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partcad (partcad)PLMConfidence: Medium

partcad third CMF PR reads colours and materials from STEP and KiCad through XCAF, and from build123d, CadQuery, OpenSCAD and 3MF sources. Geometry stays byte for byte the plain reader, and it follows an earlier finding that CMF got lost through assemblies.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Product Manager
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
partcad/partcad PR #894: CMF sources: STEP through XCAF, scripts, OpenSCAD and 3MF, converted by convention
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.