Polish SU Podium SketchUp views into client-ready render stills.
SU Podium rendering workflow for SketchUp scenes with materials, lighting, presets, and architectural visualization
SU Podium rendering workflow for SketchUp scenes with materials, lighting, presets, and architectural visualization
SU Podium users already shape SketchUp scenes with presets, material properties, sunlight, sky settings, artificial lights, and Podium Browser content. RENDERCAD is useful when a working camera, clay view, or draft render needs a faster presentation pass: upload a viewport capture and generate a cleaner still for design review, client options, listing images, or marketing drafts without rebuilding the SketchUp model in another render scene.
In SketchUp with SU Podium, finish the camera angle, materials, shadows, and any Podium lights or browser assets you want the image to communicate. Capture the viewport or draft render, upload it to RENDERCAD, and use the result as a polished client-facing still while continuing to refine the model in SketchUp.
Modeled by CADSharp in Onshape. Rendered with RENDERCAD.
Add | Change | or Remove referenced objects with the stroke of a brush.
Tired of keeping up with the latest gen AI models? RENDERCAD is powered by a proprietary ensemble of the most cutting-edge AI engines, always up to date and fine-tuned to strictly maintain your design intent.
| Feature | RENDERCAD | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | Generative AI | Varies by tool |
| Output | Images + Video | Varies by tool |
| Resolution | HD / 4K | Varies by workflow |
| Image Speed | ≈10 - 60 Seconds | Varies by scene/tool |
| Video Speed | ≈1 - 5 Minutes | Varies by workflow |
| Scene Set Up | Zero | Varies by workflow |
| Input | Screen Snip | Varies by tool |
| Hardware | Cloud GPU | Often local GPU/CPU |
| Install | None | Varies (web or app) |
| Cost | from $20/mo | Varies widely |
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Skip the setup tax. Pick the condition, material, and background with just a click while RENDERCAD handles the heavy lifting. No lighting rigs, no environment setup, no 45-minute wait; get photorealistic results in seconds.
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Get StartedCommon solutions for Podium users
Yes. Mask the foreground product to protect it, then change only the background environment with a different reference or prompt.
You can layer a material reference, a lighting reference, and a background reference together. Each guides a different aspect of the final render.
Don't struggle with refraction settings. Upload your image or snip your view with RENDERCAD, set Style to "Creative," and prompt "Clear Glass." The engine handles transparency and light bending automatically.
Add phrases like "Light from left," "Backlit," or "Top down lighting" to your custom prompt in RENDERCAD.
RENDERCAD generates videos in approximately 1 to 2 minutes using cloud processing.
Because RENDERCAD is an overlay or web app, it runs independently. You can keep modeling in Podium while we process images in the background.
Open the tool, drag a box around your model on screen, and the image loads instantly for prompting. You never have to close Podium.
Prompt for material mixes like "Mesh fabric," "Rubber sole," and "Leather accents."
Use "Exact" style to restrict the AI's creativity to your geometry.
Our "Realistic" engine is trained on millions of professional product photographs. It understands real-world lighting and materials better than manual shader settings often allow.
It acts as a powerful upscaler. It takes a jagged, low-res CAD screenshot, real photo, or hand drawing and reconstructs it into a sharp, 4K render in 10-60 seconds.
It calculates "Ambient Occlusion" (shadows in cracks) and "Soft Shadows" simultaneously, grounding the object so it doesn't look like it's floating.