Copying cost settings from one component to another
Copy the cost settings from another costed component when you use aPriori to cost a part defined by a CAD file, then change the CAD filename. Copy the cost settings to avoid losing any costing changes you made when aPriori was referencing the previous file name.
You may also want to copy the cost settings from another component to speed costing for parts that are identical or highly similar to previously costed parts. For example, if a component changed a part name or number, copying the cost settings lets you avoid manually re-specifying all the cost inputs for that component.
You also have the option of copying either a single scenario or all scenarios from one component to another.
You can also copy some or all of the cost settings for an assembly to each of the assembly’s children.
To copy the cost settings from another costed component
1 Select Edit > Production Info from the Manufacturing Process pane to display the Production Info window.
You can also click Copy From on the Cost Object for an uncosted component. In an assembly, select an uncosted component in the component viewer or Geometric Cost Drivers pane, right-click it, and select Initialize from the context menu to display the Production Info window.
2 Click Copy From to display the Copy Component From Existing window.
3 Search for the donor component that contains the cost settings you want to copy.
For more information, see Using the Search tool on page 1.
To copy all scenarios of the donor component, select only the component’s entry in the Name/Part # column in the upper pane.
To copy a single scenario, after selecting the component in the upper pane, also select the desired scenario in the lower pane.
4 Click OK to re-cost the recipient component using the cost settings copied from the donor component.
When you copy cost settings from another costed component, aPriori maps GCDs and GCD settings from the donor component to the recipient component. Any GCDs that aPriori cannot map to the recipient component’s geometry are discarded. aPriori then creates new GCDs for recipient component geometry, as necessary. The GCD mapping works best for highly similar or identical parts, but we recommend that you confirm the correct mapping for all manually applied GCD settings by checking your green user input indicators.
Copied information will include component-level settings (such as process group, annual volume, VPE, and manually selected routings) and GCD-level settings (such as tolerance and roughness settings or manually selected operation sequences).
If the component in aPriori is not connected to a CAD file, aPriori will copy all the donor component settings into the recipient component, including the appearance of the donor component. Once you connect the recipient component to a CAD file, its GCDs will automatically update to match the CAD file’s geometry.