Process setup options (also referred to as a PSOs or setup options) allow you to configure the costing of an individual part. For example, if you cost a part using the Plastic Molding process group, you can use a setup option to specify the number of mold cavities that should be assumed for that part.

All PSOs have reasonable default settings (except for some process setup options in user-guided process groups--see the chapter User Guided Process Groups in the Cost Model Guide). You only need to use a setup option when you want to override the default.

You set PSOs with the Process Options Editor: select Process Setup Options from the Edit menu in the Manufacturing Process pane.

The left pane of the Process Options Editor displays the current routing as a tree, just as the Manufacturing Process pane does.

Each process setup option applies either at the process level or at the individual GCD level. A process-level setup option (such as Number of Cavities, mentioned above) has a single setting for a given part, while a GCD-level setup option can be set differently for different operations on different GCDs. For example, you can use a setup option to specify the load time for a particular insert in an Assembly Molding part.

To set a process-level option, click the relevant process in the navigation pane of the Process Options Editor:

To set a GCD-level option, click the relevant GCD under the relevant operation occurrence in the navigation pane of the Process Options Editor:

You can set a PSO on multiple GCDs at once: in the navigation pane of the Process Options Editor, click the first GCD and then either shift-click to select the end of a range of GCDs or ctrl-click to select additional GCDs:

For details about the process setup options available for each process group, see the Cost Model Guide.