What is Veras?
Veras is an AI-powered 3D architectural rendering app that transforms existing 3D models into photorealistic or stylized images. Architects, designers, and visualization artists use it to generate rendered images directly from models built in SketchUp, Revit, Rhinoceros, Vectorworks, and Archicad. Instead of building a scene from scratch in a traditional render engine, users apply AI to their existing geometry and generate visual output in seconds. Veras also runs as a web app, accepting uploaded images and sketches for teams without access to BIM software.
Features & Benefits
- AI image generation from 3D models – Generate photorealistic or stylized renders directly from existing SketchUp, Revit, Rhino, Vectorworks, and Archicad models using AI, with no separate scene setup required.
- Geometry Override Slider – Control how closely the AI output follows your model geometry. High values allow creative reinterpretation of the form; low values keep the output faithful to the existing model while still overriding materials.
- Render Selection – Select a specific region of a rendered image, apply a new prompt, and re-render only that area. Useful for swapping furniture, changing backgrounds, or refining individual building elements without re-rendering the full image.
- Render from Same Seed – Re-render from the same starting point using a new text prompt to produce consistent variations. Maintains compositional continuity across design iterations.
- Web app with image-to-image input – Upload any image or sketch directly in a browser to access all rendering features without BIM software or plugin installation.
- Text prompt control – Drive visual style, materials, lighting, and atmosphere through text prompts applied to existing model geometry.
- Floating license model – Share licenses across multiple users with one active session at a time, reducing per-seat costs for larger teams.
Real-World Applications
Architects working on client presentations can use Veras to produce multiple visual directions from a single Revit or SketchUp model. Rather than commissioning separate renderings for each design option, teams can adjust prompts and geometry override levels to generate varied visual outputs quickly. This can compress the time between design development and presentation-ready imagery.
Interior designers may find the Render Selection feature particularly useful. If a client wants to see an alternative furniture arrangement or a different material palette in one zone of a space, the designer can isolate that region, apply a new prompt, and render only the selected area — without rebuilding or re-rendering the full scene.
Visualization artists and rendering studios working across multiple software environments can use Veras as a consistent 3D architectural rendering layer regardless of which modeling tool the project originates in. Support for SketchUp, Revit, Rhino, Vectorworks, and Archicad means the same rendering workflow applies across a mixed-software team.
Students and early-career designers with limited access to professional BIM software can use the Veras web app to explore AI-assisted 3D architectural rendering by uploading sketches or concept images. The student license provides full feature access at a reduced cost for non-commercial use.
