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cad-agent (Valpatel)MCADConfidence: Medium

On cad-agent excavator project, fusing nine nearly coincident swept solids in one call gave an invalid shape. The invalid tool then cut nothing from the boom, and only a range-of-motion collision check caught it, 14.7 cm3 of overlap. A cone meeting a pin hole raised Null TopoDS_Shape until the tool was nudged 0.01 mm, and a sub-micron split vertex made a valid solid fail the watertight export.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Mechanical Designer
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, Nov 1-2 2026 (Nov 1 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-02: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.