FredoSection provides several tools dedicated to section planes:
It is published on Sketchucation and requires LibFredo6 v15.8a. It is available for Sketchup 2026 and above.
Here are the main features:
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Generation of section cut faces with hatching patterns at scale for section planes which are active in scenes.
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Section box: create a configurable set of section planes (inside box, outside box, custom section line) for a selection of geometry.
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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.
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Pattern Manager: This tool is used to create / modify hatching patterns and assign them to containers and/or tags 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.
There are also a few videos:
Generation of Cut Faces - Overview
Pattern Editor - Overview
Pattern Modes - Overview
Section Box - Overview
Section Box - Modifying geometry
There is also a user manual for the Generation of cut faces, pattern editor, pattern modes and section box.
FredoSection - User Manual - English - v1.4 - Jan 2026.pdf (3.4 MB)
Finally, here is a video by The Sketchup Essentials on the cut faces functionality.
