BLPL (CK-Consulting)ECADConfidence: Medium

Follow-up to #98. With mask or silk set to none, the gerbers dropped those layers, but kicad-cli's ODB++ export takes no layer selection and the native project (what CircuitHub reads) still had them enabled. A fab reading either would see mask while board-specs.md said none. Three handoff files, three answers.

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

CK-Consulting/BLPL PR #99: A mask or silk colour of none takes the layer off the board

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 2 2026 (Nov 2 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 10:41 PM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-03: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.