Copperpour (Copperpour)ECADConfidence: Medium

An agent asks to rotate a crystal to minus 45 degrees, and gets 'KiCAD rejected the component placement batch over IPC'. KiCad rejected nothing: Copperpour refused it before asking KiCad, and every local refusal gets worded as a KiCad rejection with no error kind a client can match.

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

Copperpour/Copperpour Issue #240: Copperpour's own refusals inside a live PCB write are reported as "KiCAD rejected … over IPC", with no error kind

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 31-Nov 1 2026 (Oct 31 9:41 PM ET through Nov 1 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch overnight edition). Verified live 2026-11-01: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.