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Question about using Floorplans

patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
edited December 1969 in The Commons

General question ... not about any specific plan, I have lots of 'em.

One can find floorplans all over the place.

Are there any issues about using them to start up 3D models from?
Are permissions required from the architects or map-makers or owners of existing buildings or ?

tia

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  • robkelkrobkelk Posts: 3,259
    edited December 1969

    Patience55 said:
    General question ... not about any specific plan, I have lots of 'em.

    One can find floorplans all over the place.

    Are there any issues about using them to start up 3D models from?
    Are permissions required from the architects or map-makers or owners of existing buildings or ?

    tia

    Permission might be required - it depends on whether copyright law would call a 3D model based on an existing floorplan a "derivative work" from the floorplan. (Copyright laws have changed recently in many countries, so I can't give a definite yes or no here.)

    Of course, if the floorplan is old enough to be in the public domain, that part of copyright law doesn't really matter.

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    robkelk said:
    Patience55 said:
    General question ... not about any specific plan, I have lots of 'em.

    One can find floorplans all over the place.

    Are there any issues about using them to start up 3D models from?
    Are permissions required from the architects or map-makers or owners of existing buildings or ?

    tia

    Permission might be required - it depends on whether copyright law would call a 3D model based on an existing floorplan a "derivative work" from the floorplan. (Copyright laws have changed recently in many countries, so I can't give a definite yes or no here.)

    Of course, if the floorplan is old enough to be in the public domain, that part of copyright law doesn't really matter.

    ... hard to keep up with all those changes.
    Okay I'll weed through for really old ones or clearly marked PD ones ... thank you for replying.

  • robkelkrobkelk Posts: 3,259
    edited December 1969

    Patience55 said:
    robkelk said:
    Patience55 said:
    General question ... not about any specific plan, I have lots of 'em.

    One can find floorplans all over the place.

    Are there any issues about using them to start up 3D models from?
    Are permissions required from the architects or map-makers or owners of existing buildings or ?

    tia

    Permission might be required - it depends on whether copyright law would call a 3D model based on an existing floorplan a "derivative work" from the floorplan. (Copyright laws have changed recently in many countries, so I can't give a definite yes or no here.)

    Of course, if the floorplan is old enough to be in the public domain, that part of copyright law doesn't really matter.

    ... hard to keep up with all those changes.
    Okay I'll weed through for really old ones or clearly marked PD ones ... thank you for replying.
    There are some in the Internet Archive collection - for example, https://archive.org/details/architecturecou00downgoog

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Awesome, thanks.

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