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Exterior Renders

4 workflows
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Intermediate

SDXL Photorealistic Exterior

Full ComfyUI pipeline for photorealistic exterior renders using SDXL with ControlNet depth and edge maps. Optimized for daylight conditions and stone/concrete materials.

SDXL 1.0 ControlNet Depth ControlNet Canny
ComfyUI · 1024×1024
~45s / A100
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Intermediate

Flux.1 Elevation Sheet

Generate clean architectural elevation renderings from line drawings. Uses Flux.1 Dev with a custom LoRA trained on elevation sheet aesthetics, crisp, scaled, presentation-ready.

Flux.1 Dev ControlNet Lineart Elevation LoRA
ComfyUI · 1024×768
~38s / A100
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Advanced

Night Render, Artificial Light

Nighttime exterior workflow with accurate artificial light simulation. Includes HDR sky replacement, window glow logic, and material emissive pass. Best for urban residential and commercial projects.

SDXL 1.0 NightSky LoRA ControlNet Normal
ComfyUI · 1024×1024
~60s / A100
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Free · Beginner

SD 1.5 Sketch-to-Exterior

Entry-level workflow for quick exterior explorations from hand sketches or rough CAD. Uses the lighter SD 1.5 model, runs on most GPUs, no expensive credits needed. Great for early design phases.

SD 1.5 ControlNet Scribble
ComfyUI · 512×512
~12s / RTX 3080
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Interior Visualization

3 workflows
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Intermediate

SDXL Interior Concept

Generate interior concept visuals from rough space layouts. Handles natural light, material exploration, and furniture massing. Strong on residential and hospitality interiors.

SDXL 1.0 Interior LoRA ControlNet Depth
ComfyUI · 1024×768
~42s / A100
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Intermediate

Material Swap, Live Surface

Swap materials on rendered surfaces with precise inpainting. Lets you show clients multiple material options without re-rendering the whole scene. Works best on flat or near-flat surface regions.

SDXL Inpaint SAM Mask
ComfyUI · Any resolution
~20s / A100
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Advanced

Lighting Mood, Time of Day

Shift interior lighting from morning to evening across a single render using IP-Adapter and lighting LoRAs. Output multiple mood variants from one base image. Ideal for client presentations.

SDXL 1.0 IP-Adapter Lighting LoRA
ComfyUI · 1024×768
~55s / A100
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Concept Development

4 workflows
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Intermediate

Massing Study Explorer

Rapid massing exploration from 3D model screenshots. Feed in gray-box renders and get back multiple design directions. Best used at schematic design stage to stress-test form options quickly.

SDXL 1.0 ControlNet Normal
ComfyUI · 1024×1024
~35s / A100
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Intermediate

Aerial Site Context

Generate aerial perspective renders that blend the proposed building into real site context imagery. Uses a two-pass approach: context inpainting then building integration. Works well with Google Earth screenshots.

SDXL 1.0 SDXL Inpaint ControlNet Depth
ComfyUI · 1280×960
~70s / A100
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Free · Beginner

Concept Board Generator

Assemble a mood-board-style concept image from reference photos, material swatches, and a text prompt. Outputs a coherent collage that can go straight into a design presentation deck.

SDXL 1.0 IP-Adapter
ComfyUI · 1280×768
~30s / A100
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Free · Beginner

Flux Schnell Sprint

Ultra-fast concept generation using Flux.1 Schnell. 4-step inference means near-instant outputs, perfect for live design sessions, client calls, or rapid ideation rounds. Lower detail than Dev but unbeatable speed.

Flux.1 Schnell
ComfyUI · 1024×1024
~4s / A100
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Utility & Post-Processing

4 workflows
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Free · Beginner

4× Upscale, ESRGAN

Upscale any render to print or large-format display resolution using ESRGAN. Tiled processing means no VRAM ceiling, run it on any GPU. Works on AI renders and traditional renders equally well.

ESRGAN 4× RealESRGAN
ComfyUI · Any → 4×
~15s / RTX 3080
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Intermediate

Inpainting Corrections

Fix rendering artifacts, awkward geometry, and broken geometry regions using targeted inpainting. Includes a manual mask drawing node and a SAM auto-mask option for common error types.

SDXL Inpaint SAM
ComfyUI · Any resolution
~18s / A100
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Intermediate

Style Transfer, Reference Image

Transfer the visual style of a reference image onto your render. Useful for matching a client's preferred aesthetic, aligning to a precedent project, or exploring material palettes from a single photo.

SDXL 1.0 IP-Adapter Plus
ComfyUI · 1024×1024
~40s / A100
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Free · Beginner

ComfyUI Beginners Pack

The full starter kit for architects new to ComfyUI. Five simple workflows in one download: text-to-image, image-to-image, basic upscale, quick ControlNet sketch, and a simple inpaint. Includes a setup guide.

SD 1.5 SDXL 1.0 ESRGAN
ComfyUI · Various
Beginner-friendly
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Specialized Techniques

3 workflows
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Advanced

360° Panoramic Render

Generate equirectangular 360° panoramic images from standard renders. Full pipeline including outpainting for seam completion and projection correction. Outputs ready for VR headset or Matterport-style presentation.

SDXL 1.0 Panorama LoRA Outpaint Nodes
ComfyUI · 4096×2048
~120s / A100
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Advanced

Animation Sequence, Walkthrough

Create a short animated walkthrough sequence by interpolating between key render frames. Uses ComfyUI's video nodes and FILM interpolation. Good for site approach sequences and interior tours up to 15 seconds.

SDXL 1.0 FILM Interpolation AnimateDiff
ComfyUI · 1024×576
~8 min / A100
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Advanced

BIM-to-Render Pipeline

Connect Revit or ArchiCAD exports directly into a ComfyUI render pipeline via IFC geometry export. Preserves material tags and level-of-detail settings from the BIM model. Includes a Dynamo script for Revit users.

SDXL 1.0 ControlNet Normal BIM LoRA
ComfyUI + Revit/ArchiCAD
Pipeline setup ~30min
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All 18 workflows are free to download from Civitai. If you test one on real project work, send us the output, we'd love to feature it.