Buyers of 3D and BIM data

BIM model dataset: who takes building models for AI

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A BIM model dataset is a narrow thing to sell, and most organisations that pay companies for data ask for something else. We read 16 BIM platforms for the terms; this page reads the buyers.

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Which buyers name 3D models?

One of the eleven organisations on our buyer board. Shutterstock says its 3D and spatial datasets hold one of the largest licensed collections of 3D models, across architecture, furniture, vehicles and more, all rights-cleared and contributor-permissioned for AI training. Defined.ai runs a marketplace whose page lists audio, video, image, text or multimodal data, with no 3D example as read on 27 October.

Source: BIM data buyers

How does an owner get in?

Shutterstock's Data Partner Network asks you to describe your content library and says it will follow up. Nyne asks you to get in touch to license your company's data, and Grepped asks a few questions about your company before it shows an estimated payout range.

Source: BIM data buyers

What do they say about rights?

OpenAI says it is not seeking datasets with information that belongs to a third party, so a model built for a client is a question to answer first. micro1 says companies keep ownership of their underlying data.

Source: BIM data buyers

Before any of this, check what your platforms keep on the home page.

Describe the BIM archive you hold

7 of the 16 BIM platforms we read keep a right over aggregated customer data. Tell us where your models sit and we will write back about them.

Your models
  • What is most of the archive?

  • A person reads every BIM enquiry
  • No BIM platform named here is told what you send
  • We never ask for client names or project addresses

Sources

This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

  1. Autodesk Trust Center, trusted AI
  2. Autodesk Terms of Use (Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Autodesk Docs)
  3. BIMobject Cloud terms of service and EULA
  4. Autodesk cloud terms: customer content ownership notice
  5. Trimble Tekla online services terms of service
  6. Speckle acceptable use policy
  7. Procore terms of service
  8. Oracle Aconex Cloud Services terms of use

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7 of the 16 BIM platforms we read keep a right over aggregated customer data. Tell us where your models sit and we will write back about them.

Ask about my BIM archive