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Render an Architectural Sketch for Planning or Pitch

Convert a rough architectural sketch or concept drawing into a photorealistic building render for planning submissions, investor pitches, or client approval.

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Architects and developers need to communicate building concepts to non-technical audiences — planning officers, investors, and clients — long before a full set of drawings exists. Producing a polished 3D render at concept stage is expensive and slow, yet the sketch that exists is unintelligible to anyone outside the profession.

Sketch to Render generates a photorealistic building render from a rough architectural sketch, preserving the spatial arrangement and design intent while adding credible materials, context, and lighting. The result is legible and compelling enough for planning pre-applications, investor presentations, and design team briefs.

Architects use this during the concept phase to communicate design intent, developers use it to support planning pre-applications, and design teams use it to align on a direction before committing to detailed drawings.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Share the architectural sketch and describe the context — urban or rural, planning sensitivity, intended materials.
  3. Ask Claude to run `render` via the sketch-to-render tool.
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Provide the architectural sketch and the planning or pitch context.
  3. Run `render` via sketch-to-render to generate the building render.
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Provide the architectural sketch, the development context, and the document it needs to go into.
  3. Run `render` via sketch-to-render to generate the building render.
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Build your input list — one sketch per site or design option with the context and material brief.
  3. Run `render` via sketch-to-render across all sketches in the batch.
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