Render Your CAD Drawings Without Modeling

Export a PDF or just screenshot your CAD screen, upload it, and get a finished, photoreal render. Your geometry stays exact; the AI adds materials, light and context.

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Rendered

PDF elevation

PDF Export or a Screenshot. Either Works.

Use whatever is quickest. Rendershop reads the linework the same way.

PDF export

Option 1

Export a PDF

Print the sheet or view to PDF from AutoCAD, Vectorworks or any CAD program and upload it. Multi-page PDFs let you pick the page you want.

Clean, crisp linework
Render straight from a drawing set

CAD screenshot

Option 2

Screenshot your CAD screen

No export needed. Frame the view in your CAD program, take a screenshot and upload it. Toolbars and all, Rendershop focuses on the drawing.

Fastest way to try an idea
Works with any CAD software

From CAD Screen to Client-Ready

A screenshot of a CAD elevation, rendered with siding, trim, roofing, lawn and sky.

Screenshot your CAD view
Describe materials
Photoreal render

Tap a label, or press and hold to see the original

A High-Rise From a Screenshot

Colored layers, level lines and a dark background are no problem. Drag to compare.

Any CAD color scheme
Keeps the exact massing and setbacks
Adds street, people and sky

Drag the handle to compare

Rendered

CAD screenshot

Site Plans Work, Too

A park plan straight from the CAD screen, rendered with planting, water, paths and play areas.

Rendered plan

CAD site plan

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Elevations, Too

PDF elevations become realistic facades with real materials, planting and sky. Try several facade options before anything gets built.

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More ways to use Render

Render overview

Sketch to Render

Hand sketches into photoreal renders

3D Model to Render

Rhino, Blender and ArchiCAD screenshots, rendered

SketchUp to Render

Render straight from a SketchUp view

Floor Plan to Render

2D plans into 3D rendered floor plans

Use rendering inside Claude or ChatGPT

Connect Rendershop to your AI assistant and ask for it in plain words, like “Render this CAD elevation with white brick, black window frames and a clear sky.” The result comes back in the conversation and is saved to your project, using the same credits as the app.

Connect your assistant

CAD to Render FAQ

Common questions about cad to render

Either. A PDF gives the cleanest lines; a screenshot of your CAD screen is the quickest way to try something.

Yes. Upload a front, side or rear elevation and describe the materials. Elevations render best straight-on.

No. Plain black linework is fine. You describe the materials when you render.

Choose 1K, 2K or 4K output. 4K is available on paid plans.

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Render Your CAD Drawings Without Modeling