Hi, I have some 2D/3D plans for some architectural work that we will hopefully be having done to our house (attached). I need someone to recreate them for me in Sketchup as an .skp file so that we can visualise what they would look like once the work is complete: 13 Croft Avenue - Proposed plan op…

Looks to me as if a SketchUp model already exists. It could save someone a great deal of time if it could be shared.

It is definitely the software that the architect uses, but we are reluctant to go back to them as we’ve already given them enough money for plans that we can’t use/afford. Hence, my attempt at finding a way of improvising :slight_smile:

I think you are on pretty shaky ground with this. It looks like you are wanting to use someone else’s intellectual property.

Since Elliott Architects hold the copyrights, you should contact them to make sure you aren’t in violation of their rights. Or contact your legal counsel. You paid them for services rendered but I doubt you paid them for the copyrights.

Lesson learned. This time around, have all copyright of the plans and CAD files assigned to you, in the contract.

Yes, that’s a downside to being an architectural novice without the benefit of foresight - thanks for all the pointers and guidance - be assured, I’m not trying to pull a fast one - I thought I would have been well within my rights to use their plans as a starting point without any repercussions but…

Even, when it is built , it could very well be that you may not alter the design, without consulting the architect, first…

You look as if you may be based in the UK, like me. I am a building designer and the rule I have always worked to is that, providing the designer is paid, it is not unreasonable for the client to make use of designs and even to get hold of the computer files to pass on to others. I have frequently…

Mike, That’s one I have never heard of. They may own the design, an intellectual concept, but not the real estate itself. That would make for a fascinating situation - perhaps it is applicable if you wanted to remodel something on the order of the Guggenheim - would you be bound to hire the origin…

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craigg.bradshaw May 13, 2019, 3:09pm 5

Even though we paid them for the plans in the first place? This is what it states in the contract:

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