Adding Costing Information to File Properties

You can assign cost-specific custom properties to SolidWorks documents. You can add cost-specific custom properties to part files.

1. Open the part and click Costing (Tools toolbar or the Evaluate tab on the CommandManager) or Tools > Costing.
2. If the software does not calculate a cost estimate automatically, select options in the Costing Task Pane to estimate the part cost.
3. Click File > Properties.
4. In the dialog box, select the Custom tab or the Configuration Specific tab.
5. Add a Costing-specific custom property:
   1. In Property Name, select an item that starts with Cost, such as Cost - Total Cost.
   2. In Type, select Text.
   3. In Value / Text Expression, select the cost property that corresponds to your Property Name selection, such as Cost - Total Cost. You can select from the following:

      Cost - Material Name	Specifies the type of material used when costing the part.
      Cost - Stock Type	Specifies the type of stock used to cost the part.
      Cost - Template Name	Specifies the name of the template used to estimate the part cost.
      Cost - Material Cost	Specifies the calculated cost of material used.
      Cost - Manufacturing Cost	Specifies the calculated manufacturing cost.
      Cost - Time of Cost Calculation	Specifies the time at which the cost was most recently calculated.
      Cost - Stock Size	Specifies the size of the stock used to manufacture the part.
      Cost - Total Cost	Specifies the calculated cost of the part.

      Evaluated Value displays the property value calculated by the Costing tool.

6. Click OK.