This article shows how you can speed up your design workflow by combining Enscape's real-time rendering with AI. Use Veras to generate design variations in seconds, refine concepts with custom prompts, and enhance final renders with the AI Enhancer.
Enscape is already one of, if not the fastest 😉, ways to visualize your architecture designs in real time, but what happens when you combine that speed with AI?
In this short tutorial, we’ll show you how to combine the power of Veras and the Chaos AI Enhancer with your Enscape workflow. With these tools, you can generate fresh design ideas, refine concepts, and produce great-looking renders, all in record time!
▶️ Watch the video below, then follow the steps outlined to get started.
Step 1: Generate design ideas in seconds with Veras
Start by opening your project in Enscape and use Veras, our integrated AI image generation tool, to instantly explore multiple design variations based on your current scene.
- Open your scene in Enscape.
- Navigate to the Veras panel.
- Select from various pre-built prompt presets.
- Click Render and let Veras generate multiple AI-generated design variations of your scene.
These visuals are perfect for brainstorming new ideas, exploring different looks, and pitching initial ideas to clients or team members.
Step 2: Fine-tune your concepts
If you want more control over your AI-generated designs:
- Open the Compose panel in Veras.
- Add additional prompts (e.g., “keep the grass mostly green”) for greater control of the results.
- Use the Geometry and Material Override sliders to blend AI creativity with your existing design. Adjusting the slider halfway retains some original elements of your original project, while introducing some fresh, distinct changes.
This helps you maintain key design elements while being able to quickly explore new ideas.
Step 3: Recreate your favorite concept in Enscape
Once you’ve found a variation you like:
- Return to Enscape.
- Recreate it in real time using Enscape materials and assets.
- Apply the materials and assets that stood out in the AI-generated version. For example, select a specific grass texture and add similar trees from the Enscape Asset Library.
- Position your elements based on the AI concept.
Step 4: Enhance your render with the AI Enhancer
With your scene set, you can take it one step further.
- Find a good camera angle.
- Click the AI Enhancer button in Enscape.
- Your image is sent to the cloud, processed, and returned with two versions: original and enhanced 😎.
The AI Enhancer improves realism with more lifelike people and richer vegetation 🌳.
Case study: Designing a penthouse extension with Enscape & Veras
Germany-based architect and BIM coach Marco Iannelli was tasked with designing a penthouse extension. But it wasn't just any extension; due to the number of stakeholders, the building site, and sustainability goals, it came with many logistical challenges. To speed up ideation, easily showcase material and design possibilities, and improve communication with non-technical stakeholders, Marco turned to Veras and Enscape.
"We presented the first Veras rendered image to the client and the feedback was consistently positive—a breakthrough for us."
Marco Iannelli. Head of BIM Planning, Sonnentag Architektur
👉 Read the full story: Designing a Community-Approved Penthouse Extension with Enscape and Veras
Marco Iannelli
Try combining real-time design with AI
Veras and the AI Enhancer are powerful additions to your Enscape design workflow, helping to spark inspiration and enhance realism. Both the AI Enhancer and Veras are available with Enscape Premium. For even more value and additional visualization tools, we also offer the ArchDesign Collection, which includes Chaos Envision, our new 3D assembly and animation tool.
Ready to take your visuals to the next level?
👉 Give Veras and the AI Enhancer a try with Enscape Premium.
