Process Defaults and Thresholds

This section lists some of the important cost model variables and toolshop variables.

pressTableWidthMargin	See Machine Selection.
pressTableLengthMargin	See Machine Selection.
upperCoilWidthThreshold	See Machine Selection.
lowerCoilWidthThreshold	See Machine Selection.
defaultPartSpacing	See Machine Selection.
defaultDieSpacing	See Machine Selection.
customCutMultiplier	See Material Cost and Utilization.
defaultXyOrientation	See Material Cost and Utilization.
defaultEdgeMargin	See Material Cost and Utilization and Trim Strip Applied to Length and Width of Part.
defaultPartStripSpacing	See Material Cost and Utilization and Pitch Margin Adder for Center Carrier Strip Type.
singleEdgeCarierStripWidth	See Material Cost and Utilization.
doubleEdgeCarierStripWidth	See Material Cost and Utilization.
maximumStripWidth	See Material Cost and Utilization and Maximum Strip Width.
drawRate	See Cycle Time Calculation.
upperBlankPerimeterLengthThreshold	See Tooling Calculation.
lowerBlankPerimeterLengthThreshold	See Tooling Calculation.
defaultEdgeMarginWidth	See Trim Strip Applied to Length and Width of Part.
largeProgDiePartSizeThreshold	See Press Carrier Strip Type.
defaultFrenchStopSize	See Press French Stop.

The toolshop variables avgLaborRate and avgMatlRate affect tooling costs—see Tooling Calculation.