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freerouting (freerouting)ECADConfidence: Medium

KiCad lets traces go down to the board trace_min, but the Specctra export only carries net class widths, so Freerouting never learns about it. On 848 of 1,142 PCBench fixtures, trace_min is below the Default class width, and 100 of the 138 boards that failed to fully route are among them, for example a board with 254 um traces in a 508 um class.

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, 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.