Blog/Tutorial From floor plan to 3D render in 90 seconds Jun 5, 2026 · 4 min read You don't need a CAD background or a free afternoon. Here's the full path from a blank canvas to a photoreal render — the way most people actually do it. Step 1 — Describe or upload the plan Start one of two ways. If you already have a floor plan, drop in the image, PDF or CAD file and AIHom reads the walls, rooms, doors and windows. If you're starting from scratch, just describe it in a sentence: Example prompt"A 3-bed, 2-bath single-story home, around 1,400 sq ft, open kitchen and living, with a study off the entry." You'll get a clean, build-ready 2D plan back in seconds, with rooms labelled and measurements in place. Drag a wall or resize a room if anything's off — nothing is locked in. Step 2 — Generate the 3D home One click turns the plan into a fully furnished 3D scene. AIHom raises the walls, fits the windows, sets the lighting, and places real furniture from a library of over a million branded products. What you get is a walkable space, not a flat picture — you can move through every room from any angle. Step 3 — Render it photoreal From the 3D scene, render a photoreal view in minutes. Materials, lighting and depth are handled for you, and you can export in high resolution straight into a deck, a listing or a portfolio. Step 4 — Change anything, re-render This is where the time savings really land. Want the kitchen island gone or the palette warmer? Say it in words, or open the advanced editor for hands-on control, and re-render. You're iterating in minutes instead of rebuilding from scratch. The first render is rarely the final one. The win is that the second, third and fourth are basically free. Tips for a cleaner result Give the brief a vibe, not just rooms — "warm, minimal, lots of natural light" steers the furnishing. Fix the layout in 2D before going to 3D; it's faster to nudge a wall than to redo a furnished room. Render one hero angle first, then duplicate the view for the rest once you like the look. That's the whole loop. Once it's muscle memory, 90 seconds is a comfortable pace — and most of that is you deciding what you want.