Plugin Sketchup Shape Bender May 2026

Here’s a step-by-step guide to using Shape Bender in SketchUp to bend text (or any flat geometry) along a curved path.

For hours, Elias tried to "brute force" the geometry. He sliced his straight model into dozens of tiny segments, trying to rotate each one just a few degrees to follow the curve. The result was a jagged, messy disaster. The textures were misaligned, and the geometry was "leaking." plugin sketchup shape bender

Step 2: Draw the "Red" Baseline

• Draw a straight line along the Red axis exactly as long as your object (from the leftmost edge to the rightmost edge).
• This line must be a single edge, not multiple segments.
• This line tells the plugin the "resting length" of your object.

3. Use Shape Bender

• First click: Select the straight line group (the “reference line”).
• Second click: Select the curve group (the “target curve”).
• The plugin will bend the text along the curve.