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SketchUp to Render With AI

Take a screenshot of the view — the AI adds materials, light, sky and planting without moving a single window.

6 free credits on sign up

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Model screenshot and render

Real outputs of the model: the request and what came out, with no retouching

3D model view → photoreal renderBeforeBeforeAfter

«3D model view → photoreal render»

Render a 3D model · GPT Image 2.5

White interior model, golden hour → renderBeforeBeforeAfter

«White interior model, golden hour → render»

Render a 3D model · GPT Image 2.5

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The SketchUp or ArchiCAD model is done, but the client image is still far away: materials, lighting, context, rendering, re-rendering. The AI skips those steps. Screenshot the view you need — textured, in material colours or as a white model — and upload it to Render a 3D model.

The AI keeps the geometry: massing and proportions, every window and door with its divisions, the roof, terraces, balconies, the number of floors, plus the camera position and perspective. It reads the flat colours of the model as material intent — white becomes render, brown becomes timber, grey becomes concrete or metal — and swaps low-poly trees, people and cars for real ones in the same places. Name the materials if you like: "light clinker brick facade, black window frames, lawn and birches".

Default lighting is pleasant daylight, but you can pick golden hour, overcast, dusk or night, and a season, right away. Closeness to the source controls freedom: Exact adds nothing that isn't in the model, Freer may refine detailing and landscaping. Upload up to 30 views as a series and they all come out in one style.

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What you get from a model screenshot

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Model geometry

Windows, doors, roof and camera stay put

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Materials from colours

Model colours become real materials

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Context

Real trees, people and cars instead of blocks

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Light and season

Day, golden hour, dusk, night; any season

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Series of up to 30 views

Every view with the same settings

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4K

3840 px on the long side

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Projects it suits

Houses

A concept for the first client meeting

Interiors

A room render from a white model

Competitions and schematic design

Several views in one evening

Revisions

A new render right after a model change

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How to render a SketchUp model with AI

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Screenshot the view

From SketchUp, Revit, ArchiCAD or any other app

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Set light and wishes

Describe materials in words if you like

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Get the render

Up to 4 variations or a series of views

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Example requests

See what you can create — try it yourself

Prompt

«SketchUp screenshot of a flat-roof house · Balanced»

Result

A photoreal house with lawn and trees

Prompt

«White living room model · Golden hour»

Result

The interior in warm evening light

Prompt

«Revit view · Exact · "larch cladding"»

Result

The same facade in timber, nothing added

Prompt

«Six ArchiCAD views · Series»

Result

Six project renders in one style

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Pricing

Pay only for results — no subscription

All plans →
Model / operationCredits
  • One render6 cr.
  • Four variations in one run24 cr.
  • 4K delivery, per image2 cr.

Credit packs: 150 credits for $5, 350 credits for $12, 1250 credits for $35.

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SketchUp to render FAQ

Do I upload the model file?+

No, just an image: a screenshot of the view or an exported picture. A straight, sharp photo of the screen works too.

How do I set materials?+

Two ways: colour the model close to the intended materials, and/or describe them in the wishes field — "sand-coloured clinker, standing-seam roof, graphite windows".

Why does the result differ slightly from the model?+

The AI redraws the whole image, so small details may shift. To keep differences minimal, choose Exact and upload a screenshot without UI elements.

How much does it cost?+

6 credits per image, or 24 credits for four variations in one run. 4K delivery (3840 px on the long side) adds 2 credits per image. If an image fails, its credits are refunded.

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