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SolidCraft (tangency-labs)MCADConfidence: Medium

A STEP export from SolidCraft lost the side faces on 3 of 4 tapered legs when opened in other CAD tools, leaving only end discs. SolidCraft read its own file back fine; the fault was which ring of the cone face the loop started on, which other readers depend on.

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
tangency-labs/solidcraft PR #3557: STEP export: a merged cylinder or cone face's loop starts on the side its angle grows from (#3394)
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 20 2026 (7:41 AM to 9:41 AM ET slots). Verified live 2026-10-21: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.