KiCadRoutingTools (drandyhaas)ECADConfidence: Medium

On an RF board, 119 of 205 top-side passives on the human layout share a row or column with a neighbour at the same orientation. The tool kept seed manages 28 of 207. Holding rows rigid made routing worse on three tries, so the gap stays open.

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

drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools Issue #1570: Placement idea: line passives up with their neighbours (rows, one orientation) without declared arrays[] (from #1457; see #548, #1051, #1479)

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.