altium-copilot (kcisek)ECADConfidence: Medium

An Altium agent tool sized back drills the way Altium's help says (hole plus 2 times the oversize, giving 0.8 mm), while Altium's own Draftsman drill table and the board's hole list both say 0.5 mm (hole plus the oversize once).

Impact Analysis

Persona

Electrical Engineer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

3 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$30,000

1 user · 1 month240 min
Rest of team960 min
Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

kcisek/altium-copilot PR #36: Size back drills as hole + oversize, matching Altium's drill table

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 20 2026 (7:41 AM to 9:41 AM ET slots). Verified live 2026-10-21: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.