THINGS + TIME

Once you reach either 10 entries or 1GB of storage, you will no longer be able to upload new scans or annotations.

We are currently phasing in paid tiers for different user needs. In the meantime, if you'd like to keep adding more to the archive, email us at support@thingsplustime.net and we can arrange something for your needs.

An Alpha site is an early-release version of a website. New features are being tested or are incomplete and user feedback is collected to guide fixes and improvements before a wider release.

While navigating the site you may encounter glitches or incomplete features because the Things + Time platform is still actively in development. We have new features and pages that are still being implemented.

The Getting Started section below and How to Use Things + Time can help with the basics of uploading a 3D scan and creating an entry.

If you are still having trouble, we are continuing to improve user experience, accessibility, mobile support and search functions. Many features are fixed with each update, so please try again in a few weeks.

If you need help now, email us at support@thingsplustime.net and we will do our best to help. We are a small, part-time team, but are committed to creating a platform that works well for everyone. Thank you for your patience!

Over the next few months, we will be ironing out many of the problems. As one of the early contributors to our project, detailing what happened on the Report a Bug or Send Feedback page helps us identify what needs to be improved or fixed.

We are a small, part-time team building this platform. We aim to respond to emails within one week. However, if you haven't heard back from us, please resend with the "URGENT " in the subject line. We appreciate your patience!

How to 3D Scan Small & Detailed Objects — Photogrammetry Tips for Beginners | Polycam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BImnzs-rR_k

Turn Any Object Into a 3D Model Using Your Phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvQZw9lAN9Y&t=262s

Scan REAL Objects to 3D MODELS using your Phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnDISdNa0BM

Models must be in glTF 2.0 (.glb/.gltf) format. The files can be up to 50 MB.

The supported formats are .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .webp, .gif, .mp4, .webm, .ogg and .mp3. Annotations can be up to 10 MB each and videos can be up to 50 MB.

Visit our introductory page How to use Things + Time to learn the essentials on how to upload a 3D scan to and create an entry on the Things+Time web platform.

To rotate the orientation of your entry, click and drag the 3D scan with your cursor. To centre the 3D scan in the viewer, hold "Shift " and drag the object within the frame. Once you have set the view you like, move on to "4. License " and click "Update Entry " at the bottom.

Contributors can be people you would like to credit, or people you invite to edit an entry.

Crediting a person is as simple as typing their name in "3. Contributors " of the entry creation process.

To invite a someone to edit an entry, they will first need to sign up and create a profile on Things + Time. Once they have a profile, you can add them as a contributor in "3. Contributors " of the entry creation process.

In the Contributors field, search for their profile name to add them. Afterwards, define the permissions you'd like to give them as a Contributor:

• View only,
• Add annotations only, or
• Full edit rights where they can upload the entries information, annotations and/or invite more contributors.

Once you add a contributor they are added to the archival data of the record. You can also define their role such as collaborator, photographer, videographer etc.

1. Navigate to the vertical sidebar on the right of this page.
2. Click the grid icon (below the person and plus icons).
3. In the Collections view, click "Create collection. "
4. Enter a name and description, set visibility, and add contributors.
5. Click create to finish! Your new collection will appear in the Collections list.

If a user has enabled downloads on their models, a download icon (a circle with an arrow pointing down) will appear at the bottom left of the model.

Click this button and a download window will pop up.

Copyright is a legal protection granted to creators of original works, such as books, music, films, and artwork.

Copyright protection is automatic. This means a work is protected the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form, such as being written, recorded, or saved digitally.

Copyright gives the creator exclusive rights to a work to use, distribute, and reproduce their work.

Source: copyrighted.com

If you created the physical object, then yes. If someone else (a person, corporation, organization) created this object, they own the copyright.

A collection of items combined into one scan can be considered a creative work and you can apply whichever license you see fit. Think of it like a still life painting or photograph. Individually these objects may have their own license or copyright but together they are a new composition and this composition could be considered a new creative work.

Creative Commons licenses are a way for creators to share their original work with others, while clearly communicating how their work may be used.

Creative Commons licenses offer creators a standardized, legally-sound way to grant permission in advance so that they don't need to negotiate individual permissions every time

This enables access to knowledge by offering a "some rights reserved " option for content that would otherwise be closed off.

Source: CreativeCommons.org

If you created an original 3D scan, you can retain your copyright and not grant any permissions for others use your 3D scan.

If you'd like to share your work there are three Creative Commons licenses listed to select from.

If you're unsure, you can select something with more control and adjust later.

Visit the links below to learn more:

• Public Domain
• Creative Commons Non-Commercial ShareAlike 4.0
• Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0

No, public domain records cannot be copyrighted and once something is in the public domain it remains in the public domain. If you are scanning something already within the public domain we recommend choosing that option for your license.

This depends on the license you choose. There are multiple options with varying flexibility.

This one is complicated! Technically yes and no. If you want to change a license you can but if someone already remixed your item before the new license was applied there is no copyright infringement. It is also difficult to prove when a license was changed so we recommend choosing the license you're most comfortable at the start keeping this in mind.

Click on the entry that you've uploaded that you'd like to delete. Under the info tab there is an "edit " and "delete " button. Once you click "delete ", a button asking to you to confirm that you would like to delete the entry will appear. Clicking confirm will permanently delete your entry.

You can control which entries are viewable by the public when you are uploading a 3D scan, or editing an existing entry.

Click the tab "4. Licensing ", then, under the "Visibility " field you can choose to make your entry Public or Draft/Private.

If you set your "Visibility " option to "Draft/Private " you will only be able to see the published entry while logged into your account.

The Things + Time Privacy Policy is the most up to date place to find out the types of personal data we collect, how we use it, and how long we retain it.

If you have further questions or concerns, please contact us at support@thingsplustime.net.

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