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cadcraft (storytold)MCADConfidence: Medium

OVERKILL decided whether objects were equal by rounding each number to the tolerance. With 0.01 tolerance, circles at 80.001 and 80.003 merge, but circles at 50.004 and 50.006 both stay. It happens at the default 1e-6 too, and more often at the coarser tolerances people use to clean up imported drawings. The PR spells out the cost: a duplicate circle left behind gets cut twice on a laser or plasma cutter. The fix compares the numbers directly.

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 2 2026 (Nov 2 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 10:41 PM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-03: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.