Presentation-ready render concepts from Bentley OpenBuildings BIM views.
Bentley OpenBuildings Designer is multidisciplinary building BIM software for creating information-rich models used in building design, analysis, simulation, documentation, and visualization. Its 3D environment can combine architectural intent with coordinated building systems and referenced site context. That makes a selected design view useful for communicating a facade, interior, services zone, or transit-oriented building concept before the audience needs the full technical model.
Bentley OpenBuildings Designer is multidisciplinary building BIM software for creating information-rich models used in building design, analysis, simulation, documentation, and visualization. Its 3D environment can combine architectural intent with coordinated building systems and referenced site context. That makes a selected design view useful for communicating a facade, interior, services zone, or transit-oriented building concept before the audience needs the full technical model.
OpenBuildings Designer supports multidisciplinary building work across architectural, mechanical, electrical, and other coordinated BIM views. A RENDERCAD workflow is most useful when the team needs a persuasive image from a model that is otherwise optimized for coordination and documentation. Choose a view with a clear design question: how a new entrance meets the street and site context, how daylight and finishes shape a lobby, how a facade option reads at pedestrian scale, or how a station concourse will feel to passengers. For services coordination, use a restrained view that explains spatial relationships without implying that a generated image verifies installation, access, or clearance. RENDERCAD can turn the selected viewport into visual directions for stakeholder reviews, planning material, design-option workshops, and proposal presentations. It is best used to explore presentation character, not to alter or validate the BIM design. OpenBuildings remains the source of truth for object data, coordinated systems, analysis, documentation, and issued project information.
In OpenBuildings Designer, start from a saved 3D view or compose one around the decision the audience must make. Isolate the relevant architectural elements, coordinated building systems, and only the reality-model or site context that supports scale and orientation. For an exterior, keep the entry, adjacent ground plane, and key facade volumes visible; for an interior or concourse, retain circulation, daylight openings, and principal surfaces. Hide grids, annotations, temporary geometry, and unrelated disciplines that make the image read like a coordination screen. Capture a clean viewport at the intended review angle, then use RENDERCAD to test lighting, material mood, landscape character, and atmosphere while preserving the underlying composition. Use the resulting visuals alongside the original OpenBuildings view when presenting an option, especially for building services or public circulation spaces. Return to OpenBuildings for design revisions, model coordination, quantities, analysis, and formal documentation. For repeat visual workflows, see RENDERCAD developer documentation.
Modeled by CADSharp in Onshape. Rendered with RENDERCAD.
Add | Change | or Remove referenced objects with the stroke of a brush.
RENDERCAD uses a maintained selection of image-generation models for different rendering tasks. Results can vary by model and input, so compare generated output with the source design before relying on geometry, materials, or dimensions.
| Feature | RENDERCAD | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | Generative AI | Varies by tool |
| Output | Images + Video | Varies by tool |
| Resolution | HD / 4K | Varies by workflow |
| Image Speed | Image renders complete in 60 seconds. | Varies by scene/tool |
| Video Speed | Videos complete in 2-5 minutes. | Varies by workflow |
| Scene Set Up | No separate local scene | Varies by workflow |
| Input | Screen Snip | Varies by tool |
| Hardware | Cloud GPU | Often local GPU/CPU |
| Install | None | Varies (web or app) |
| Cost | from $9/mo | Varies widely |
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Skip a separate local scene build. Pick a condition, material, and background while RENDERCAD handles the image-generation step. Image renders complete in 60 seconds.
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Use the browser workflow directly, capture a selected view with the desktop app, or start from the browser extension.
Get StartedCommon solutions for Bentley OpenBuildings users
A supported browser can submit a clear 2D input without a local rendering GPU.
The current desktop app or browser extension can capture a selected view and send the screenshot into RENDERCAD without a CAD rendering plugin.
With the Realistic engine selected, use Add Instruction to attach an authorized material image and describe how it should guide the render. The reference guides the generated image; it does not modify the native Bentley OpenBuildings model or guarantee a material match.
Image references and masks are applied during the initial image render. Once you have your styled image, use the Image-to-Video feature to animate it with camera movements.
Set up masks for each customizable component. Swap material references for each masked region to quickly visualize different product configurations.
Describe the intended anodized color and matte or satin finish, then review the generated metal appearance against an authorized material reference when color and finish matter.
Upload a clear image, choose the Realistic engine, and describe a large soft light source or overcast lighting. Generated shadows are visual approximations, not a physical lighting calculation.
Start from an image that clearly shows the existing separated components, then choose the Exploded View product motion. Review the clip against the source because generated motion can alter part boundaries or relationships.
No local NVIDIA rendering GPU is required. Use a supported browser to upload an image or a current capture tool to select a screenshot; generation runs on cloud infrastructure.
The Render History page lets you browse and download retained images and videos. Storage duration depends on the account plan, so download assets you need before they expire.
Log into RENDERCAD Studio in a supported browser, upload a clear CAD screenshot or another supported 2D input, and generate an image for review.
The core workflow starts from a selected 2D view, so it does not require native CAD-file conversion or source-model upload.