Achieving Full Costing
When you use semi-automated costing, your part might be only partially costed. To achieve full costing, follow these steps:
1 In the Viewer, select the most important (remaining) GCD to review. Click the GCD to select it (the GCD turns yellow when selected).
2 Right-click the selected GCD, and select Edit Operation….
The Operation Sequence Selection dialog appears.
3 In the Operation Sequence Selection dialog, right-click the Features to Review rectangle, and select Process Setup Options.
Diagnostic information appears, listing the reasons for the infeasibility of candidate operations.
4 Take action to effect an operation assignment, based on the diagnostic information. Here are some examples of reasons for the infeasibility of candidate operations, together with appropriate responses:
o Walls adjacent to the GCD form a sharp corner. Consider whether you should activate a setup axis to allow facing, or (if sharp corners are not the intended geometry) modify the CAD model.
o Feature is not accessible from any available setup axis (see Working with Part Setups and SetupAxis GCDs). Consider activating an additional setup axis or overriding the principal setup axes.
o Feature has an undercut. Consider manually assigning an appropriate operation (such as Undercut Milling). See Manually Assigned Operations.
o Surface too large for contouring. Consider modifying the contouring area ratio threshold. See Contouring Area Ratio Threshold in Machining Node Process Setup Options.
5 Cost the part again, and check for the desired operation assignment.
6 If other GCDs are listed as Features to Review, go back to step 1.