furrow-cam (federicovezzoli)MCADConfidence: Medium

Users exporting STEP from Fusion, FreeCAD, Onshape or SolidWorks must convert it to STL in another program before this CAM tool takes it, and the plan stores only STL bytes, so the B-rep is gone downstream.

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

federicovezzoli/furrow-cam Issue #442: Import STEP files as 3D models

github.com

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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.