SolidWorks Costing

Contents

• Converting Simple Drilled Holes to Milled Pockets
  

  You can convert simple holes to circular milled pockets, and you can revert the circular pockets back to holes. When you switch circular milled pockets to drilled holes, you must define a drill diameter in the machining template that matches the hole diameter, or that is at most 10 percent smaller than the circular pocket diameter.

• Multibody Parts
  

  With SolidWorks Costing^®, you can calculate how much it costs to manufacture multibody parts.

• Turned Parts
  

  With SolidWorks Costing, you can calculate how much it costs to manufacture turned parts.

• User Interface
  

• Volume Features
  

  When you apply the Costing tool to a part that is machined from a block or cylinder stock type, the software calculates the difference between the stock material and the actual part, excluding machined features such as holes and pocket features. This difference creates volume features, which contribute to the cost of the part as a result of the required milling operations.