Revit to AI render and 3D model on a Rendair board by Balkan Architect

Balkan Architect teaches Revit and runs a large course library for architects. In this video he revisits Rendair after its rebuild and tests the new board workflow, using a simple interior from one of his course projects. He takes everything straight out of Revit as quick screen snips, with no export, and ends by loading a generated 3D model back into Revit. Watch it if you work in Revit and want to see how a board-based workflow fits next to it.

What you'll see

1. He snips a 3D view and the floor plan of the interior in Revit and uploads both to a board.
2. He right-clicks the floor plan, adds Floor Plan to Render, connects it, picks the 3D realistic style and generates a 3D floor plan.
3. While that runs, he connects the 3D view to Image to Render, chooses a realistic style and a model, and prompts for a mid-century modern interior.
4. He labels images on the board with text and uses the draw tool to mark a sofa he wants gone.
5. He pastes a sofa photo from the web onto the board and uses Conversational Edit with it as a reference to replace the original sofa.
6. He sends the sofa image to Image to 3D Model to get a downloadable 3D object.
7. Because the room image is very wide, he first uses Image to Render to make a wider, less stretched 5:4 view, then runs Image to Scene to build an explorable 3D space.
8. He shares the board with a colleague as an editor, they leave comments live, and he creates a public link to the board.
9. He converts the downloaded GLB model to OBJ with a free online tool and loads it into Revit as a family.

Takeaways

• He likes that nothing is installed and generation runs in the background, so you keep working on the board while images render.
• He sees the 3D floor plan as a quick way to help non-architect clients read a plan.
• He advises fixing the aspect ratio before Image to Scene, since a very wide image can distort the scene.
• He is clear that the 3D model is not native Revit geometry and should not go into a production model. It works as a placeholder or as a base to trace a proper family over.
• He found the board's live comments a quick way to agree on a design direction with someone else.

Try it yourself

On a board, try Floor Plan to Render and Image to Render from Revit snips, refine with Conversational Edit, then test Image to 3D Model or Image to Scene.