What resolution should a 3D floor plan be delivered at?

At least 3000 pixels on the long edge. That supports a full page print at 300 dots per inch and downsamples cleanly for web. You should also receive a separately optimized web version, because dropping a print file onto a listing page is a frequent cause of slow property websites.

Who should keep the source scene?

Either party can, but the answer must be written down. If the studio keeps it, later edits are inexpensive but you are tied to that studio. If you keep it, you gain mobility and inherit a file that may need specific software. The failure mode is not asking at all.

Why request labeled and unlabeled versions?

Because different channels need different drawings. Room labels help a buyer comparing units and conflict with a brochure that has its own typography. Requesting both variants during production costs almost nothing, while requesting the second one after delivery usually means paying for another render.

What counts as a single revision round?

Consolidated feedback delivered once. Three separate emails across a week are normally billed as three rounds, which surprises clients regularly. Agree the definition before work starts, and separate revisions from scope changes: moving furniture is a revision, moving a wall is a change of scope.

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September 2, 2026

What a 3D Floor Plan Set Includes

Three dimensional floor plan deliverable shown with labeled rooms, dimensions and a north arrow prepared for print and web use

A complete 3D floor plan deliverable is more than an image. It should include the rendered plan at web and print resolution, a version with dimensions and a version without, the labeled and unlabeled variants if you market in more than one channel, a print ready PDF, and a written statement about who keeps the source scene and what you may do with the images. Studios that deliver only a single JPEG are not wrong, but you should know that is what you bought.

The checklist below is what we would want to see in a quote before signing, regardless of who is producing the work.

File formats and resolution

Ask for the render at a minimum of 3000 pixels on the long edge. That covers a full page print at 300 dots per inch and downsamples cleanly for web without a second render. A web optimized version should also be supplied, ideally in a modern format, since a large print file dropped straight onto a listing page is one of the more common causes of a slow property site.

High resolution PNG or TIFF for print, 3000 pixels or more on the long edge
Web optimized version, correctly sized for the actual display container
Print ready PDF with dimensions legible at the intended print size
A transparent background version where the plan will sit on a colored page
A layered file if your marketing team needs to change labels in house

Labeled and unlabeled variants

Room labels help buyers and hurt brochures with their own typography. Square footage figures are required in some markets and legally sensitive in others. Dimensions belong on a builder plan and clutter a lifestyle brochure. Requesting labeled and unlabeled variants at the outset costs almost nothing during production and costs a re render afterwards.

The source scene question

This is the single most consequential line in the contract and it is usually absent. If the studio retains the source scene, future edits are cheap and you are tied to that studio. If you receive the source, you can move, but you inherit a file that may need their specific software to open. Neither is wrong. What is wrong is not asking, then discovering two years later that the scene was deleted and a wall change means paying the original price again.

Usage rights

Confirm in writing that you may use the images in paid advertising, on third party listing portals, and in materials produced by brokers who are not party to the contract. Some agreements quietly limit usage to your own website. Also confirm whether the studio may show the work in their portfolio, which most owners are happy to allow and some, particularly in presale, are not.

Revisions and what counts as one

Define a revision round before starting. Consolidated feedback delivered once is a round. Three separate emails over a week is three rounds under most agreements, which surprises clients regularly. Also define what is a revision versus a change of scope: moving a sofa is a revision, moving a wall is a change.

A short pre signature checklist

Confirm resolution, formats, labeled and unlabeled variants, dimension variants, source retention, usage rights, revision definition, and the delivery date for the first draft rather than the final. If a quote answers all eight, the rest of the project is usually straightforward.

Our 3D floor plan services state each of these in the proposal rather than in the fine print. If you are comparing bids, send us the competing scope and we will tell you plainly what is missing from it. Request a quote.