AI Assistant to create model from image

[vansm]

I generated this model with an AI assistant and it turned out great! Now need to change materials, but the geometry is extremely fragmented - there are too many individual faces that it’s hard to create groups inside the model. Any tips?

[DaveR]

Most like the model can tolerate some simplification but it’s hard to tell without seeing the actual .skp file. It’s fairly common that AI generated models are more poly-dense than they need to be. Maybe you could share the file.

Are you still using SketchUp 2022?

[vansm]

using Sketchup 2026. here is the file!

chair.skp (4.1 MB)

[DaveR]

@vansm

using Sketchup 2026

Please update your forum profile.

So yes, it’s extremely bloated with geometry.

You could use this as a reference to create a much simpler more without all this crazy triangulation. Or you could use an extension like Skimp from Mindsight Studios to simplify the geometry.

I didn’t add the back panel yet but you can see how many fewer edges my quick version has with none of that triangulation. This is a low effort thing since it’s only meant as an example of what you could do.

[vansm]

@DaveR

panel yet but you can see how many fewer edges my quick version has with none of that triangulation. This is a low effort thing since it’s only meant as an example of what

looks good! how you did? with the Skimp extension?

[DaveR]

I created new geometry from scratch. The seat is a single cross section profile swept around a circular path. The backrest started as the face shown selected, here. I extruded it to height and used the Round Corner extension from Sketchucation to round the top.