Part setups for machining
Please refer to the section "Working with Part Setups and SetupAxis GCDs" in the aPriori Cost Model Guide for a detailed discussion of part setups for machining. A part setup represents a particular orientation that a part may be placed in during the machining of that part. aPriori automatically determines the number of part setups required according to machining best practices. The Component Viewer tools allow you to add additional setups if desired and visualize the currently-used setups and additional potential setups.
The Setup Axis tool is available in the Stock Machining Process Group and when machining is used as a secondary process in manufacturing the part.
To display currently used setups and potential setups
1 Click 
in the Component Viewer tool bar. The list of display options opens.
in the Component Viewer tool bar. The list of display options opens.2 Select Active Setup Axes to see the setups that are actually being used in the machining of the part.
3 Select Inactive Setup Axes to see the potential setup orientations that are not currently used for the selected machining routing and operations.
4 Alternatively, you can click the Setup Axis tool 
in the Component Viewer tool bar and then select Display Setup and Turning Axes… The resulting window allows you to independently display both active and inactive (candidate) setup axes.
in the Component Viewer tool bar and then select Display Setup and Turning Axes… The resulting window allows you to independently display both active and inactive (candidate) setup axes.For more techniques about displaying setups and associated machining, see the section "Displaying Setups, Associated Operations, and GCDs" in the aPriori Cost Model Guide.
To define or activate a setup axis
1 Click on the Setup Axis tool in the Viewer tool bar, then select Modify Setup Axes….
in the Viewer tool bar, then select Modify Setup Axes….2 In the Modify Setup Axes window, click the +Add button to indicate you wish to add a new part setup orientation. aPriori will highlight all inactive setup axes as gray arrows.
3 You can use your cursor to click on an inactive axis and select it. Alternatively, you can select on a planar face or curved wall GCD, to select the axis perpendicular or parallel to those surfaces respectively.
4 The axis will appear in the list of User-Activated axes and will be highlighted in blue in the Viewer window.
Upon subsequent costing, aPriori now will consider any user-defined setups as well as system-computed setups when evaluating which machining operations are possible for different GCDs.
To deactivate a setup axis
You cannot de-activate setup axes that were automatically determined by aPriori. You can de-activate setup axes that were added by a user. In the Modify Setup Axes window, select an axis from the list of User-Activated Axes, and click the Make Inactive button.