cad-agent (Valpatel)MCADConfidence: Medium

Rebuild of an outside contributor checked booleans: fusing three swept tubes 1 um apart in OCCT 7.9 returns an empty compound that isValid passes. Shape.Volume can be off by several mm3 on curved, trimmed faces, enough to fail a good cut, and an inverted box also passes isValid.

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

Valpatel/cad-agent PR #272: geometry: robust_union / robust_cut with checks and fallbacks, and a 1 µm STL weld (rebuild of #261, #249)

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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.