Generative AI is transforming the way Design, Engineering, and Construction professionals get things done. SketchUp AI Render integrates this technology into the SketchUp you know and love to help accelerate the creation of compelling visuals whenever you need them. Whether you are suffering from a block in your creative process, need some extra visuals to help support the narrative you’ve established in your project, or just want to fully express your unique creative vision, AI Render can help.

AI Render lets you combine an active model’s viewport with a text prompt or preset style to create a new, AI-generated image. With the options available in AI Render you can:

  • Generate quick photorealistic images.
  • Define the visual style of your AI-generated images.
  • Control how much, or how little, your text prompt influences the output.
  • Mask over certain areas of your generated image to erase, add, or sketch elements.
  • Use a reference image to define the stylistic output of your generated image.
  • Overlay the AI-generated output on top of your SketchUp model, creating a scene you can refer back to later.
  • Save the AI-generated output for use outside of SketchUp.

If it’s your first time using AI Render, take a look at Getting Started with AI Render to learn how to install AI Render on SketchUp for Desktop and what the system requirements are based on which version of SketchUp you use. Once you are ready, see Using AI Render for some basic information on how it works.

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