kernelCAD-web (w1ne)VerificationConfidence: Medium

A CAD tool selling injection-moulded enclosures had no moulding DFM gate at all, and now adds undercut, draft, wall and fillet checks, with anything unmeasurable returning 'unmeasured' instead of passing.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Hardware Engineer

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

w1ne/kernelCAD-web PR #1199: feat(dfm): injection-moulding draft, wall and corner checks

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.