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csc (digitaldesignunit)MCADConfidence: Medium

Across many Grasshopper components, a missing input is raised as an error, and failed outputs come back as '' or None instead of empty. Downstream components cannot tell 'no data' from a real value.

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
digitaldesignunit/csc Issue #40: Grasshopper components: missing inputs as errors and outputs as '' or None, across all components
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.