Start an aPriori Professional on-premise session

Note: You might have to provide your aPriori or MFA credentials (username and password) to start aPriori Professional. You can typically obtain your credentials from your System Administrator.

For an aPriori On-Premise deployment, you can start aPriori Professional:

  • In CAD Independent Mode by using an aPriori Professional Desktop icon

  • In Direct Integration Mode by using a Cost in aPriori button in a Creo® CAD application that is supported by and configured for Direct Integration with aPriori Professional

  • By using a Cost in aPriori button or menu option in a CAD application that contains an installed and configured Cost in aPriori plug-in

For information about CAD-Indepent and Direct Integration modes, see Automatic geometry updates.

Start aPriori Professional in CAD-Independent mode

To start aPriori Professional directly from your desktop, click the aPriori icon, .

Note: If there is not an aPriori Professional icon on your desktop, contact you aPriori Administrator.

TIP: If aPriori Professional is installed, but you do not have an icon on your destop, you might be able to start aPriori Professional by using the runstandaloneApriori executable that is in the bin folder in your aPriori Professional installation directory.

For information about CAD-Indepent mode, see Automatic geometry updates.

Start aPriori Professional in Direct Integration mode

A Creo CAD application can be integrated directly with aPriori Professional during the aPriori Professional installation. In this case:

  1. Start your Creo application.

    By default, the aPriori Professional aPriori Professional Ticker starts automatically

  2. To switch to aPriori Professional Desktop, click the button in the aPriori Professional Ticker .

Important: If your User Preferences prevent aPriori Professional from starting automatically when Creo starts, to start the aPriori Professional Ticker, in Creo, open the aPriori menu and select Start aPriori.

For information about Direct-Integration mode, see Automatic geometry updates.

Start aPriori Professional by using a Cost in aPriori Plug-in

The method for starting aPriori Professional by using a Cost in aPriori Plug-in depends on the CAD application that the plug-in is installed to. If your CAD system toolbar includes an aPriori button, click it to start the aPriori Professional Ticker. Otherwise you can start aPriori Professional and import the active component in you CAD application by using a Cost in aPriori option in the applicable menu on a tab, menu bar, or toolbar in the CAD application.

For example, for:

  • CATIA V5 – Select Tools > Cost in aPriori > Cost in aPriori.

  • Inventor – Select Cost in aPriori.

  • NX – Select Cost in aPriori > Cost in aPriori. If attempting to start aPriori Professional via your NX CAD application generates an error, Troubleshoot NX™ Driver Incompatibility Issues .

  • Solidworks – Select Cost in aPriori > Cost in aPriori.

  • SolidEdge – Select Cost in aPriori > Cost in aPriori.

TIP: To make the aPriori menu or button visible in your CAD application, use the Tools or View menu or tab in the CAD application.

Troubleshoot NX™ Driver Incompatibility Issues

If your display adapter driver is not compatible, NX generates an error message when you try to:

  • Export a CAD file to a step file.

  • Cost using the Cost in aPriori Plug-in.

To resolve this incompatibility issue:

  1. Open the Windows device manager.

  2. Disable your display adapter driver.