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Prepare the view
Choose a 3D window perspective, axonometric, elevation, or plan that clearly communicates the project.
ArchiCAD workflow
Create fast photoreal visuals from ArchiCAD
Your BIM model already contains the design. Renderz helps turn a selected ArchiCAD view into an atmospheric image for review: export the perspective, elevation, or plan, then describe the intended material palette, landscape, interior, and light.
A closer look
A planted pedestrian route through a residential district
- The brief
- Discuss how buildings, planting and shared routes work together at neighborhood scale.
- What to compare
- An elevated view makes the pedestrian route, planted courtyards and building edges readable together.
- Before sign-off
- Use the masterplan to verify access, setbacks, building heights and emergency routes.
A prompt to adapt
Keep the massing and street network in the source view. Explore planted pedestrian routes, shaded communal gardens and warm facade materials. Preserve the overall building heights.
Illustrative study. Use an image exported from your design software to try a similar workflow.
From ArchiCAD view to presentation image
Use a clean BIM view as the visual structure for the render.
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Publish an image
Export a high-resolution image with the layers and elements you want the result to follow.
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Add the visual brief
Describe materials, furnishing, landscape, season, and light to create presentation alternatives.
Visual feedback without disrupting BIM
Use established viewpoints
Work from the cameras and documentation views already organized in the ArchiCAD project.
Explore finishes earlier
Compare façade and interior directions before every material is fully authored in the BIM model.
Communicate beyond BIM
Create images that help clients understand atmosphere while the model remains the technical source of truth.
Useful ArchiCAD visualization outputs
3D window views
Create interior or exterior perspectives with richer material, light, and context.
Elevations and façades
Test cladding palettes and landscape character while keeping a clear frontal composition.
Rendered plans
Transform a clean floor plan into a more accessible furnished overview.
ArchiCAD and AI rendering questions
- Does Renderz open PLN files?
- No. Publish or export the selected ArchiCAD view as an image, then upload it to Renderz.
- Can I use an ArchiCAD 3D window screenshot?
- Yes. A clean 3D window view with a clear camera and readable geometry is a suitable source.
- Will Renderz change my BIM model?
- No. Renderz only receives the exported image. Your ArchiCAD file, properties, and model data are not modified.
- Is the image suitable for technical validation?
- Use it for visual exploration and communication. Validate geometry, compliance, and construction information in the ArchiCAD model and documents.
More software workflows
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Visualize your next ArchiCAD view
Export a clear BIM view and turn it into an atmospheric project image with Renderz.