The separately-licensed aPriori Wire Harness and PCBA Process Groups operate differently than most other cost models which are based on process groups that get their component information either from CAD models or from user-guided input.

The Wire Harness and PCBA process groups actually consist of special VPEs which include modified versions of the Assembly and the User Guided process groups. The components necessary to cost Wire Harnesses and PCBAs (such as VPE, UDAs, customized “macro” files, batch file scripts, etc.) are typically not shipped with the general aPriori release. Please contact aPriori Customer Support to acquire these components.

Before your users can use either of these process groups, somebody must perform the configuration steps documented in this chapter and in the "Wire Harness and PCBA VPEs" chapter of the VPE Administration Guide. This is typically done initially by aPriori Professional Services and then handed off to VPE and System Administrators at the customer site.

Note: Depending on the size of your site, the roles of System Administrator and VPE Administrator might be filled by the same person, or by different individuals. If you have any questions as to what steps need to be performed, or who should perform them, please contact your aPriori Professional Services representative.

Once these configuration steps have been completed, your users can use the feature as described in the "Wire Harness" and/or “PCBA” chapters of the aPriori Cost Model Guide.