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cadmpeg (cadmpeg)MCADConfidence: Medium

Surface-intersection edges are written as straight-line polylines with no tolerance and no loss reported, while the STEP file declares 1e-6 mm uncertainty. On a CC0 crane part the chords stray up to 1.280 mm off the cylinders they are supposed to lie on.

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
cadmpeg/cadmpeg Issue #501: sldprt: surface-intersection edges are written as coarse polylines with no loss or tolerance
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.