Turn a floor plan into a photo-real AI render

A floor plan shows where everything goes; a render shows what it will feel like. DrawPlans turns any view of your plan in 3D into a realistic picture of the finished room or house, in the style you choose. The walls, windows, doors and furniture stay where you drew them, so the picture matches the plan. Drag across the picture below to compare the 3D view with the render.

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1. Draw the plan, or start from a template

The render is made from your plan, so it shows what you drew: draw the walls at their real lengths, add the doors and windows, and name the rooms. The guide to drawing a floor plan to scale walks through it. To try renders straight away, start from one of the 47 templates, such as the kitchen or the two-storey house.

2. Add finishes and furniture

Give each room a floor and a wall finish, the house its outside walls, and put a roof on it. DrawPlans tells the AI each room's floor and walls and the outside finish, so a render of a room with an oak floor shows an oak floor. Place the furniture too: the render keeps every piece in the same place and size, and an empty room renders as an empty room.

3. Frame the view in 3D

Switch to 3D and move the camera to the picture you want; the render keeps exactly this view and never moves the camera. A few views that work well:

• Inside, stand in a corner of the room at eye level and look across it, so you see two or three walls and the furniture.
• Outside, step back far enough to see the whole front, a little to one side so two walls show, with the roof on.
• For an open-plan space, stand at one end and look along it.

4. Pick a style and the light

Choose Photo-real render in the 3D toolbar. DrawPlans offers the styles that fit the view: inside a room, 16 home styles from Modern and Scandinavian to Rustic cabin and Luxury, and 4 for offices, shops, restaurants and halls; outside the walls, 10 styles from Craftsman and Ranch to Log cabin and Tropical. Then pick the time of day (day, golden hour, night, overcast) and, outside, the season and the garden. Under Describe your own style you can add a few words of your own, such as "green kitchen cabinets", up to 150 characters.

5. Generate, or compare styles

Choose Generate. A render takes about 20 to 40 seconds and appears in the panel with a slider to compare it with the 3D view. Not sure between Japandi and Scandinavian? Choose Compare styles, tick 2 or 3, and they're made one after another and shown side by side. A render that fails isn't counted.

6. Download and share it

Every render is saved to your account with the 3D picture it was made from: Saved renders in the account menu shows them all, and Open plan in 3D takes you back to the same view to try another style. When you download one, choose what goes in its corner: nothing, a small Made with DrawPlans mark, or your own logo and name. If you use a render in a listing or a presentation, say it's an AI visualization of the plan.

The monthly and yearly plans include 20 renders every billing month and the 14-day pass 10; extra packs are on the pricing page. For the steps inside the editor, see Help.