Cost the finished model

1 Click File > Open CAD File to open the finished model, and in the Cost Guide assign it to the 2-Model Machining process group.

Note: As discussed in the previous step, if you initially assign it to Forging or Casting because that is the way you think about the part, you could now click This is an additional machining step for a previously costed part and the Cost Guide will automatically switch to 2-Model Machining.

When you select 2-Model Machining, aPriori automatically selects the third radio option (This is an additional machining step) and disables the other radio options. Also, the Cost Guide displays some new fields for selecting the Source model .

2 If you have already costed the input model (as in this example), use the Search (magnifying glass) button to bring up the Search Tool and specify the correct scenario for the source model (see the "Using the Search Tool" section of the aPriori User Guide). For example, you might have one scenario costing the source model with the USA VPE, and another costing it with the Mexico VPE. Make sure that you select the correct scenario.

Note: If the source model is not yet costed, you can use the Uncosted CAD button to navigate to and open the CAD file, after which you can perform the steps described above for Cost the input source model. Then return here to complete the costing of the finished model. And if you do not yet have a source model at all, you can still cost the finished model and incorporate the input model when it becomes available (see Transitioning to 2-Model on page 756),

At this point, your 2-Model part is costed. As noted above, by default the Fully Burdened Cost of the source part is represented as the Material Cost of the machined part. But you can modify plant variable useSourceModelFBCAsMaterialCost to cause aPriori to use the Piece Part Cost of the source part as the Material Cost of the machined part. To visually inspect the model, see Source model GCD below.