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Sheet Metal Costing Template Editor

Use the sheet metal Costing Template Editor to create and edit templates for use with the sheet metal Costing tool.

The Costing template contains the procedures you or your manufacturing supplier use for manufacturing the part. The template can include customized information such as material cost and thicknesses, cost of manufacturing operations, and manufacturing setup costs.

You can determine how manufacturing operations affect the cost of your design. For example, you can set up templates for vendors that use different manufacturing operations.

To display the Sheet Metal Costing Template Editor, click Sheet Metal Costing Tool_Costing_Tools (Tools toolbar). In the Sheet Metal Costing Task Pane, under Costing Template, click Launch Template Editor.

You can specify the file location for Costing templates in Tools > Options > System Options > File Locations . In Show folders for, select Costing templates to add or delete a location. The default Costing template folder is install_dir\lang\language\Costing templates.

  • General
    Use the General screen in the Costing Template Editor to set the units and currency options.
  • Setup Costs
    Use the Setup Costs screen in the Costing Template Editor to define any costs associated with manufacturing setups, such as setting up machines to run a batch (lot) of parts.
  • Material
    Use the Material screen in the Costing Template Editor to set the materials you need to manufacture the sheet metal part.
  • Thickness
    Use the Thickness screen in the Costing Template Editor to set the thickness and cost values for each class and material combination.
  • Cut
    Use the Cut screen in the Costing Template Editor to define the cost of cutting methods based on length or stroke.
  • Bend
    Use the Bend screen in the Costing Template Editor to define the cost of bending methods based on regular bends or hem bends.
  • Library Features
    Use the Library Features screen in the Costing Template Editor to define the cost of library features, punch features, and forming tools in the part.
  • Custom
    Use the Custom screen in the Costing Template Editor to define additional operations that contribute to a part's manufacturing cost, such as powder coating.
Parent topic: Sheet Metal Templates


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