hexera-platform (hexera-core)MCADConfidence: Medium

Two assemblies, a 406-part laser cutter and a biped robot, were killed at 32 GiB before meshing, because staging wrote metres while OpenCASCADE tolerances are tuned for millimetres.

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

hexera-core/hexera-platform PR #341: FEA assemblies: the general fuse runs in millimetres (PLAN-fea-90)

github.com

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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.