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Getting Started
What INTERSTITIAL is and the guided tutorials that teach it.
INTER\STITIAL — “the space where vision becomes visible.”
INTER\STITIAL is an AI-native design platform for architecture and design — not just a visualization tool. You bring your design inputs (a sketch, a CAD export, a photo, or simply a prompt) and turn them into images, videos and 3D worlds, then keep designing with them on an infinite canvas. It’s built to be simple enough that anyone gets a strong result right away, yet capable enough for professionals — with GenAI as the fuel, Design Mode as the engine, and the infinite canvas as the chassis.
It’s for everyone shaping the built environment: architects, interior and landscape designers, urban planners, real-estate developers, product designers, and students and schools in architecture and design.
A typical first session:
- Create a project and open a workspace (the canvas).
- Bring in an image — a CAD export (Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, SketchUp or ArchiCAD), a sketch you draw in the app, or a photo. It becomes a layer.
- Type a prompt in the prompt bar — or leave it empty and let Design Mode read your input and suggest one — then press Generate.
- Keep designing: refine with masks, non-destructive adjustment layers, reference images, or Design Mode’s guided, step-by-step prompt building.
Guided tutorials
Open these any time from the ? Help menu in the editor (desktop only — the Help menu and tutorials don’t appear on mobile):
| Tutorial | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | Tour the editor and render your first image |
| Edit Image with Annotations | Use sticky notes, cutouts, and Design Mode |
| Place Reference Objects | Add furniture from a reference into your scene |
| Design Mode — Guided Picker | Walk through Design Mode’s step-by-step prompt builder on a CAD image |
| Design Mode — Preset Tour | Tour Design Mode’s preset shortcuts on an existing render |
| Render Facade Reference and Masking | Render with a reference image, then mask + merge to clean up the result |
| TPW Pipelines | Chain images through paperclips so a TPW renders the leaf with the upstream as a reference |
Notes
You don’t need to install anything — INTER\STITIAL runs in the browser. There is also a Revit connector for pushing CAD scenes straight onto the canvas.
A project can hold several scenes — shown as Workspaces in the editor’s left sidebar, where you can add, switch, rename and delete them. (The Projects page still calls them “scenes”.)