Sherpa adds prompt-free AI rendering to the SketchUp Extension Warehouse

Most AI image tools for architecture start with a text prompt, which means a designer spends time describing the design they're already looking at. Sherpa, now available in the SketchUp Extension Warehouse, takes the viewport as its input instead. Controls for time of day, light temperature, surface materials, and whether people appear in the scene sit on top of that base image — adjust one and only that element changes, while the rest stays tied to the model geometry. Running the same viewpoint through daylight, evening light, a marble floor, and an empty-room variant takes minutes, and each result groups with the original export. The browser-based tool also accepts exports from Revit and ArchiCAD, so SketchUp is an entry point rather than a requirement. The developers position it for pitch and concept work, ahead of production rendering in tools like V-Ray or Enscape.