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Copperpour (Copperpour)ECADConfidence: Medium

Copperpour drives a live KiCad board for agents. If a moved footprint lands a pad on another net's via, KiCad silently gives the via the pad's net, so DRC finds nothing afterwards. A pad landing on a track shorts it. The PR makes the move, rotate and batch placement tools ask KiCad where the copper is first and refuse the whole call on any overlap, with a dry run and an explicit override. They also hit KiCad 10.0.8 returning a B.Cu outline for an F.Cu-only SMD pad, so they check layer presence instead of trusting outlines.

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

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.