 mm. Then we will select our profile and our surface and click on the Extrude Along Surface button.

We will see our profile being extruded along the surface and creating a curved window frame. We can adjust some parameters of the extrusion in the Extrusion Options panel that pops up. For example, we can change the orientation, scale, twist, or taper of our profile along the surface.

One of the great features of DM Profile Builder 2 is that it allows us to edit our extruded profiles after creating them