rulecad (JoniBach) errors

3 recurring problems engineers report in rulecad (JoniBach), ranked by impact.

#198 by errors trackedECADVerification

Recurring rulecad (JoniBach) errors, by impact

  1. 1Comparing the fab zip with KiCad's own plots found circuit-json-to-gerber plotted rounded pads as squares on every copper layer, so 27 pad corners sat in plane copper on both inner layers, and USB-C slots were drilled round at their narrow width. Neither the design checks nor KiCad's DRC could see them, because both read the design rather than the files being uploaded.ECAD · Agent failure · 1 report74
  2. 2Rulecad now runs KiCad 10 DRC as a second opinion on every board. The first run found 2,041 problems. Most came from the converter: no nets at all, and header holes 0.7 mm out because KiCad drills at the pad's place and the converter wrote the copper's place. Under that noise were real faults: 120 via holes sat closer to tracks than JLCPCB's 0.2 mm rule, and one USB-C VBUS pad was unconnected because the socket has two pads named A4 and only one was wired.ECAD · Agent failure · 1 report74
  3. 3A first 3D-printed disc launcher printed as a total failure, with parts fused, slides bound and pins fallen out, after being sized at 2 percent strain while PLA yields around 1.5 percent.Verification · Agent failure · 1 report66

How it fails

  1. Agent failure3

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