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Lotuz ProfileLay curbs and edging along a path

Pick a profile and run it along a path: curbs, planter edging, gutters. A library of ready-made profiles is included.

$8/ year

Each plugin is bought separately, by the year. Sign in with the account you bought it on to unlock it.

Requires: SketchUp 2025+ · Windows

Cross-section library

Real cross-sections from the library

Eight of the more than 50 ready cross-sections, drawn from the exact coordinates stored in the plugin. The left side faces the road, the right side faces the sidewalk.

Stone kerb for an urban sidewalk180 × 220 mm
Bevelled kerb that vehicles can cross (type IIa)230 × 260 mm
Kerb with both top edges rounded (R20)180 × 300 mm
Kerb with integral channel (type IIb)600 × 300 mm
French kerb T2150 × 250 mm
French two-slope channel CC2500 × 140 mm
Tactile paving strip for visually impaired people400 × 65 mm
French bus-stop kerb FIL 21200 × 300 mm
Audience

Who it is for

Landscape and sidewalks

Kerbs along the road edge, planter borders, tree-pit edging, drainage channels: each one is a cross-section run along a path. Build it once instead of laying every stone by hand.

Infrastructure and detailed planning

The library ships Vietnamese-style and French-style kerbs, and each cross-section stores its source and reference standard.

Anyone edging an arbitrary shape

A straight edge, an arc or the whole perimeter of a face: select it and run. A closed loop divides evenly, so there is no short stub where it closes.

Workflow

How you work — step by step

  1. 01

    Pick the path

    Select edges, an arc or a whole face in SketchUp. The perimeter of a face counts as a path too.

  2. 02

    Pick a cross-section

    Take one from the library, or capture the cross-section straight from a face you have selected in your model.

  3. 03

    Set the options

    Stone length, the joint between stones, which side of the path to flip to, stones that follow an arc or square stones, material and how far the top stands above ground.

  4. 04

    Run it

    The path is cut into separate stones with open joints. Identical stones share one component definition.

Deep dive

Features in depth

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Joints are part of the pitch

Stone length and joint are worked out together as one pitch. A closed loop always divides evenly, so going around an island leaves no short stub at the seam.

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Follow the arc, or stay square

On an arc the joints point to the centre. Choose stones that follow the curve or square stones, depending on the design.

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A dedicated stone at each corner

At a sharp turn one stone wraps the corner: both ends are square to their branch and the mitre sits inside the stone, so two faces never cut through each other.

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Tight turns are rounded

Turns of more than 100 degrees are rounded instead of mitred, with an adjustable radius. On a tight turn with the cross-section on the inside, the two branches would occupy the same space and no mitre can fix that.

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Set how far it stands proud

The path you draw is ground level. Enter the height in millimetres and the top of each stone rises exactly that far; the rest sinks below ground.

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Colour stone by stone

White by default. The random grey mode gives each stone a slightly different shade, like real stone. Type a material name to use your own.

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A ready cross-section library

More than 50 cross-sections: Vietnamese concrete and stone kerbs, dropped kerbs, drainage channels, wheel stops, speed humps, planter borders and tactile paving strips; French kerbs, channels and bus-stop kerbs.

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Your own cross-sections

Capture a cross-section from a selected face and save it to your own store on the machine. Reinstalling does not delete the ones you made.

Specs

In numbers

How it is sold
Bought separately, by the year
Path
Edges, an arc or the perimeter of a face
Ready cross-sections
More than 50, Vietnamese and French styles
Stone length, joint
Pick a preset or type a number
Corner handling
A dedicated stone at each turn; rounded above 100 degrees
Interface
Cross-section grid in the Profile tab of the Lotuz Dashboard, plus a separate edit window
SketchUp version
SketchUp 2025 or newer
FAQ

Common questions

Can it tile a whole floor?+

No. Profile runs along a path: an edge, an arc or the perimeter of a face. Surface tiling, such as running bond or herringbone, is not part of this tool.

How is this different from SketchUp's Follow Me?+

Follow Me sweeps one continuous solid. Profile also cuts the sweep into separate stones with open joints, works out the pitch so a closed loop divides evenly, and handles each corner and arc on its own.

How is this different from Lotuz Road?+

Road builds the whole carriageway to a road section, with junctions and markings. Profile lays individual stones along any path you pick. The two are bought separately.

Can I add my own cross-sections?+

Yes. Capture one from a selected face in your model, save it to your own store and reuse it on other projects.

Is there a trial?+

No. Paid Arch plugins have no trial; the trial on a new account covers the image tools only. The free tools work as soon as you create an account.

How do I buy it?+

Buy Lotuz Profile by the year from the price block at the top of the page and pay by VietQR bank transfer; orders are approved during working hours. Install the Lotuz installer and sign in with the account you bought it on.

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