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PaliCAD (braydennilsen)MCADConfidence: Medium

A paying user cannot import a STEP from Plasticity: the reader rejects the whole body if any spline edge endpoint is more than 1e-5 mm off its curve while ignoring the file's declared 1e-3 mm tolerance; 54 of 538 edges fail, 14 over the file's own tolerance, max gap 7e-3 mm.

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
braydennilsen/PaliCAD Issue #5: STEP import fails on valid B-spline files: \"Spline edge endpoints are off its curve\"
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 25-26 2026 (Oct 25 daytime to Oct 26 morning slots). Verified live 2026-10-26: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.