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SolidWorks agent skill (solidworks-automation-skill)MCADConfidence: Low

A shipped SolidWorks agent skill called interference-check API methods that do not exist (InterferenceDetection, GetInterference(index), GetComponents) and called Done() before computing, so its core validation step could never complete on a real machine. The check silently never ran.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Mechanical Designer
Team Size Impact
5x Multiplier
Prototype Delay
2 Days
Est. Annual Cost
$13,500
  • 1 user · 1 month180 min
  • Rest of team720 min
  • Rest of year9,900 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $13.5k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources
solidworks-automation-skill PR #30: rewire interference check to the real InterferenceDetectionManager API chain
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the 2026-10-07 pain-radar digest (finding 4): single PR, Chinese-language with gloss-verified description, so confidence is Low. The repair still routes design-intent judgment to a human. Cost model assumes interference checks redone manually after discovering the agent's check never executed.