freecad-nxstyle (Foadsf)MCADConfidence: Medium

A rocker-arm tutorial still had 2.4e-5 mm gaps and an open profile, FreeCAD's own autoconstraints went redundant once the sketch solved, every later setDatum failed, and FreeCAD's error text pointed at the wrong thing, while the previous smoke test had passed by luck.

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

Foadsf/freecad-nxstyle PR #39: fix(sketch): typed joins survive FreeCAD's own autoconstraints going redundant once solved (tutorial AV)

github.com

→

Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 27-28 2026 (Oct 27 8:41 AM ET through Oct 28 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-28: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.