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Latest published download: v0.9.33 · Trimble encrypted and signed

AI Nexus Render for SketchUp 2024–2027.

Install the extension in SketchUp, sign in with your AEC Nexus account, and render from your current view.

Download latest v0.9.33 installer Installation steps

For SketchUp 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 on Windows. Signed by Trimble.

AEC Nexus Web Studio: web-based, no download.

Use Web Studio in your browser with your AEC Nexus account. Nothing needs to be installed. Create rendered images, videos and animations from photos, exported drawings or a selected drawing area.

Choose AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Rhino / Grasshopper, Archicad, Vectorworks Architect or Landmark, BricsCAD BIM, Bentley OpenBuildings, MicroStation, 3ds Max or another modeling application. Window capture requires a supported desktop browser and your permission; image uploads work on phones too.

Sign in to use your available trial or paid credits.

Open Web Studio

Install in a few minutes.

  1. Download the installer ZIP and save it to your Downloads folder.
  2. In File Explorer, right-click the ZIP and choose Extract All. Do not extract or rename the RBZ file inside.
  3. Open SketchUp and choose Extensions > Extension Manager > Install Extension.
  4. Select the .rbz file in the extracted folder and confirm.
  5. Save your model, close SketchUp, then reopen the same version to finish loading.
  6. Open Extensions > AI Nexus Render and sign in with your AEC Nexus account.
  7. Click Refresh scene to capture your current view, or choose a JPG to render from an image.
How to install · 1 minute 50 seconds. Step-by-step instructions with a soft female American-English voiceover and English captions. Recorded with v0.9.30; the latest download above is v0.9.33, encrypted and signed by Trimble.

Learn to render.

How to Render: Guided walkthroughUsing the waterfront model in SketchUp with AI Nexus Render v0.9.30: capture the view, choose presets, edit prompts, select image size, generate and find the saved JPG. 2 minutes 28 seconds. Narrated with English captions.
Video / AnimationAnimate a rendering or JPG, or render the SketchUp view first. Source, duration, credits and camera movement explained. 1 minute 54 seconds. Narrated with English captions.

How credits are used.

1K still (1280 × 720)1 credit
2K still (2048 × 1152)2 credits
4K still (3840 × 2160)4 credits
Video, 5 seconds30 credits
Video, 10 seconds60 credits
Video, 15 seconds (Web Studio)90 credits
Video, 20 seconds (Web Studio)120 credits

Every verified account gets 10 trial credits. Video / animation uses 6 credits per second, in addition to any still-image rendering. AI camera movement may vary; a complete orbit is not guaranteed.

Core files are encrypted, and the installer contains no API keys.

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