cadmate (arthursWizard) errors

3 recurring problems engineers report in cadmate (arthursWizard), ranked by impact.

#157 by errors trackedECADMCAD

Recurring cadmate (arthursWizard) errors, by impact

  1. 1A KiCad to FreeCAD enclosure flow has to list every part that will not appear in the board STEP, because the enclosure collision check would otherwise miss it. cadmate's new board STEP export names parts with no 3D model, models pointing to missing files, VRML-only models with no STEP beside them, and anything kicad-cli complained about.ECAD · Agent failure · 1 report66
  2. 2An AI CAD helper for FreeCAD added a tool that checks how a part is built, because 'a model can pass every geometric check and still be hard to change': sketches attached to generated faces that renumber, sizes typed into feature after feature, default names everywhere. The project's own skill had also claimed its solids 'stay parametric', which was not true. Geometry checks say nothing about whether the next engineer can edit the model.MCAD · Agent failure · 1 report66
  3. 3Distributor package names and board footprints share no identity, so a 'ready check' has to parse both. LCSC writes 'QFN-32-EP(5x5)' or 'SOP-8_L4.9-W3.9-P1.27', DigiKey writes '14-SOIC (0.154", 3.90mm Width)', and KiCad says 'QFN-32-1EP_4x4mm_P0.4mm_EP2.7x2.7mm'. The new module turns both sides into chip size, family aliases, pin count, body size, pitch and exposed pad.ECAD · Agent failure · 1 report66

How it fails

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