AI-Powered Workflows for SketchUp Designers (Live Online)

A practical 4-week live online course for SketchUp users who want to bring AI into real project work—from quick concept imagery and custom assets to stylistic SketchUp renderings to match client intent.

AI-Powered Workflows for SketchUp Designers is built for people who already use SketchUp (at least at a basic level) and want to understand where AI fits in their process. Over four weeks, you’ll learn how to use AI tools alongside SketchUp—not instead of it—to move faster from idea to presentation, while keeping your models accurate and usable in production.

This course is ideal for interior designers, architects, and 3D professionals who want practical AI workflows they can trust on real projects.

Who this is for

This class is for you if:

• You’re comfortable with basic SketchUp navigation and tools, but curious how AI can support your work
• You want faster, more persuasive concept visuals without setting up full photorealistic renders every time
• You’d like a structured way to experiment with AI—materials, image-to-3D, and concept imagery—without breaking your core workflow

Great fit for:

• Interior designers
• Architects and design teams
• 3D visualization + experiential / exhibit designers
• Contractors and design-build professionals
• Educators and students using SketchUp in studio or classroom work

The focus throughout is a SketchUp-centered workflow, with AI as a supporting tool to help you iterate faster and present ideas more clearly.

What you’ll be able to do in 4 weeks

By the end of AI-Powered Workflows for SketchUp Designers, you’ll be able to:

• Map out where AI fits in your SketchUp workflow—from concept through presentation
• Create quick AI-assisted concept images and moodboards based on your SketchUp models
• Experiment with image-to-3D asset workflows for furniture and objects to compliment your models
• Generate compelling visuals without committing to full-blown traditional rendering every time

The goal is to give you a small set of reliable workflows that make your existing SketchUp process faster and more flexible.

Class breakdown

Week 1 – Where AI fits in a SketchUp workflow

• Overview of how designers are using AI around SketchUp today
• Where AI adds value: hard-to-model objects, quick concept imagery, early client buy-in
• A tour of the tools we’ll use (SketchUp AI, Meshy, ChatGPT, and a small set of image/video tools)
• Prompting basics: how to describe geometry, mood, and style so AI tools give you useful starting points
• First workflow: starting from a simple SketchUp scene and using prompts to generate quick concept images and a basic 3D asset

Week 2 – Image-to-3D with Meshy & SketchUp AI

• How to choose strong reference images for 3D generation—and how to describe them in your prompts
• Using Meshy and SketchUp’s AI tools to generate 3D models from images
• Exporting / importing AI geometry into SketchUp (FBX/OBJ/GLB → clean, usable components)
• Fixing scale, orientation, and axes so components behave properly in your scenes
• Simple cleanup strategies: grouping, tags, and when to simplify or partially re-model AI output

Week 3 – Concept visuals without heavy rendering

• Starting from a SketchUp room or space and exporting views as the base for AI images
• Writing prompts to explore finishes, mood, and lighting options quickly
• Approaches for interiors and architecture: testing ideas without rebuilding the model
• Preparing AI-enhanced images for internal reviews or client conversations
• Building a small library of “go-to” prompt + camera setups for fast concept presentations

Week 4 – Building your AI asset + video workflow

• Organizing AI-generated models into a component library you can reuse across projects
• Naming, tagging, and folder strategies so assets stay findable and manageable
• Intro to AI video tools (like Kling, Veo, Sora, etc.) for short concept clips, walkthroughs, or B-roll based on your models or imagery
• How to brief these tools: prompts that describe movement, pacing, and focus without overcomplicating things
• Real-project examples and quick participant shares of how video clips and AI assets can support client presentations or marketing

What’s included / how it works

In this live online course, you get:

• 4 weekly live sessions (90 minutes each)
• Focused lessons, live demos, and guided walkthroughs of each workflow.
• Recordings of every session
• Ideal if you can’t attend live or want to revisit specific techniques.
• Downloadable practice files and resources
• So you can follow along and adapt examples to your own projects.
• Live Q&A in each session
• Ask questions, get clarifications, and see workflows applied to real scenarios.

This is designed to feel like a guided lab: structured teaching plus enough flexibility to explore tools in a way that fits your work.

Attend live or on your own schedule

All sessions are recorded and shared shortly after each class. Whether you join live or prefer to learn at your own pace, you’ll have full access to the material.

Some participants attend every session live, while others catch up with the recordings—both approaches work well, and you’ll receive the same content, demos, and resources either way.

Please note that live Q&A and support are available during the scheduled course dates.

Requirements

To get the most out of this course, you’ll need:

• Basic familiarity with SketchUp tools and navigation
• SketchUp Pro 2026 (trial or licensed version)
• Desktop or laptop capable of running SketchUp Pro reliably
• Stable internet connection for live sessions and streaming
• (Recommended) A 3-button scroll-wheel mouse for smoother navigation and modeling
• (Optional) Accounts for tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Miro (free versions are fine)

This course is designed around the desktop version of SketchUp, not SketchUp for iPad or SketchUp Go (web). While those tools are useful for markups and presentations, they’re not ideal for the full workflows we’ll cover here.