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altium-designer-mcp (embedded-society)ECADConfidence: Medium

any write to a production .PcbLib (~485 footprints) still rewrites the same 11 footprints it was not asked to touch (font IDs reset, track flags changed, 3D model records sharing an ID merged so the second one's rotation is lost, a Windows-1250 model name returned as mojibake).

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
embedded-society/altium-designer-mcp Issue #594: [BUG] PcbLib rewrite in 1.3.0 still changes 11 untouched footprints (text stroke-font id, track flag word, empty WideStrings entries, description code page) and merges duplicate IDs in the 3D model index
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 25-26 2026 (Oct 25 daytime to Oct 26 morning slots). Verified live 2026-10-26: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.