Sketch to render API
Send a hand sketch, a massing model or a viewport screenshot with a few words on materials and light. The engine keeps the geometry of the drawing and renders the rest as a finished image.
Keeps the drawing
The lines, openings and massing of the sketch stay; the engine fills in materials, light and context.
Follows references
Add images to follow for style, a material, the atmosphere, a colour or the geometry.
Exteriors and more
Render as an exterior, an interior, a masterplan, a landscape, a plan or a product.
Repeatable
Reuse a seed to stay close to a result you liked while you change the prompt.
Start with a single call
Every call returns a job. Poll it, wait on it, or add a webhook and hear when it settles. The SDKs for TypeScript, Python, PHP, Go and .NET send the same request.
- v4.6$0.2475 per image
curl -X POST https://api.mnml.ai/v2/renders \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MNML_API_KEY" \
-F [email protected] \
-F engine="v4.6-ultra" \
-F mode="exterior" \
-F prompt="White render and oak cladding, overcast morning, wet pavement" \
-F aspect_ratio="auto"- A Render button inside a modelling tool or a SketchUp or Rhino plugin
- Concept images from client sketches in a design or construction platform
- Instant visuals for a configurator or a home-builder sales tool
Questions
Does the render follow my sketch?
Yes. The engine keeps the geometry of the drawing. A loose sketch takes more interpretation, so say in the prompt what the lines are, such as a timber screen or a glass corner.
Can I render from a 3D viewport?
Yes. Export the viewport as an image and send it like a sketch. The plugin guide shows the whole loop: export, render, bring the image back.
What images can I send?
Send the image as a public link, as base64, or as the file itself in a multipart request: JPEG, PNG or WebP up to 15 MB. No upload step comes first.
How is it priced?
Prepaid, pay as you go. Top up any amount from $10 to $5,000 and each call draws its listed price from your API wallet. Your first top-up adds $5 free. There is no subscription.
Start rendering from your own product.
Top up from $10, and your first top-up adds $5 free. The same account signs you in to Studio and the API.