# Astra 6 + SketchUp is getting interesting **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [September 10, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835 "2026-09-10T09:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hamzah198501](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/hamzah198501/32/265217_2.png) [@Hamzah198501](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Hamzah198501)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/1 "2026-09-10T09:10:50Z")
Has anyone else tried this combination yet? I tested Astra 6 with a furniture reference and it did a really good job helping recreate it in SketchUp. I only gave it a link to the furniture set, and it handled the rest of the research itself. What I find interesting is that you could now go shopping, take pictures of the exact furniture you want, and then build a version of it for your model instead of searching for something similar online. Pretty amazing where this is heading. ![Screenshot 2026-09-10 at 4.08.05 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/5/2/6/5265c13c321920f8ee3638cd781df8fb12f112fc.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2026-09-10 at 4.07.26 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/b/8/6/b866ea19e723d7d922dfb1f25a28785103cacce1.jpeg) [Castlery\_Seb\_Dining\_Set.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/ae5phBFT8de5V7rgETAZ8tOUQOL.skp) (10.4 MB) ---
**Author:** ![Hamzah198501](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/hamzah198501/32/265217_2.png) [@Hamzah198501](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Hamzah198501)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/2 "2026-09-11T06:12:59Z")
I’ve added some more Astra 6 interior models here for anyone interested in seeing what it can do: > **[3D Warehouse](https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/user/2933f3d5-1ac6-4775-90fc-98769938a066/Bogdan-D)** > > 3D Warehouse is a website of searchable, pre-made 3D models that works seamlessly with SketchUp. ---
**Author:** ![N1LESH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/n1lesh/32/264726_2.png) [@N1LESH](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/N1LESH)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/3 "2026-09-11T06:33:44Z")
Visually it looks quite neat, but 11 MB and 41k polygons for a single wooden stool is where practical modeling runs into trouble. When you put four or five such assets into an actual interior scene, you easily add 50 to 60 MB of dense, unoptimized mesh. That immediately drags down viewport navigation, slows down auto-saves, and creates heavy sync issues on client files. A simple piece like this usually just needs clean low-poly geometry and instanced components for repetitive parts like the legs. Generating the visual form from a reference is definitely an interesting step forward, but until these tools can handle proper mesh retopology and keep weights light, using them in real daily production setups will remain tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Hamzah198501](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/hamzah198501/32/265217_2.png) [@Hamzah198501](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Hamzah198501)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/4 "2026-09-11T07:20:11Z")
It really depends on the workflow. These would mainly be used in D5 Render, on my end. The furniture can be created in SketchUp, but there’s no need to load all that detailed geometry into the architectural model itself. Keep the SketchUp model light and use the detailed furniture later in D5. Complete D5 projects can easily go over 1 GB anyway, so larger assets are pretty normal in that kind of workflow. ---
**Author:** ![N1LESH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/n1lesh/32/264726_2.png) [@N1LESH](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/N1LESH)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/5 "2026-09-11T10:11:19Z")
It is good to see people experimenting with these new workflows, and the visual recreation itself is quite neat. External renderers can definitely take the load, but the practical catch is when 11 MB assets sit on 3D Warehouse as standard SKPs-they inevitably get pulled straight into live projects. A large chunk of the crash threads on this forum trace back to unoptimized Warehouse drops like this. Until these AI pipelines handle automated low-poly retopology alongside the high-res mesh, it just passes the bloat downstream to everyday users. ---
**Author:** ![jlo1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/jlo1/32/205659_2.png) [@jlo1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jlo1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/6 "2026-09-11T10:57:39Z")
This is really nice. I especially like the details it puts in like the way it curves the cushion on the bench. This is very usable. ---
**Author:** ![Arcwalde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/arcwalde/32/173676_2.png) [@Arcwalde](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Arcwalde)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/7 "2026-09-11T11:56:43Z")
One thing to do would be to set goal parameters if you don’t want a bloated sketchup model; tell it things like “stick to quads” or “no ngons” and give it an average target of edges/faces and texture size/format per component to restrain wonton proliferation of excessive edges and faces or bloated texture files. ---
**Author:** ![Hamzah198501](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/hamzah198501/32/265217_2.png) [@Hamzah198501](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Hamzah198501)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/8 "2026-09-11T12:26:33Z")
I actually went in the opposite direction with the stool. I specifically asked for ultra realism, very refined details, visible imperfections in the wood, and a wabi-sabi look. I had to stop it short because it could have kept adding detail and gotten really bloated. ![Screenshot 2026-09-11 at 7.24.45 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/1/3/1/13196fa66305d46e965624a5aa153f3119a731a7.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2026-09-11 at 7.45.16 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/7/0/f/70f7c207f0cd3586f63d88ce0fde0de5ef89c125.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Hamzah198501](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/hamzah198501/32/265217_2.png) [@Hamzah198501](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Hamzah198501)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/astra-6-sketchup-is-getting-interesting/349835/9 "2026-09-17T03:23:04Z")
> [@N1LESH](#): > > Visually it looks quite neat, but 11 MB and 41k polygons for a single wooden stool is where practical modeling runs into trouble. Fun fact though: the stool is actually the most downloaded model out of all the furniture models I’ve shared on the SketchUp Warehouse. 😄