Free, Private, & (Potentially) Fast: Using Local AI (LLM) Models inside SketchUp

The 3.3 version of my SketchUp AI Explorer (Experimental) extension now allows for an interesting and potentially (depending on your hardware) useful way to work with AI in SketchUp: It is 100% free and solely runs on your local computer! This means you don't have to pay for tokens and you can even choose between a fairly large number of AI LLM models (including GPT-OSS, QWEN, GEMMA, DEEPSEEK,...). And nobody will ever train their AI systems on your prompts!

One word of caution: This is largely an experimental approach and its effectiveness is very much dependent on your hardware (especially your GPUs). But if you tweak this setup to your liking, it may open up new avenues.

To be able to do this, you will need two things:
- The Ai Explorer (Experimental) extension (get it from the Extension Warehouse): https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/13d39f52-67c1-41a2-b533-34c37c48fe21/ai-explorer-experimental
- LM Studio or a similar local LLM software. I like LM Studio because it is very user friendly. But you can also use Ollama or others: https://lmstudio.ai/

In the video I describe step-by-step how you set up this workflow. Let me know what you think.

For more on what you can do with SketchUp, check out my site https://sketchupfordesign.com and my book "Architectural Design with SketchUp".

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction and v3.3 extension updates
1:50 Setting up the software
3:30 Setting up LM Studio
10:10 Using the local LLM in AI Explorer

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Видео Free, Private, & (Potentially) Fast: Using Local AI (LLM) Models inside SketchUp канала Alexander Schreyer