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hive-hwde (Hive-RSI-Lab)ECADConfidence: Medium

Importing an Altium design, eda_io reports 18 of 23 parts as lost because the author renamed PCB designators to values (R1 shows as 1K5, C2 as 100n) and KiCad's importer takes the PCB text, not Altium's SOURCEDESIGNATOR. The Altium schematic cannot be compared at all because only an Eagle reader exists, so the import is counted, not compared.

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.