Lumion for
SketchUp rendering
Speed up your SketchUp workflow. Design freely, render instantly, stay creative at every stage.
Fast design, instant renders
What if you could render as quickly as you can model in SketchUp? With Lumion, you can.
When you need to work fast, Lumion lets you create high-quality renders in minutes—at any stage of your process. Design at pace. Render without delay.
Whether you're exploring early designs or delivering standout presentations, Lumion View, Lumion Pro, and Lumion LiveSync ensure you never have to compromise on creativity or speed.
See your project take shape
A fully connected workflow with Lumion for SketchUp—supporting every step of your creative process.
Meet Lumion View 👋🏼
SketchUp, visualized instantly
Lumion View is your real-time design companion, integrated directly into SketchUp.
Get instant visual feedback as you model in SketchUp, refine ideas in seconds, and generate renders on the fly. With dynamic viewport syncing, you can design faster, experiment freely, and stay in your creative flow—without ever leaving SketchUp or switching tools.
Visualize in real time, inside your SketchUp environment
Refine designs in seconds
Fine-tune your design right inside SketchUp. Play with lighting, materials, and rendering styles. Create 4K renders in seconds. Fast, fluid, and built for creativity.
Adjust sun orientation, brightness, and explore different times of day.
Visualize your SketchUp PBR materials in a fully ray-traced environment. Enhance the appearance of glass, water, and emissive materials using the property sliders.
Easily add and tweak artificial lighting with: point, spot, area, and line lights.
Quickly apply different styles to your SketchUp project—like clay, wood, styrofoam, or glossy—to create instant, shareable renders.
Don't miss our Lumion View launch special
All Lumion Pro subscribers can start using Lumion View today!
Invite up to 10 users to Lumion View for every Lumion Pro seat you have—free until Oct 31st 2025.
Download Lumion View from your Lumion Account or get Lumion Pro today.
Join the waitlist
Lumion View is now available in Early Access to all Lumion Pro subscribers.
Stay tuned for its upcoming launch to the wider market—join the waitlist to be the first to know when you can start using it in your design workflow.
Lumion Pro
Take your SketchUp design further
When your SketchUp model is ready, easily transition to Lumion Pro for full creative control over every aspect of your visualization.
Shape the surrounding landscape, add realistic assets, fine-tune lighting and weather, and set the perfect atmosphere.
With powerful effects and flexible output options, Lumion Pro gives you everything you need to turn your design into a fully immersive experience.
Why architects choose Lumion
Emma Meriwether
Architectural Designer, Ford Architects
Lumion has become an irreplaceable tool in my practice, from early schematic designs to high-detail presentation renderings.
Ryan Saidi
Architecture Graduate
The best part about Lumion is how user-friendly it is. Once you understand it, you can achieve amazing results: it allows you to focus on creativity rather than getting bogged down by technical details.
Edwin Vonk
Visualization Expert at Royal HaskoningDHV
Lumion's ease of use, stability, and the extensive asset library were major factors in our decision to adopt it. We use it in every stage of our projects.
Thomas Bates
Director of Visualization, VMDO
Lumion’s greatest strength is its speed. We can iterate faster, explore more design options without the lag time, and integrate visualization deeper into our design process.
Dive into a world of context
While many other rendering programs have steep learning curves, Lumion Pro makes the process fun and easy. The moment you import your SketchUp model, you’ll enter an easy-to-control world filled with creative possibilities.
Intuitive workflow
Quick tools such as line, cluster, or node placement make the entire scene-building process fun and efficient.
7,800+ diverse assets
Add realistic details to your scene with Lumion's extensive library of fine-detail nature, objects, and entourage.
1,500+ high-quality materials
Create realistic textures using the PBR workflow or choose from 1,500+ high-quality materials available in Lumion.
Keep up with every design change
Designs evolve, even late in the process.
With Lumion LiveSync, you can create a real-time connection between SketchUp and Lumion Pro, making it easy to adapt to client feedback on the spot.
This free extension lets you adjust your model in SketchUp and instantly see the changes reflected in Lumion Pro—so you can refine and move forward without missing a beat.
Add a touch of magic
Whether you prefer a conceptual style or a realistic visualization, with Lumion Pro you have full creative control over the final result.
Add atmospheric effects, apply color correction, change the weather or the sky.
Experiment with orthographic views or phased animations and let ray tracing instantly balance light, shadows, and reflections.
High-speed, high-quality renders
Showcase your design any way you see fit. Lumion Pro lets you quickly render stunning visual outputs in the resolution and aspect ratio that suits your needs.
Images
Produce quick, high-quality images that direct attention to any design feature you wish to highlight.
Videos
Effortlessly showcase your designs through movement for a more immersive experience of each space.
Panoramas
Explore designs from every angle and allow clients to truly step inside your design.
Stay in your creative flow
FAQs
Lumion View is a lightweight, real-time design tool perfect for early-stage visualization directly inside your SketchUp environment.
Lumion Pro offers advanced rendering capabilities with full creative control over context, realism, effects, and final output.
Absolutely!
Lumion View provides a fast, intuitive way to explore and refine your design right from the start, giving you instant visual feedback as you model in SketchUp.
When you're ready to add detail, build full environments, or create immersive animations, Lumion Pro has everything you need to bring your project to life.
Lumion View will be compatible with the upcoming version of Lumion—Lumion 2025—for a smooth, connected workflow.
Lumion View for SketchUp is now available in Early Access and free to all Lumion Pro subscribers.
If you're already using Lumion Pro, simply follow these steps:
Log into your Lumion Account to download Lumion View Early Access for SketchUp.
Invite your team. You can add and assign up to 10 users for Lumion View for every Lumion Pro seat you have on your Lumion Pro subscription.
If you're not using Lumion Pro you can get it here or join the waitlist to learn when Lumion View launches to the broader market.
You can easily import your Sketchup model into Lumion by following these simple steps. Alternatively, you can create a real-time connection with Lumion LiveSync, which allows you to model and render at the same time.
Lumion LiveSync is a free plugin that allows you to create a real-time connection between SketchUp and Lumion, allowing you to model and visualize simultaneously. This means that when you make changes to your SketchUp model, they will be instantly reflected in Lumion.
To use Lumion LiveSync you'll need to have a Lumion Standard or Lumion Pro Subscription, or you can test it first with our free 14-day trial.
LiveSync is also available for other CAD software like Revit, Archicad, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, and more.
In addition to the real-time LiveSync plugin, Lumion also offers seamless import of native SketchUp (.skp) files. Plus, if you need to export your SketchUp models as different file types, such as .dwg, .dae or .fbx, it's easy to then import all of your models into one Lumion project.
Need to make some alterations to your SketchUp design? With just a click, you can reload the model into your Lumion project without losing any of your previous work.
With a free trial! You’ll get unlimited access to the latest version of Lumion Pro for 14 days, so you can get to know the software at your pace.
If you need any help along the way, our team of experts is here to help. Plus, make sure to check our Tips and guides for helpful tutorials to get started!
Absolutely! Lumion Pro is free for students and educators. You can find out more information and request your free license here.
Lumion is continually improving. You can stay up to date with everything that’s currently in development or actively being researched by checking out the product roadmap.
