Sherpa brings ‘prompt-free’ AI rendering to SketchUp
Sherpa is a new AI-powered rendering tool for SketchUp that allows architects to adjust design elements using controls instead of text prompts. It is designed for the concept and pitch stage, enabling users to iterate on lighting and materials directly within the viewport.
Why it matters
This tool streamlines the architectural visualization workflow, offering a more intuitive alternative to traditional text-to-image AI generators.
Browser-based software works from the SketchUp viewport using controls instead of a text prompt Sherpa, an AI rendering tool that works image-to-image on a snapshot of the user’s own design rather than text-to-image, is now available for SketchUp, allowing architects and interior designers to render straight from the SketchUp viewport.
With Sherpa, everything that would normally go into a prompt is instead a control: luminosity, time of day, colour temperature, artificial lights, whether people appear, styling level, and named per-surface materials. Leave a control alone and that part of the image stays as modelled.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in