Architect, Founder and Principal, Aakaar

Aarsh Kandra

Architect, and the founder and principal of Aakaar, a digital architecture studio in Nagpur working across architecture, BIM, computational design and automation.

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Aarsh Kandra, architect, founder and principal of Aakaar

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Aarsh Kandra is an architect and the founder and principal of Aakaar. He leads the studio’s design work and the way it is delivered: buildings designed with their information from the start, coordinated in one model, and documented with tools the studio builds for itself.

Aakaar began as an architectural design practice. As its projects grew, digital tools became part of how the studio designs, coordinates and delivers architecture, and today it works across architecture, BIM, computational design and automation.

Aakaar Tools come out of that practice. Aarsh designs them to remove the small, repetitive problems that slow architectural teams down: cleaning consultant CAD for Revit, turning SketchUp models into classified BIM, and preparing drawing sets.

Designed by Aarsh Kandra

Tools

Free browser tools built from the studio’s own production work. Files stay on the visitor’s computer.

  • Revit add-in

    CAD Cleaner & Smart Import

    Cleans consultant DWG and DXF drawings and imports or links them straight into the active Revit view, for Revit 2021 to 2027.

    Ask about the add-in
  • Browser tool Free

    PDF Studio for Architects

    Every PDF tool for drawings in one workspace.

    Open PDF Studio
  • Browser tool Free

    IFC Viewer

    Open IFC models in your browser: storeys, sections, properties, measuring.

    Open IFC Viewer
  • Browser tool Free

    CAD Cleaner for Revit

    Clean DWG and DXF drawings so they import into Revit without problems.

    Open CAD Cleaner
  • Browser tool Free

    SketchUp to Revit (IFC)

    Turn a SketchUp model into classified BIM elements, as an IFC for Revit.

    Open SketchUp to Revit
  • Browser tool Free

    Architectural scale converter

    Convert between drawing and real sizes at any scale, metric or imperial.

    Open Scale Converter
  • Browser tool Free

    Staircase calculator

    Risers, treads, going, pitch and comfort check from floor-to-floor height.

    Open Staircase Calculator
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