Heat Map Overview

The Geometry Analysis tool – better known as the “heat map” – is available from the component viewer tool bar and provides a visual presentation of metrics concerning various aspects of your machined component.

Note: In aPriori as shipped, the metrics are populated only for parts analyzed in the Stock Machining process group, but metrics for other process groups can be configured. Please contact aPriori support or your aPriori account team for more information.

aPriori comes out of the box with a rich set of heat map criteria which are available from the Criterion menu.

aPriori System Administrators have the ability to customize these criteria in the following ways:

• Edit criterion and category names.

• Reorganize criteria across categories or add them to new categories.

• Remove or suppress criteria.

• Set bounds and label for the X-axis,

• Add new criteria and make criteria available to other process groups other than Stock Machining (may require work in the Cost Model WorkBench; please contact aPriori support or your aPriori account team for more information).