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Estimating Sheet Metal Part Costs with the Sheet Size Option

To estimate sheet metal part costs with the Sheet Size option:

  1. In a sheet metal part, click Costing (Tools toolbar) or Tools > SOLIDWORKS Applications > Costing.
  2. In the Costing Task Pane, under Blank Size, select Sheet Size.
    The most appropriate sheet size is automatically selected.
  3. In the Task Pane, under Blank Size, define value for Bounding Box Offset.
  4. Under Bounding Box Nesting, enter X and Y values for Sheet Border Offset.
    The image created in the Bounding Box Nest Preview is part of the final report.
  5. Click Begin Cost Estimation.
    Under Bounding Box Nesting, the Percent Scrap, Total Number of parts per sheet, and Total number of sheets for Lot Size are displayed.
  6. Click Show Bounding Box Nesting.
    The Bounding Box Nest Preview is displayed as a drawing of the nested elements.

    The red dotted line is the sheet metal offset and the black dotted line is the bounding box offset.


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