How long does the 3D rendering process take?

The 3D rendering process takes from 48 hours to the first draft, plus the time for up to two rounds of revisions. The length depends on the size of the job and the workload. Delivery in 24 hours or less costs 40% on top of the quote.

Do you need a 3D model to order a rendering?

No. A rendering can be made from 2D drawings, photographs or a dimensioned sketch. A clean 3D model is faster to work from and lowers the price.

Where do you follow an order?

You follow an order in your customer account at account.smart3drender.com, which holds the files, the quote, the drafts and the messages for each order.

How 3D Rendering Works: From Your Files to Final Images

The 3D rendering process at this studio has five steps: you send files, a fixed quote comes back within 12 hours, you pay, the first draft arrives from 48 hours, and two rounds of revisions lead to the final images. Every step happens online, in your customer account.

Fixed quote: within 12 hours of sending files
Payment: in full, before work starts
First draft: from 48 hours
Revisions: two rounds included
Messages: answered in under an hour
Final files: 4K, full usage rights

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Prices and terms as of September 30, 2026

A floor plan drawing turning into a furnished 3D floor plan, showing the rendering process

What are the steps of the 3D rendering process?

The 3D rendering process runs in five steps, from the files you send to the images you receive.

1
Send your files
Choose the service on the quote form, describe the views you need and attach the drawings, model or photographs. An account is made for you, where the order and its messages are kept.
2
Receive a fixed quote
The quote arrives within 12 hours of sending files. It lists each image and the price, and it does not change afterwards. Questions about the brief are asked in the order chat first.
3
Pay, and work starts
The order is paid in full, in US dollars, by card or bank transfer. Work starts when payment clears.
4
Review the first draft
The first draft arrives from 48 hours after the order, depending on the size of the job and the workload. You comment on it in the order chat.
5
Ask for changes and receive the finals
Two revision rounds are included. The final images are delivered in 4K, with print and web exports, no watermark and full commercial usage rights.

What do you need to send before work starts?

You need to send the drawings or model of what is to be rendered, and the materials it is finished in. The table lists what each kind of image needs. Each is one of the studio's 3D rendering services.

Type of image	The studio needs	It helps to add
Interior view	Floor plan and ceiling heights, or the 3D model	Furniture and finishes schedule, reference photographs
Exterior view	Plans and elevations, or the 3D model	Material names, a photograph of the site
3D floor plan	The floor plan as PDF or CAD	The finishes schedule, room names
Product image	A CAD file, or photographs with dimensions	Colour and material references
Virtual staging	A photograph of the empty room	The style the listing needs
Site plan	The site plan as DWG or PDF	The landscape plan, the labels you want

Native files from the main architecture and product programs are accepted, and the neutral formats IFC, OBJ and STEP.

When do you pay, and how much up front?

You pay the whole amount before work starts. The quote is fixed first, so the amount is known before you pay and does not change afterwards. There is no deposit and no balance to settle at the end.

When do you see the first draft, and how do you give feedback?

You see the first draft from 48 hours after the order. It is posted in your customer account, and you reply in the order chat with what should change: the camera, a material, the lighting, the furniture. Messages in the chat are answered in under an hour.

At what point do changes start to cost money?

Changes cost nothing within the two included revision rounds, which cover framing, materials, lighting and styling. Three things cost extra, and each is priced before it is done.

The change	What it costs
A third revision round	15% of the image price
A change to the design itself after the model is approved, such as a redesigned facade	Quoted separately
A further camera angle of the same scene	40% less than the first view
Delivery in 24 hours or less	40% on top of the quote

What files do you receive, and who owns them?

You receive the final images in 4K with print and web exports, delivered through your account. You have full commercial usage rights to every image, with no watermark and no licence fee per use.

What slows a rendering order down?

Three things slow a rendering order down, and all three are in the brief.

Missing dimensions. A plan without heights or a product without sizes has to be queried before it can be modelled.
No material references. "Light oak" means ten different things. A product name or a photograph means one.
A design that is still changing. A render of last week's elevation uses up a revision round on something that was never a render problem.

Questions about the 3D rendering process

You order a 3D rendering by sending your files through the quote form. A fixed quote comes back within 12 hours, you pay, and the first draft arrives from 48 hours after the order.

An order runs in five steps from files to final images, and the quote form is step one.