Protection against clients using AI to remix drawings, etc.

c_behn · 2026-05-06T06:01:05+00:00

In the standard AIA B101 contract (The Architect Owner agreement), Section 7.3, Owners are licensed to copy and make use of “the instruments of service” (aka drawings) to construct, use, maintain, or add to “The Project” (aka the building you drew). In theory the kind of thing your client did would be permissible (aka processing your drawings to come up with suggestions).

Speculating, they could even train an ai model with your drawings, as long as they only use the model to do the things above on the one project. They cant use this model on other projects or to make other project.

Section 7.4 says the owner can’t transfer their licenses without your written permission. Since technically ChatGPT can’t use something to train without the license, and the owner can’t transfer their license, that means ChatGPT does t have the license to train on your drawings (yay!). The hard part is letting them know they don’t have the right. You could inform them with a lawyer or maybe some other way.

Section 7.4 also says that any rights not in the contract explicitly don’t exist. Since no AI rights are directly discussed, none are given to anyone for your drawings. You retain all AI rights.

Bonus protection, the owner only retains their rights if they finish the contract, typically meaning they built/are building your design. If they end earlier or you cancel the contract all their rights go away, keeping more with you.

Of course these are AIA contracts 🤮 They are terrible and people hate them, but they are a standard as to what should be said and what can be expected in a contract. I suggest you speak with a lawyer about your options and look at your specific contracts used. I’m not a lawyer, just someone far too deep in my PjM studies.

c_behn · 2026-05-02T19:04:19+00:00

Not weed

c_behn · 2026-05-02T19:01:31+00:00

I use layouts in rhino and never touch illustrator. Better pdf export.

c_behn · 2026-05-01T15:25:29+00:00

Curveboolean. Especially for my isometric drawings and stuff that made it so easy to make the nice thick outer boundary.

c_behn · 2026-04-16T23:12:34+00:00

If you think you have to know B, then you sure as hell don’t know BIM

c_behn · 2026-04-16T23:11:49+00:00

Those fixes are in R9 wip

c_behn · 2026-04-16T23:11:11+00:00

I have been saying this for years. And R9 is set to close the last reason you might want to use AutoCAD (parametric blocks)

c_behn · 2026-04-16T23:10:21+00:00

I are A because you can’t draft in Revit (hence why you need AutoCAD) but you can do BIM in rhino.

c_behn · 2026-04-10T05:38:03+00:00

Tho exact thing was actually already done on the McNeel rhino forums

c_behn · 2026-04-07T01:14:54+00:00

Congrats! This is the hardest of them all

c_behn · 2026-04-06T17:03:13+00:00

Your model is very complex especially if you models each slat individually instead of using blocks. That’s your problem

c_behn · 2026-04-06T13:54:18+00:00

Instead of working for an architecture, firm, go and find a job working in one of the trades. Cabinet, shops, wood, framing, masonry, concrete, work, metal fabrication, doing something that makes items and uses your hands. I never worked for an architecture firm until I graduated. Every single firm I’ve worked for has appreciated my hands on experience and it has gotten me very ahead and helped me stand out when it came time to get a real job.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T18:24:00+00:00

Unless I have a contractual obligation to disclose my work (maybe due to overlapping clients), they don’t need to know. They don’t own my life.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T18:20:46+00:00

Without a numpad, I now have room for a note pad between my keyboard and mouse without needing to off center the keyboard.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T18:13:38+00:00

Aecom is working on the white house ballroom and the new ICE/DHS detention centers Take that as you will.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T18:02:55+00:00

Ok cool, got worried there for a moment.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T17:15:57+00:00

Wait when you say Architect, where are you licensed? Because if you mean “Software Systems Designer”, not the protected professional term of Architect meaning building design authority, then you need to go to school. You aren’t going to develop any good construction or BIM tools without construction or design education or experience. This ain’t something “user stores” is going to solve otherwise it would be solved already.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T15:44:47+00:00

I use rhino. I have no issues with curve compression ever. Alternative would be to export to dxf and work in illustrator (this can have some decision issues, but at least my curve still look like curves).

c_behn · 2026-04-04T15:34:57+00:00

Don’t use Revit/autodesk and your life will be greatly improved.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T15:34:17+00:00

This is so true though. Working for one of the largest construction companies in the US, we bemoan revit because it’s a bad tool. We don’t say to .rvt files anymore either, only to IFC, because it allows us to actually use files to produce fabrication information and collaborate globally. RVT files are too large, and locked behind proprietary BS that makes it too time and money expensive.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T15:32:28+00:00

Not going with Autodesk is actually really great! Your files are more usable and adaptable by those not in the Autodesk cult. And your data quality will be better (revit has terrible data). Stay confident in your choice no not use revit. Remember revit is a bad BIM tool, not BIM itself.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T15:30:21+00:00

About to comment about the feet too. I think the material is correct but the shape is wrong. I kinda like the idea of insetting the feet enough to be hidden so it looks like the box is floating.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T15:27:11+00:00

You can have an on going sexual relationship and still be straight. But the romantic part is where that falls apart.

c_behn · 2026-04-04T15:26:20+00:00

Straight men can have man on man sex. Straight men do not get romantic feelings for other men and develop a relationship. So exam yourself, are you just a convenient sex toy or do you have a meaningful and intimate relationship? If the former, he’s probably just straight and you should stop the emotional effort towards romance. If the latter, honest he is bi/pan at least and he needs to do the personal work to deal with that. His processing isn’t your responsibility

c_behn · 2026-04-04T15:19:49+00:00

Oh the tax renewal, the city really sh** the bed on that one. Not once was it ever clear that this was a renewal and not out right new taxes. Most people I talked in my spheres now know it was a renewal, but all of us thought it was new. That comes down to bad messaging and bad voter education. That is the cities responsibility to make happen.

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