Run the Costing tool to determine the cost of manufacturing a sheet metal part.
The software depends on the unsuppressing of flat patterns in sheet metal parts to determine the cut paths. If you apply Costing to a sheet metal part for which the flat pattern cannot be unsuppressed, the Costing results might be incorrect.
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In a sheet metal part, click Costing
(Tools toolbar or the Evaluate tab on the CommandManager) or .
If there is enough information in the sheet metal template, and if the part has a material assigned to it that matches the template, a cost estimate is performed and the Costing Task Pane displays the Estimated Cost Per Part. If there is not enough information in the template, or if you want to edit the Costing input values, follow the steps below.
- In the Costing Task Pane:
- Under Costing Template, select a template. Default templates are available or you can create templates to use custom manufacturing data. See Creating a New Sheet Metal Template
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Under Material, make selections for Class, Name, and Thickness from template if they are not populated. The Class, Name, and Thickness from template are populated if the material in the part matches a class, name, and thickness in the sheet metal template.
If you want custom classes, names, and thicknesses to appear in the Costing Task Pane, create a template with material information and information about how the materials will be manufactured.
The Material cost is the cost in the template for the selected Class, Name, and Thickness from template combination. You can override Material cost without editing the template. Overrides affect only the part that is open, not the template. If you override Material cost, the text box appears in yellow.
- Under Blank Size, in Area to cost select an item to define the material usage.
- Under Quantity, set the Total number of parts and Lot size.
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Optionally, under Markup/Discount, adjust the material cost or the total cost using a percentage factor.
The software extracts material information from the material set in the part and performs a cost estimate. The CostingManager displays manufacturing features such as cut paths and bends that were recognized in the part. The Costing Task Pane displays the Estimated Cost Per Part.
- Optionally, in the CostingManager, add custom operations and edit and override existing operations.