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KiCadRoutingTools (drandyhaas)ECADConfidence: Medium

The QFN and BGA fanouts never read the net-class and item-type scoped .kicad_dru clearance rules that the route, diff-pair, plane and oracle steps all honour. A fanout can lay an HV escape next to another HV net at the layer clearance instead of the 0.6 mm the rule asks for, and later steps then hold the rule against copper that is already too close. Found by reading code, and nobody has measured it on a corpus board yet.

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.