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Professional Toolkit

Tools Built for Design Professionals

113 professional tools across 14 categories — from client onboarding to post-project handover. Built specifically for Indian architects and interior designers.

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Client Acquisition & Onboarding

Your lead conversion engine

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Design Fee & Pricing Toolkit

Price confidently, profit consistently

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Fee Calculator

Interior Design Fee Calculator

Calculate your design fee across 3 models — % of project cost, per sq ft, and flat package. City-adjusted, tier-aware, with payment milestone split and profit margin guidance.

Pricing Toolkit

Design Fee & Pricing Toolkit

India-specific benchmark rates, line-item BOQ engine, and client quote sheet — Estimator, BOQ Engine, and Rate Reference across 6 cities and 4 finish levels. Generates a complete quote PDF.

Benchmark Sheet

Cost per Sq Ft Benchmark Sheet

National and city-wise cost benchmarks for interior design — 4 finish tiers, 6 cities, 5 scope types. Includes a quick estimator with contingency and GST for client-facing planning ranges.

Consult Pricing

Consultation Pricing Framework

Three-tier consultation model (Basic ₹2k–5k, Standard ₹5k–15k, Premium ₹15k–30k) with auto-recommendation based on project profile, positioning guidance, and a downloadable consultation quote sheet.

Quote Generator

Design Quotation Generator

City-adjusted quotation generator with 3 packages (Essential, Signature, Bespoke), execution benchmarks, room-wise allocation, add-ons, payment milestones, and a client-ready PDF proposal.

Profit Margin

Profit Margin Calculator

Know your true profitability — direct costs, design hours, overhead recovery, risk buffer, gross and net margin, break-even price, and a traffic-light health signal per project.

Architect Guide

Architect Fee Structures Guide

Working reference on every fee model Indian practices use — COA percentage slab, lump-sum, hourly, milestone, and hybrid — with city-by-city benchmark ranges, GST and TDS handling, retainer mechanics, cash-flow maths, and how to negotiate without underpricing your studio.

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Space Planning & Design Tools

Core design intelligence layer

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Dimension Handbook

Standard Dimension Handbook (Indian Homes)

Code-referenced dimension guide for Indian homes — MBBL 2016, IS 2064, NSDC, and Harmonised Guidelines. 60+ dimensions across Code Minimums, Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom, Ergonomics, Accessibility, and Electrical. Searchable with source badges and printable PDF.

Ergonomics Guide

Ergonomics & Anthropometry Guide

Three-band system (Comfortable / Practical / Critical) for every room — body zones, reach zones, circulation clearances, and room-by-room human dimensions for kitchen, living, dining, bedroom, bathroom, and study. All 6 sources cited.

Kitchen Rulebook

Kitchen Design Rulebook

Work triangle logic, activity zone sequencing, storage module hierarchy, ergonomic clearances (NKBA), appliance integration, layout rules (Straight/L/U/Parallel/Island), Indian kitchen guidance, and a 14-item interactive design review checklist.

Wardrobe Guide

Wardrobe Planning Guide

Complete wardrobe planning workbook — module matrix, layout templates (Everyday Couple / Family Master / Child / Walk-in), shutter selection, materials, accessory menu, interactive site measurement and execution checklists, BOQ logic, and approval snapshot.

Layout Planner

Interactive Furniture Layout Planner

Browser-based 1:50 scale grid canvas — place 25+ furniture pieces, load room presets (Living/Bedroom/Dining/Kitchen), get live BOQ with cost tracking, undo/redo, and download a layout PDF. No software required.

Staircase Calculator

Staircase Calculator (NBC-Compliant)

Professional NBC 2016 compliant staircase calculator — risers, treads, actual riser height, total run, stringer length, pitch angle, and stair footprint. Includes Blondel's formula check, NBC riser/tread limits, pitch comfort band, Vastu-aware step count, side-profile SVG diagram, and one-click BOQ export.

Daylight Calculator

Daylight Factor Calculator

NBC 2016 Part 8 + IS 2440 compliant daylight factor calculator — window-to-floor area ratio, average DF via Littlefair/BRE formula, glass transmittance tables, and room-type benchmarks for residential, office, classroom, and hospital spaces.

Ventilation Calculator

Cross-Ventilation Analyzer

CIBSE AM10 + IS 3362-1977 + NBC 2016 Part 8 natural-ventilation calculator — wind and stack airflow with opening-type Cd, wind approach angle correction, ACH compliance, and a downloadable plan-flow SVG for submission drawings.

Sanitation Calculator

Septic Tank Sizer

IS 2470 Part 1 compliant septic tank + soak pit calculator — liquid capacity, two-compartment dimensions, inlet/outlet tees, sludge storage, and soil-adjusted soak pit sizing per IS 2470 Part 2. With downloadable cross-section SVG for drawing submissions.

Seismic Lookup

Seismic Zone Checker

IS 1893 Part 1:2016 seismic zone lookup for 200+ Indian cities — zone factor Z, MSK intensity, design base-shear coefficient, IS 13920 ductile detailing requirements, URM height limits, liquefaction flags, and special provisions for Zones II through V.

Foundation Calculator

Soil Bearing Capacity Estimator

IS 6403 / IS 1904 bearing capacity calculator — quick-estimate from 9 Indian soil types or compute from SPT N-value via Terzaghi and Meyerhof methods, with water-table correction and foundation recommendations.

Setback Planner

Setback Visualizer

Interactive plot-level setback visualiser for NBC 2016 / DCR / state bylaw compliance — plot frontage, road width, and side setbacks with live buildable-area SVG and city-specific defaults.

Architect Guide

How to Plan a Functional House Layout

Architect's six-stage plan-development workflow — from brief to construction drawings. Bubble diagrams, adjacency matrix, structural-grid discipline, block planning with NBC + SP 41 minima, refinement, performance verification. 30-min read.

Architect Guide

Space Zoning — Public vs Private

Four-zone model with privacy gradient, sightline test, service-circulation separation, multi-generational zoning, puja placement, acoustic privacy (STC targets). With worked 3BHK and failure case studies.

Architect Guide

Cross Ventilation in Indian Homes

Physics of wind + buoyancy, effective-opening geometry, discharge coefficients by opening type, orientation, climate-zone strategy, traditional typologies, NBC 2016 + IS 3362 compliance. Pairs with the Cross-Ventilation Analyzer tool.

Architect Guide

Natural Light Planning

Solar geometry for Indian latitudes, Daylight Factor (Littlefair/BRE + IS 2440), Olgyay shading-mask method, glazing selection, glare control, ECBC + Eco-Niwas Samhita. Pairs with the Daylight Factor Calculator.

Architect Guide

Designing for the Indian Climate

Whole-building climate strategy across the five NBC Part 11 / ECBC zones. IMAC adaptive comfort, zone design kits, thermal mass vs lightweight, roof strategies, envelope U-values per Eco-Niwas Samhita.

Architect Guide

Compact Urban Home Planning

Design for 30×40 / 20×30 / irregular plots — FSI maximisation, vertical organisation (stilt + G+n), ground-floor compromise, efficient kitchen/bath planning, outdoor-indoor strategies. Full 30×40 worked example.

Architect Guide

Staircase Design

Blondel's rule, NBC 2016 Part 4 compliance, typologies (straight/L/U/spiral), four structural systems (RCC waist slab, steel stringer, cantilever, hidden-spine), materials and IS 3437 handrails, accessibility.

Architect Guide

Terrace Planning

Structural loading per IS 875, seven-layer waterproofing build-up per IS 3067, drainage per NBC Part 9, parapet options, functional zoning, solar PV integration, RWH, green roofs. Full 52 m² worked example.

Architect Guide

Passive Design for Indian Climate Zones

Climate-zone-by-zone reference for NBC's five zones (Hot-Dry, Warm-Humid, Composite, Temperate, Cold). Sun-path geometry by latitude, ECBC 2017 envelope U-value targets, EPI benchmarks per typology, and a strategy toolkit (mass / ventilation / evaporative / solar gain / insulation) tuned per zone.

Architect Guide

Architectural Lighting Design

Three-layer model (ambient/task/accent), IS 3646 lux targets per room, CCT and CRI selection, beam-angle and fixture-spacing maths, dimming protocols (phase-cut/0–10V/DALI/wireless), false-ceiling cove and profile-light detailing, and the RCP/switching/schedule coordination drawings the architect must control at Stage 4.

Architect Guide

FSI / FAR Computation in India

State-by-state working reference covering Mumbai DCPR-2034, BBMP / BDA, Delhi UBBL 2016, Chennai CMDA, Hyderabad GHMC, Pune, Ahmedabad — plus a comprehensive quick-reference table for all 28 states and 8 UTs. Premium FSI mechanics, TDR markets, exempt areas, worked examples per city.

Architect Guide

Storage Planning as a Design Discipline

Reframes residential storage as a Stage-2 layout problem rather than a Stage-4 cabinetry problem. Pre-design audit, eight family-lifecycle stages, per-typology volume benchmarks, anthropometric reach zones, the 8-module wardrobe grammar, India-specific kitchen storage, utility/linen schedule, the 5-stage children's-room progression, IS 303 / IS 710 / IS 8743 hardware specs, lifecycle costing, and the 5 working-drawing outputs.

Architect Guide

Designing Adaptable & Universal-Design Homes

Working reference on RPwD Act 2016, NBC 2016 Part 3 §13, CPWD HG 2021, IS 4963 — the seven principles of universal design, wheelchair / ambulant-disabled / older-person anthropometric envelopes, the universal-design width hierarchy, accessible bathroom and kitchen specifications, the 5-stage aging-in-place lifecycle, multi-generational layout, work-from-home zone, the 3–6 % cost premium analysis.

Architect Guide

Space Planning Principles

First-principles framework for residential space planning — bubble → block → refined plan, anthropometric clearances per NBC + SP 41, circulation hierarchy, zoning logic, and the conceptual moves that separate a designed plan from a drawn one.

Architect Guide

Structural Design Essentials

Architect's working reference on residential structure — IS 456 RCC fundamentals, IS 875 loads, IS 1893 seismic basics, load-path discipline, slab thickness rules, column sizing, beam-to-column ratios, and the structural-engineer coordination points across Stages 2–5.

Architect Guide

Facade Design for Indian Climates

Climate-zone-by-zone facade reference — solar geometry by latitude, shading-device sizing (overhangs, brise-soleil, jaalis), envelope U-value targets per ECBC, materiality decisions, glazing selection, and the proportion / fenestration / depth language that defines a climate-honest elevation.

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Design Development Toolkit

From concept to execution

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Moodboard Builder

Moodboard Builder

Full moodboard system — design intent narrative, color palette with 5 Indian presets, 28-item material library with Good/Better/Best tiering, lighting strategy, live budget dashboard, Option A vs B comparison, hero image upload, and branded PDF export.

Palette Builder

Material Palette Builder Sheet

Specification-ready material palette with city-adjusted costing, IS code references (IS 303/710/2046/1328/2095/15622), Good/Better/Best tiering, 15-material library, 9 style palettes, 6-city rate index, live budget dashboard, vendor tracker, approval log, and branded PDF export.

Colour System

Color Scheme Generator Guide

60-30-10 palette system — 4 signature presets (Warm Luxury, Modern Minimal, Indian Contemporary, Cool Urban), room-wise colour planning, lighting Kelvin impact, budget-tier material guidance, Option A/B client approval board, and red flags. Download as PDF.

Lighting Planner

Lighting Design Planner

Pro-level lighting planner — 4-layer system (Ambient/Task/Accent/Decorative), 9 rooms with lux targets and Kelvin selection, 13-fixture rate card with Basic/Premium/Luxury rates, full BOQ with installation and GST, smart lighting recommendations, and client-ready lighting design board PDF.

Ceiling Planner

False Ceiling Design Decision Guide

Ceiling height decision matrix, 6 ceiling types (Peripheral/Tray/Grid/Floating/Designer), 8-material guide (Gypsum/POP/PVC/Wood/Metal), room-wise BOQ with 30% labour, GST and contingency, lighting integration guide, and client-ready ceiling design board PDF.

Architect Guide

Defining Luxury in Residential Architecture

Design-philosophy reference reframing residential luxury away from the cost-per-square-foot fallacy. Five marketplace confusions, material-honesty hierarchy, eight craftsmanship diagnostics, the proportion-and-volume thresholds, light quality, acoustic luxury, the patina test, restraint as discipline, the Indian luxury vocabulary (courtyard, jaali, lime plaster, Athangudi, native hardwoods), bespoke-vs-catalogue heuristic, five budget bands, twelve-test diagnostic.

Architect Guide

Working Drawings & Documentation

Production-set reference — GFC drawing hierarchy, layered standards (NCS-aligned), sheet numbering, schedules (door / window / finish / fixture), section and detail conventions, RFI workflow, and the drawing-set hygiene that keeps Stage 5 surprises out of Stage 6.

Architect Guide

Sustainable Home Design

Climate-wise residential design reference — vernacular wisdom (nalukettu, courtyard, jaali, deep eaves), passive-design first principles, embodied-energy material decisions, rainwater + solar integration, GRIHA roadmap, the honest cost/comfort ledger, and the policy landscape architects need to navigate.

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Material & Specification Library

Eliminate decision fatigue

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Selection Guide

Material Selection Guide

Laminate vs Veneer vs Acrylic vs PU vs Membrane vs Glass — IS-code substrates (IS 710/303/12406/1659), room-wise strategy, Good/Better/Best tiering, 5-point checklist, and 7 specification red flags. Download as PDF.

Finish Selector

Finish Comparison Chart

Smart finish selector — 7 finish types (Laminate/Acrylic/Veneer/PU Paint/Membrane/Glass/Stone) with durability, aesthetic and maintenance scores, Good/Better/Best decision logic, room-wise smart suggestions, BOQ-ready spec wording, brand references, and client sign-off PDF.

Hardware Spec

Hardware Specification Guide

3-tier brand system (Ebco → Hettich/Hafele → Blum) across 15 hardware items — hinges, drawer channels, kitchen accessories, wardrobe hardware, handles, gola profiles, lift-up systems and locks — with BOQ-ready spec wording, per-item tier override, and client approval PDF.

Brand Selector

Brand Recommendation Sheet

India-focused brand selector — 10 categories with Good/Better/Best tiers, vendor rate database (10 items with 3-tier rates), BOQ builder with wastage + markup + contingency waterfall, vendor comparison, and client brand approval PDF.

Green Selector

Sustainability Material Guide

AI-powered green material selector — 14 materials scored across 6 criteria (Sustainability/Durability/VOC/Recyclability/Moisture/Maintenance), adjustable weight engine for live re-ranking, room-wise material selector with BOQ, green commitment presets, and client-ready sustainability report PDF.

Architect Guide

Flooring & Finishes Specification

Specifier's reference for vitrified per IS 15622, ceramic per IS 13753, natural stone (Kota, granite, marble, sandstone), engineered wood with Janka and AC class, vinyl LVT/SPC/WPC, and microcement. Slip-class R10–R13 for wet areas, gradient and drain detailing, skirting and threshold patterns, plus a 20-year lifecycle cost framework.

Architect Guide

Engineered Wood & Lifecycle Costing

Specifier's reference for plywood, MDF, HDF, particle board — IS 710 BWP marine vs IS 303 MR/BWR/commercial grade selection, formaldehyde emission classes (E0/E1/E2/CARB), density and screw-holding by panel type, IS 401 termite treatment, surface finish options, and a 20-year kitchen-carcass lifecycle cost framework. Closes with an application × specification cheat-sheet matrix.

Architect Guide

Green Building Certifications

Comparison reference for GRIHA, IGBC, LEED, EDGE — what each certification measures, registration fees, point-mapping for residential typologies, ECBC + ENS overlay, fee/payback economics, and a decision tree for choosing the right certification for the project's climate and audience.

Architect Guide

Solar Power for Homes

Architectural reference on residential solar — sizing methodology, ROI and payback periods across Indian cities, net metering policies, PM Surya Ghar subsidies, BIPV integration, structural roof loading, electrical interface, and the architect's coordination role with solar contractors at Stages 4–5.

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Project Management System

Execution = reputation

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Gantt Chart

Interior Project Timeline (Gantt Chart)

7-phase Gantt chart — Client Onboarding → Design → BOQ/Procurement → Execution → Installation → Handover. Auto-scales for Express (8w) to Villa (24w). Critical dependencies, common delays guide, fast-track mode, and PDF export.

Execution Tracker

Site Execution Checklist

Phase-by-phase execution tracker — 9 phases (Kickoff/Civil/Services/Ceiling/Design Freeze/Factory/Execution/Snag/Handover) with 45 checklist items, critical gate flags, blocked-item dashboard, and client-ready execution report PDF.

Site Log

Daily / Weekly Site Log

Field site log — daily entry tracking (date/area/trade/planned%/actual%/status), automatic weekly summaries with On Track/Attention/Critical status, issues and risk tracker with severity levels, and PDF site log export.

Contractor Tracker

Contractor Coordination Tracker

Multi-contractor scheduling and accountability tracker — master register, trade-wise task tracker with risk alerts, performance scorecard (Timeliness/Quality/Coordination/Cost/Safety weighted), payment summary with earned vs paid, and coordination log with PDF export.

Snag & Handover

Snag List & Handover Checklist

Defect tracking and handover system — log snags by room/trade/severity (Critical/Major/Minor), auto priority alerts, status workflow, pre-built handover checklist (Documents/Systems/Physical/Sign-Off), readiness check, and client handover certificate PDF.

Architect Guide

OC, CC & Plinth Verification

Architect's submission workflow for the three statutory milestones — plinth verification, completion certificate, and occupancy certificate. Multi-NOC stack (fire, lift, AAI, EC, water, sewerage, electrical), deviation handling and regularisation schemes, RERA §11 linkage, and state-specific submission portals.

Architect Guide

Residential MEP Coordination

Architect's working reference for coordinating residential MEP — electrical load estimation, IS 1172 plumbing fixture units, IS 1742 drainage gradients, IS 12701 water-tank sizing, HVAC split-vs-VRF coordination decisions, and sleeve/block-out coordination through structure. Closes with the Stage 4 drawing-set hygiene that prevents Stage 6 chaos.

Architect Guide

Where Projects Fail — Causal Map

Causal map of how Indian residential projects fail — defect atlas (waterproofing, settlement, plaster bond, RCC honeycomb), delay atlas (approvals, supply, payment, weather), dispute atlas (scope, fee, IP, defect attribution). Fishbone root-cause analysis, architect's liability under Architects Act §39 and RERA §14, PI/CAR/EAR insurance coverage, and the post-handover forensic-investigation workflow.

Architect Guide

Site Supervision Checklist

Stage-wise site supervision reference — excavation, foundation, plinth, columns, slabs, masonry, plaster, waterproofing, MEP first-fix, finishes, and handover. Acceptance criteria from IS codes, deviation logging, instruction-book discipline, and the architect's coordination cadence with the structural and MEP consultants.

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Client Presentation & Sales Kit

Convert with confidence

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PPTX + PDF

Design Proposal Generator (PPTX + PDF)

Upload your studio logo, pick a colour theme, fill in scope, timeline, and investment — download a 9-slide branded proposal as PPTX (editable in PowerPoint/Google Slides) or PDF. Covers cover, about, process, scope, timeline, investment, why-choose-us, next steps, and thank-you slides.

Pitch Deck

Pitch Deck for Interior Services

20-slide sales deck builder — personalise once and generate ready-to-copy content for every slide: cover, about, problem framing, brief, design approach, style direction, room concepts, materials, budget clarity, Good/Better/Best options, timeline, scope, deliverables, objection handling, and CTA. Includes a high-converting copy bank and 3-tier package builder.

Before & After

Before/After Presentation Format

14-slide transformation storytelling builder — fill in project details to generate a complete before/after sales deck with side-by-side comparisons, budget clarity, material specs, timeline, and closing CTAs. Includes sales psychology framework and copy-ready transformation lines.

Walkthrough Script

Client Walkthrough Script Guide

9-phase conversion script — personalise with client details to generate a complete meeting script covering Opening Hook, Discovery, Problem Framing, Concept Presentation, Budget Anchoring, Trust Building, Objection Handling, Soft Close, and CTA. Includes live meeting mode and full objection handling bank.

Story Framework

Visual Storytelling Template

Narrative framework for converting a design proposal into a persuasive visual story — 6 ready-to-use page scripts (Opening, Diagnosis, Design Direction, Room Story, Budget Narrative, Approval Page), storyboard canvas, and a pre-send delivery checklist.

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AI-Powered Design Workflow Tools

The Studio Matrx differentiation

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Vendor & Marketplace Toolkit

Build your procurement ecosystem

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Vendor Database

Vendor Database Template

18-category vendor intelligence system — add vendors, track weighted performance scores (Quality·Timeline·Cost·Communication·Risk), get instant recommendations by category and city, and export a branded vendor directory PDF.

Supplier Comparison

Supplier Comparison Sheet

Data-driven supplier evaluation — 12 pre-loaded vendors, weighted comparison engine (cost 25%, quality 20%, timeline 15%, reliability 15%, warranty 10%, after-sales 10%, design fit 5%), auto-scoring with Good/Better/Best bands, and a visual dashboard. Compare up to 4 suppliers side-by-side with a client-ready summary.

Procurement Tracker

Procurement Tracker

End-to-end procurement tracking — 13 categories, item-wise order/delivery/payment/QC status, budget allocation vs spend by category, vendor performance summary, cost overrun and delay alerts, and procurement report PDF export.

Brand Partnership

Brand Partnership Kit

Professional partnership proposal builder — fill your studio profile to auto-generate an 11-section brand pitch across 5 revenue models (listing, featured, exclusive, project integration, content), track brand partners through a 5-step onboarding pipeline with brand score evaluation, and a revenue pipeline dashboard.

Commission Tracker

Commission Tracking Sheet

Revenue intelligence system — log vendor commissions (percentage, fixed, or hybrid), auto-calculate expected vs received, track payment status with Overdue/Due Soon alerts, vendor reliability scores, project-wise and category-wise profitability, and a live collection efficiency dashboard.

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