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SKALP STUDIO 2027 OPEN BETA

One model.
A clearer
workflow.

Organize your project. Work directly in the section.
Build clear plans and take them to LayOut or CAD.
SketchUp 2027 brings hatching to section cuts.
Skalp Studio extends it to surfaces — and beyond.

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30-day trial · Open to everyone

Architectural 3D section with layered floor and roof hatching, insulation patterns and bold section contours
01 / MODEL TO DRAWINGMade in SketchUp. With Skalp Studio.

01 / ORGANIZE

A place for everything.
Before you start.

Set up the views, visibility and materials your project needs. Keep that structure as the model grows.

Your project, in the Skalp Manager.

Bring scenes, sections and ClipBoxes together. Organize views in folders, find the one you need and keep its scale and drawing settings close at hand.

Keep the model views organized here, then manage LayOut sheet formats and PDF pages when you publish.

Skalp Manager with drawing folders, scenes and section settings
One place to find and manage the views in your project.

Keep tag visibility manageable.

Reuse tag visibility presets across plans and scenes. Adjust the shared visibility setup without rebuilding it view by view.

Tag visibility preset editor
Tag visibility presets

Focus on a smaller part.

Use a ClipBox to work on one part of a complex model. Drag its faces to adjust the volume, and keep the ClipBox in the Manager.

Multilevel 3D cutaway with Clipbox 1 selected in the Manager
3D clipping — open the image to inspect the cutaway.

Build your section materials.

Choose or create materials in the Material Browser, then edit their fill, hatch and pens in the Material Editor. Reuse them throughout the project.

Material Browser showing section material libraries and previews
Reusable material libraries
Material setup: Editor, By Tag and By SketchUp Material
Material Editor with parametric insulation hatch and paper preview

Create the pattern. Control the appearance.

Adjust parametric insulation and timber hatches, section and surface patterns, cut lineweights, rearview pens and representations by scale.

Section and Surface material assignments by tag

By Tag

Assign Section and Surface Materials to the tags already in your model.

Section and Surface assignments by SketchUp material

By SketchUp Material

Map existing SketchUp materials to their Skalp drawing appearances.

02 / WORK

Work in the section.
It just makes sense.

Paint what you see. Select what you cut. Shape the model and control its visibility without breaking your flow.

Paint directly in the section.

Click the cut object to apply a Section Material. Paint the object, its tag or its SketchUp material — right where you see the result.

Select directly in the section.

Click inside a visible hatch to select the group or component that produced it. Work with the object behind the cut.

Move the section through the model.

Use the Section Slider to reposition the cut and explore the model without recreating the section.

Power Push/Pull.

Push or pull a face through a closed group or component. Enter a distance or repeat the last one without opening each object first.

Tag Tools, close at hand.

Show, hide or isolate tags through selected objects. Restore previously hidden tag batches when you need them again.

Solid Tools with predictable results.

Outer Shell, Intersect, Union, Subtract, Trim and Split. Keep the result’s object material, tag and properties attached to the right solid.

FROM THE CUT TO A PLAN

Define the drawing area in SketchUp.

Create the clipping area for your plan directly in SketchUp. Set the part you want to draw and leave room for the annotations you will add next.

Shared Power Tools, Solid Tools and Tag Tools are included and are also available as a free independent companion.
Plan inside SketchUp with clipping mask, dimension zone, section-indication zone and resize handles
Set the clipping boundary, dimension zone and section-indication zone directly on the plan.

03 / DRAW

Make the model
read as a plan.

SketchUp 2027 brings hatching to section cuts. Skalp Studio extends it to surfaces and adds the graphic control and 2D drawing tools a finished plan needs.

LineweightsGive cut elements a clear graphic hierarchy.

Surface hatchesShow materials on the visible faces as well as in the cut.

Rearview linesControl the information beyond the section cut.

Drawing scalesSet the scale per view and use scale-dependent material representations.

Build the plan, layer by layer.

Select a step to see what it adds to the same view.

THE COMPLETE DRAWING05 / 05
Complete plan with surface hatching, 2D symbols, rearview lines, lineweights and clipping

Surface patterns add the final layer of material information.

Compare SketchUp 2027 with Skalp Studio

Hover either drawing to zoom both. Move to inspect the same detail.Tap a drawing to zoom both. Tap again to reset.

SketchUp 202701
The native starting point.
With Skalp Studio02 ↗
More of the information your drawing needs.
See surface hatching, lineweights and easy pattern creation
Before · plain view01
Plain gray wall with a solid black section face and orange section indicators
The form is visible.
After · with material detail02 ↗
Wall with brick surface hatching, concrete section pattern and bold black cut contour
Surface hatching. Lineweights. Easy pattern creation.Create and adjust material patterns, then control how they read on surfaces and in section.

2D drawing in SketchUp. Or in LayOut.

Place scrapbook items, draw details, add dimensions and use Align & Arrange. Edit supported 2D elements in either application and explicitly synchronize the changes in both directions.

REAL SKALP STUDIO RECORDINGPlacement sped up. Align & Arrange at recorded speed.
SketchUp + Skalp LayOut

One scene owns the authored 2D drawing. Use Sync Drawing with LayOut to exchange supported elements and annotations in both directions. Matching placements in the active document share the result; conflicting edits ask for a choice.

Generated model geometry flows from SketchUp to LayOut. Synchronization runs on command; save both documents afterwards.

04 / EXPORT

Ready for the sheet.
Ready to share.

Take the plans you have prepared to LayOut, publish individual PDF sheets or carry the drawing into a CAD workflow.

LayOut palette Page panel with paper format and orientation controls

Different sheet sizes in one LayOut file.

Choose the paper format and orientation for each page. Keep overview sheets and details together in one document.

LayOut Publish panel with page selection and PDF export settings

A separate PDF for every sheet.

Choose the pages to publish and use filename patterns to export individual PDF plans.

CAD export scene selection and drawing output settings

DWG and DXF, with drawing information.

Export selected scenes with section and rearview linework, surface fills and hatches, clipping and authored 2D annotations.

The demonstrations on this page were recorded on macOS.

SKALP STUDIO 2027 · PUBLIC BETA

Download the beta.

Choose your platform. Try Skalp Studio for 30 days.

30day trial
Open to everyone

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION

€99 per year

Extra seats: €49 per seat / year.

Excluding applicable taxes.
Purchasing is not available yet.

Start with the 30-day beta trial. Paid subscriptions will be available later.

Public beta — keep backups of your models and local material libraries. Update recovery has known issues; library preservation during rollback is not yet guaranteed. Save your work and close all SketchUp and LayOut windows before installing the complete matching RBZ. Full platform validation is ongoing. Known problems.

Need a hand getting started?Read the Skalp Studio 2027 user guide.
What should I expect from the beta?

This is an early version. If something does not work as expected, tell us what happened and which version of SketchUp you are using.

Who can try it?

Everyone is welcome to download the beta and start a 30-day trial from this page.

RELEASE NOTES

Version 27.0.020

29 October 2026 · Section, drawing and update improvements

Improved automatic section preview initialization, active editing-context cuts and reversed-face repair before first Skalp use.

Improved procedural section geometry, incremental material and hatch updates, and the default architectural material outlines.

Added calculation problem details that can be copied for Support when lineweights or rearview cannot be calculated.

Improved macOS calculation-worker and LayOut session authorization, companion app replacement and palette startup.

Improved manual installation restart reminders, toolbar registration and update rollback recovery.

Improved LayOut linked-view detection when the same SketchUp file is reached through another path.

Added guarded local recovery for an interrupted drawing synchronization so editing can resume.

Improved native dimension component styling, orientation and drawing-session ownership.

Preserved scrapbook group structure and text alignment during placement.

Completed the active Draw session when leaving native drawing edit mode by clicking outside it on macOS.

Clarified cutter and target guidance for Subtract and Trim.

Added access to installed release notes from Support and updated all application language catalogs.

Testing limitations: full installed-update, receiving-host and Windows desktop acceptance remain pending. Some dimension point-conversion reports remain unresolved. Complete translated user manuals are not yet available.

Version 27.0.016

27 October 2026 · macOS preview and usability fixes

Restored macOS lineweights and rearview when the calculation worker could not access protected authorization.

Calculation failures now provide clear error codes and copyable details for Support.

Groups and components automatically receive the current Skalp default hatch; explicit object, material and tag assignments are preserved.

New scenes and section planes appear at the top of the Manager root.

Improved recovery when blocked file access interrupts update rollback.

Version 27.0.015

27 October 2026 · First public beta

The first public beta of Skalp Studio 2027 is here, rebuilt for SketchUp 2027.

Explore the features below with a 30-day trial. Your feedback will help shape the next updates.

Included in this beta

Explore the features included in this first public beta. See the user guide for workflows and details.

Scenes & Sections

  • Central Skalp Manager combining scene and section management.
  • Folder organization and search.
  • Scene-specific drawing settings.
  • Multiple drawing variants using the same section plane.
  • Main and nested sections.
  • Adjustable clipboxes.
  • Align View and Reverse Section commands.
  • Section Plane Slider for precise section positioning.
  • Select and open cut groups or components directly through their section hatches.
  • Shared tag visibility presets with tag-folder rules.

Modeling Tools

  • Outer Shell, Union, Intersect, Subtract, Trim and Split.
  • Preserve the result’s source object material, tag, name, attributes and material-linked Skalp section appearance.
  • Power Tools and Tag Tools, including Power Push/Pull and tag visibility controls.

Drawing Appearance

  • Drawing scale per scene.
  • Custom drawing scales and multiple scales within one model.
  • Configurable section line weights and colors.
  • Live Rearview linework showing geometry behind the section.
  • Adjustable depth clipping and depth-dependent line presentation.
  • Architectural 45° shadows, left or right.
  • Material-specific section line colors and weights.
  • Scene-specific style overrides.
  • Independent visibility controls for surface fills and hatches.

Materials & Hatching

  • Editable material libraries, including shared office libraries.
  • Separate Section Materials and Surface Materials.
  • Assign section materials by object, tag or SketchUp material.
  • Scale-dependent material representations.
  • Parametric patterns, including lines, grids, bonds, tiles and board-and-gap patterns.
  • Cross-hatching, timber, batt insulation and rigid insulation patterns.
  • Pattern dimensions in model units or paper units.
  • Image hatches and hatches derived from SketchUp materials.
  • Searchable library of 625 bundled PAT files with previews.
  • Import custom PAT patterns with automatic preview generation.
  • Graphical PAT editor for creating, previewing and exporting simple patterns.
  • Pick and paint section materials directly on the section.
  • Paint, position and rotate surface hatches.

2D Drawing & Annotation

  • Draw directly on section drawings.
  • Polylines, rectangles, circles, polygons and arcs.
  • Offset, split, join, trim and extend.
  • Fillet and chamfer.
  • Move, copy, rotate and scale.
  • Text and leader labels.
  • Automatic labels linked to model information.
  • Linear dimensions and chained dimensions.
  • Automatic dimension chains from drawing intersections.
  • Geometry-linked dimensions with editable styles.
  • Group and ungroup drawing elements.
  • Sample and copy drawing styles.
  • Insert supported LayOut scrapbook symbols.
  • Elevation Marks and Plan Elevation Marks.
  • Face-linked Area Measurements.
  • Drawn Area Measurements from editable polygon boundaries.
  • Configurable measurement units, precision and elevation reference levels.
  • Align and arrange 2D elements with edge alignment and equal spacing.
  • Drawing Properties for pens, fills, text fonts, arrowheads and reusable annotation styles.
  • Custom measurement symbols, elevation reference levels and editable dimension labels.

Section Indications

  • Automatic section references.
  • Click section indications to navigate to the referenced section.

LayOut Integration

  • Define drawing crops and annotation zones.
  • Send drawings directly from SketchUp to LayOut.
  • Publish section drawings, perspective views and clipbox views.
  • Update existing drawing placements.
  • Two-way synchronization of supported annotations.
  • Explicit annotation synchronization for the active linked drawing.
  • Assign annotations to page-specific LayOut layers.
  • Skalp drawing and page controls inside LayOut.
  • Different paper sizes within one LayOut document.
  • Export one combined PDF or separate PDFs per page.
  • Custom PDF filenames using document, page, revision, date and paper-format tokens.

CAD Export & Migration

  • DXF and DWG export of supported orthographic drawings. DWG export uses the converter included with Skalp Studio; no separate converter installation is required.
  • Export line weights, colors, hatches, fills and supported 2D annotations.
  • Configurable CAD layers, units and depth settings.
  • Convert existing Skalp models.
  • Convert supported legacy Skalp drawings in LayOut.

Support & Documentation

  • Integrated AI support based on maintained Skalp documentation.
  • Built-in problem reporting.
  • Comprehensive English user guide.
  • Interface localization for SketchUp’s supported languages.
  • Links to approved YouTube tutorials where available.

Installation & Preferences

  • A 30-day beta trial, existing licence activation and access to the customer portal.
  • Manual update checks, automatic download preferences and version release notes.
  • Preferences for drawing defaults, model highlights, update display, LayOut and CAD output.