If you’re using Sketchup as an input source for Gendo, you might have noticed that the quality of your outputs can vary significantly depending on how you prepare your images. The main issue often comes down to the 'Edges' setting in Sketchup. If ‘Edges’, in the style panel is on, it forces a more illustrating/low quality render aesthetic in the results. Here’s a quick guide on how to get the best results from your Sketchup exports.

1. Turn ‘Edges’ off in the style panel - Sketchup Interface

While Sketchup offers many style settings you can experiment with as inputs for the Gendo platform, we recommend testing different combinations to find your optimal results.

Edges Enabled

Edges Disabled

Keep in mind that enabling highlighted edges will constrain your generations to a specific aesthetic, which limits both the flexibility/quality of your output.

We would recommend users to turn this display feature off when taking screen-shots or exporting 2D assets from Sketchup. You can do this in the styles panel.

If the Styles panel isn’t visible, go to the top menu bar and navigate to Windows > Default Panel >Styles

Input: Sketchup screen-shot, edges enabled

👉 Output has aesthetic quality of basic render/ illustration, no realism or aesthetic variation.

*Same prompt as all other images.

Edges Enabled

Outputs:

Input: Sketchup screen-shot, edges disabled

👉 Higher quality and more flexible output without the edges.

*Same prompt as all other images.

Outputs:

Edges Disabled

2. Increase ‘Edges’ variation slider - Gendo Interface

If turning off edges isn’t an option, or if you want to experiment with different styles, try adjusting the 'Edges' variation slider in the Gendo interface.

This slider allows you to tweak the intensity with which Gendo interprets edges, helping to offset the harsh lines from Sketchup.

Setting this slider to 100% can sometimes dramatically improve the flexibility and quality of your outputs.We would encourage playing with these values in any scenario.