KiCadRoutingTools (drandyhaas)ECADConfidence: Medium

Footprints imported from other EDA tools keep bare pad numbers (a USB-C receptacle with A5, B12); KiCad reads them, but two readers in this toolkit wanted quotes, so the part counted as not assembled, its 3D model was neither staged nor flagged missing, and the bus step couldn't find its pads. An earlier version dropped those nets entirely as Only 1 pad(s).

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 PR #1509: Read bare pad numbers in the 3D-model staging and bus-step text readers

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 28-29 2026 (Oct 28 8:41 AM ET through Oct 29 early-morning Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-29: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.