# \#profile\_builder

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## [Looking for Profile builder Expert](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/looking-for-profile-builder-expert/342741)

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**Author:** [@supertrim](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/supertrim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/looking-for-profile-builder-expert/342741 "2025-12-07T08:38:11Z")

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I am looking for an expert in profile builder for freelance work.

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## [Profile Builder 3 - Edit Assembly Path?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-edit-assembly-path/166676)

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**Author:** [@jasonwd](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jasonwd)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-edit-assembly-path/166676 "2025-02-24T22:55:50Z")

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I am a reborn Profile builder devotee, having just gone back to a creative role and using SU in anger again. I have been happily creating assemblies. I may being a bit thick, or missed something - is there a way of modi…

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## [Profile builder errors](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-errors/314719)

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**Author:** [@Josef1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Josef1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-errors/314719 "2025-02-18T10:20:37Z")

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Hi all, I ma finding these ‘warped’ profiles when building a profile with the profile builder. What are they, and ho can I resolve them? Also, please find attached the design file - I would appreciate any advice of h…

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## [Profile builder trim](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-trim/314450)

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**Author:** [@Josef1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Josef1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-trim/314450 "2025-02-17T13:52:06Z")

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Hi all, I ma trying to trim off some mouldings, specifically the marked part. Somehow, it is not allowing me to do so. Please find attached the sketchup file. Untitled.skp (5.2 MB)

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## [Multiple cladding profiles in profile builder](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/multiple-cladding-profiles-in-profile-builder/314016)

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**Author:** [@gregoryjohnwalters](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gregoryjohnwalters)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/multiple-cladding-profiles-in-profile-builder/314016 "2026-05-07T16:11:09Z")

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Hi There I’m looking to stack multiple cladding profiles on a wall assembly on top of each other that extrude out as I build the assembly. I’d like to be able to change the dimension vertically and it add more profile m…

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## [Profile builder stud wall 400mm centres](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-stud-wall-400mm-centres/313963)

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**Author:** [@gregoryjohnwalters](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gregoryjohnwalters)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-stud-wall-400mm-centres/313963 "2025-02-14T13:10:05Z")

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Hi all I’m trying to create a stud wall in profile builder but I’m having issues with my stud spacings being 400mm to the centre of the stud. In the real world I set the first stud 22.5mm back from 400mm and the rest 40…

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## [ProfileBuilder3, creating triangular profiles](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profilebuilder3-creating-triangular-profiles/172646)

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**Author:** [@bikerchris](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/bikerchris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profilebuilder3-creating-triangular-profiles/172646 "2025-01-23T19:47:20Z")

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Very sorry to bother you all about this, I’m getting the hang of Profile Builder 3, it certainly has potential and I’m using it with Quantifier. One thing I’m having difficulty with, is making the triangular area that o…

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## [ProfileBuilder 3 - Profile offset question](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profilebuilder-3-profile-offset-question/282670)

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**Author:** [@kirk3](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kirk3)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profilebuilder-3-profile-offset-question/282670 "2024-08-01T10:28:26Z")

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Question for the Mind.Sight Team, or ProfileBuilder community. I am building a profile assembly with multiple profiles needing to align at a slight angle. I sett up 4 profiles in an arrangement horizontally, with the o…

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## [Profile Builder 3 - resizing profile with push/pull, but previous length remains in Quantifier](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-resizing-profile-with-push-pull-but-previous-length-remains-in-quantifier/275387)

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**Author:** [@nickhobbs1979](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/nickhobbs1979)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-resizing-profile-with-push-pull-but-previous-length-remains-in-quantifier/275387 "2024-05-29T15:48:44Z")

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So this may have been answered, it may just be how things are. Three different lengths of wood - A) I make a 100x50mm rectangle, save the face in my profile library. I add the relevant tags, and use Quantifier to giv…

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## [Holes making](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/holes-making/268727)

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**Author:** [@ivaaannnnnn](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ivaaannnnnn)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/holes-making/268727 "2024-04-22T18:21:14Z")

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Colleagues, hello! I have a model. There’s a metal structure assembled from profile pipes. All these pipes are components that I duplicated and changed their length using the Scale tool. The structure is assembled with…

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## [Extension Dialogue Boxes Corrupted](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/extension-dialogue-boxes-corrupted/262045)

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**Author:** [@gsharp](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gsharp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/extension-dialogue-boxes-corrupted/262045 "2024-03-02T04:32:43Z")

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Anyone started encountering this problem with their extensions ? Just called up my Profile Builder and the dialogue box is being corrupted by showing a distorted copy of the box at smaller size and lower resolution o…

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## [How to create Roof Fascia Assembly](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-create-roof-fascia-assembly/210593)

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**Author:** [@Foxtail](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Foxtail)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-create-roof-fascia-assembly/210593 "2022-10-20T15:13:23Z")

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@Whaat Hi Dale, It was nice to meet you at the final lunch at 3DBC. I am trying to learn more of what I can do with Profile Builder and I started with trying to build an assembly that will create my roof fascia boards…

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## [Profile Builders and Quantifiers, wrong calculation?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builders-and-quantifiers-wrong-calculation/175755)

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**Author:** [@vbo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/vbo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builders-and-quantifiers-wrong-calculation/175755 "2021-11-03T15:51:50Z")

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Check this video (301) SketchUp Plugin, be careful with ProfileBuilder Quantifier, wrong calculation! - YouTube

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## [Profile Builder problem](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-problem/165004)

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**Author:** [@PToday](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/PToday)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-problem/165004 "2021-05-20T00:20:50Z")

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Hi Can You check this file, and advice me why the profile builder twist profiles built along 3d path? Thanks in adv Profile Builder1.skp (1.0 MB) Adam

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## [Profile Builder 3 - Issues building assemblies](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-issues-building-assemblies/159045)

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**Author:** [@Treniad](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Treniad)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-issues-building-assemblies/159045 "2021-04-01T07:45:44Z")

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Hey guys, I am new to SketchUp and having issues creating fencing assemblies in Profile Builder 3. When creating a fence with the assembly I have created, the profile members (top & bottom rails) extrude through the pos…

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## [Driving me nuts...Profile Builder 3.....any ideas?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/driving-me-nuts-profile-builder-3-any-ideas/158947)

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**Author:** [@Treniad](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Treniad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/driving-me-nuts-profile-builder-3-any-ideas/158947 "2021-03-30T21:52:40Z")

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Hi guys! New to Sketchup (Make 2017) and messing around with Profile Builder 3. I cant seem to get my assembly of an iron fence just right. Its fine at left-junctions but there is a problem at the right-junction. I want…

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## [Lane Marks with Profile](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lane-marks-with-profile/135408)

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**Author:** [@GThib](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/GThib)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lane-marks-with-profile/135408 "2020-09-06T17:40:20Z")

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Greetings, I have been trying to take advantage of PB 3 to create some line marks on a highway along lines, arcs, etc. Some plein, some dashed. Is there any possibility to create a 2D profile o some sort of assembly t…

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## [Profile Builder - Texture Scale](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-texture-scale/123266)

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**Author:** [@ninoalva](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ninoalva)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-texture-scale/123266 "2020-04-27T11:55:32Z")

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I have this “hatch” texture used in a “Span”. The hatching represents 2x2in Fence Mesh. PB does not keep the texture’s proportions at a fixed size. I know how to use a “swatch” on Dynamic Components to reference a “proj…

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## [Texture mapping curved profile member](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-mapping-curved-profile-member/117483)

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**Author:** [@Lizard\_King](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Lizard_King)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-mapping-curved-profile-member/117483 "2020-02-26T09:02:26Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m looking for the smartest (fast & efficient) way to correctly texture a “street” assembly made with Profile Builder 3. Everything’s going fine save for the “road” and “sidewalk” textures. Consider thi…

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## [Profile Builder 3 component once to the right and once to the left](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-component-once-to-the-right-and-once-to-the-left/112080)

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**Author:** [@santaclous](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/santaclous)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-component-once-to-the-right-and-once-to-the-left/112080 "2019-12-31T16:16:34Z")

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How to add a component along the lines once to the right and once to the left. One from the other must be 10 meter away. Like this.

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## [Profile Builder Assemblies Editing Placement Point](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-assemblies-editing-placement-point/109094)

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**Author:** [@joanne](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/joanne)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-assemblies-editing-placement-point/109094 "2019-11-29T19:10:02Z")

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Hi All, I built an assembly in profile builder, but the ‘0,0’ point where I started is no longer where I want it to start, as I had to add a few things, but I don’t know how to get the assembly to start building from the…

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## [Profile Builder](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder/88594)

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**Author:** [@donneyclark](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/donneyclark)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder/88594 "2019-03-05T17:27:34Z")

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What/where are the best tutorials for learning Profile Builder 2? I have already watched videos that SketchUp Essentials has about it.

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## [Profile Builder 3. Building Massing Profile](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-building-massing-profile/77184)

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**Author:** [@artpen](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/artpen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-3-building-massing-profile/77184 "2018-09-20T20:59:57Z")

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Hey Guys, I have installed a new Profile Builder 3 and I am trying to develop a profile for a building. Basically made up from residential bays components with balconies. With special start/end and corners. So I can dr…

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## [Can not activate Profile Builder on SketchUp Pro 2017](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-not-activate-profile-builder-on-sketchup-pro-2017/41818)

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**Author:** [@thomgeal](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/thomgeal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-not-activate-profile-builder-on-sketchup-pro-2017/41818 "2017-03-29T02:05:37Z")

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Help me please I buy profile builder 2.1.5 with bundle but can not acti in sketchup pro 2017 Thanks,

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## [\[Profile Builder\] - I can't use](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-i-cant-use/40984)

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**Author:** [@golfnp21](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/golfnp21)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/profile-builder-i-cant-use/40984 "2017-03-15T17:32:05Z")

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The profile builder can’t use. Because my computer was infected by a virus. So I went to install the new program without removing the License Key first. The extension can’t use when reinstall .
