Project development: AI renders from 3D
Turn 3D views into photorealistic images: pick angle, style and mood, optionally upload a style reference, and use the result straight in the report. Geometry is preserved from the 3D model.
AI renders turn your 3D views from Project development into photorealistic images with materials, planting, parking and lighting — so you can present the project as it will look when finished. You control the angle, style and mood, and the geometry from the 3D model is preserved throughout. The images land straight in the gallery and can be used in the report.
AI renders are generated on desktop. When you open the module on mobile, you see AI render is desktop only — you can view and use earlier renders, but not generate new ones. Use a screen at least 1024 px wide.
1Find the right 3D view
The render is built from exactly what the 3D scene shows, so start by setting the angle. In 3D Design you work in the free-camera viewer — orbit, zoom and position yourself so the building and surroundings sit the way you want.
Use the camera presets in the sidebar to quickly hit a polished angle:
Drone Lavt dramatisk Gade Top-down Forfra NØ-hjørne
Corner presets (NØ-hjørne SV-hjørne and others) and Drone usually give the most appealing perspectives for a presentation. Gade shows the project at eye level, the way a passer-by sees it.
2Capture the 3D view
Once the angle is set, take a still of the scene with Capture 3D image. While the image is captured, the button changes to Capturing..., and the finished snapshot lands in the gallery as a 3D image.
This 3D image is the foundation the AI works from. Layout, building form and placement come from here — the AI adds realism on top of the geometry without moving it.
3Choose style and mood
The AI render panel in the sidebar controls how the image should look. Pick an architecture style to lock the facade expression and materials:
Moderne dansk Sort træ Lys grå tegl Hvid puds skandinavisk Lærk varm Mursten + træ hybrid
Then describe the mood you want in the Prompt field — e.g. light, season, people and planting:
E.g. 'summer afternoon, warm light, families in the gardens, apple trees in bloom...'
Render mode
Choose how freely the AI may work under Mode:
Safe — locks surroundings bit-precise Detail — photorealistic across the entire scene
- Safe keeps the surroundings outside the parcel 1:1 and only polishes the building itself — good when neighbours and context must stay unchanged.
- Detail gives a photorealistic look across the whole image, with people, vegetation and props added.
4Upload a style reference (optional)
If you want to hit a very specific aesthetic, you can give the AI an inspiration image — a mood board, a reference photo, or an example of the materials you want.
Without a style image — AI uses its best judgement of materials and atmosphere With an inspiration image — upload a photo of the style, mood or materials you want, and AI will replicate it
Click Upload inspiration image and pick an image. The button changes to Render with style, so the reference drives the final result.
You can also use an earlier render as the starting point: open it in the gallery and choose Use as inspiration. The next render then keeps the materials and style of the chosen one — handy for building a series of images that hang together visually.
5Generate and use the result
Press Generate AI render. The render runs in the background, and you can start several in parallel — the button shows Generate another while jobs run. Track status under Renders, and when an image is ready you get the message AI render complete.
The result lands in the gallery alongside your 3D images:
For each render you can:
- Use in report — place the image in a report slot for the finished project report.
- Re-generate — run the same view again for an alternative result.
- Use as inspiration — lock the style for the next render.
Geometry and layout always come from the 3D model. The AI does not change the building's form or placement — it adds realism so the image can be used directly for presentation and marketing.