The assembly is presented in a tree structure identical to the assembly structure as it is represented in the CAD application. You can expand and collapse the tree to any level.

The Tree view is not sortable because it is structured.

Each assembly and sub-assembly also includes an assembly processes line where you can expand to see the processes (i.e., welding, mechanical assembly, machining or surface treatment) that have been applied at the assembly level.

Always visible at the bottom of the table are the total costs of all components (Component Subtotal), the total costs of all assembly processes (Assembly Processes Subtotal) and the Grand Total for the entire assembly.

Unitialized assemblies and parts will show dashes for costs.

Each sub-assembly will provide a subtotal of its components

You can apply a functional group template to an assembly. See the Using functional groups section of the aPriori User Guide for more information.

The component list view flattens the assembly structure and provides a complete grouped listing of parts, sub-assemblies and assembly processes within the top level assembly. For example, if a part occurs 10 times at 4 different levels in the assembly, it will show up 4 times in the Tree view, but only once in the List view with a quantity of 10.

This view is sortable within each category by selecting any of the table columns

You can toggle between displaying the Full Cost of all parts in the assembly, or individual Per Part Costs with a selection in the Options menu. Note that in the ‘Per Part Cost’ mode, the component costs will not add up to the assembly totals as they represent only a single part instead of all parts in the assembly.

You can toggle between displaying Current Values (costs reflect all inputs selected in current session), Previous Values (costs do not include your last change) and Saved Values (cost values saved in the data base) from the options menu.

The table can be copied and pasted into an Excel spreadsheet. Use the Copy Table command in the Edit menu. Only the columns and rows displayed will be copied.

Both in the viewer and the assembly table you can Initialize or Open components through the right click menu.