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Architecture Render Prompt Builder

Move from the current view to Project direction, physical detail, and a final review. Each checkpoint narrows the brief. A rate-limited AI pass can tighten the wording at the end.

The guided draft stays in your browser. Refine with AI sends the completed brief to OpenAI only after you sign in and choose the final pass.

Rendered brick courtyard library under soft overcast light
A useful prompt describes one reviewable image. Subject, context, light, materials, and occupation work together.

Build the brief through four checkpoints

Each checkpoint narrows one decision. The guided draft stays in your browser. The final AI pass is optional, account-gated, and rate-limited.

  1. View
  2. Direction
  3. Detail
  4. Finish

Checkpoint 1 of 4: Frame the view

Frame the view

Define the subject, camera relationship, crop, and image task.

Name the building or space, viewpoint, framing, and current task.

No provider call happens before the final checkpoint.

What should the prompt describe?

Start with the subject and view. Name the space, camera relationship, crop, and image task. Then add physical decisions the model can show. The checkpoints prevent a vague one-line request from reaching the final pass.

Read the architecture render prompt guide for camera, material, activity, and constraint examples. Use the reviewed prompt library when you need a complete starting brief.

What belongs in the five fields?

Style, Scene, Lighting, Materials, and Entourage hold direction that should continue across a Project. The current camera and view belong in the prompt or source image.

Review the Composition field boundaries before saving reusable direction. Then follow the Create mode guide to use the brief in CAD Scene.

Architecture prompt builder questions

Does the prompt builder send my brief to a server?

The first three checkpoints and the deterministic draft run in your browser. If you are signed in and select Refine with AI, that draft and its six fields are sent once to OpenAI. CAD Scene disables Responses storage. OpenAI data controls and retention policy still apply.

Do I need to fill all five Composition fields?

No. Fill only the fields that affect the image. Empty fields stay out of the generated prompt. A clear subject and view are still required.

What is the difference between the prompt and the Composition?

The prompt describes the current view and task. Style, Scene, Lighting, Materials, and Entourage are Project settings for direction that should continue across studies.

Why does AI enhancement require an account?

The final pass uses a hosted text model. Sign-in lets CAD Scene apply per-account burst and daily limits while keeping the guided browser draft available to everyone.

Take the reviewed brief into a Project

Use Create for a new image. Keep durable direction in the Composition, then describe the current view in the prompt.

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