The Router process provides the setup options Tooling Cost and Number of Tools Required.

By default, the tool cost for the Manual Forming operation of the Bench Operation process is the product of the cost per unit area, the form area, and a region multiplier. See Stretch Forming Tooling. You can override the default with this setup option.

By default in starting point VPEs, tooling cost calculations assume that a single tool lasts long enough to produce the production volume specified in any scenario. VPE administrators can customize the default number of tools assumed for the current production scenario (with the cost model variables routerJigNumberOfPartsLife). Users can override the default on a per-part basis and specify the number of tools with this setup option. The cost model accounts for the specified number of tools in total hard tooling cost.