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Adding a tool shop

A tool shop is a set of variables to calculate tooling related costs. A tool shop is something like a miniature Digital Factory but is tooling specific. They have no CSL but store data such as relative costs for different die materials, and can be used by a process that makes use of tooling such as molds, cores, etc. To create a tool shop, you (or an administrator who has permission to use the Cost Model WorkBench) must first create a tool shop type, and then associate it with the relevant process. For these initial steps, refer to the aPriori Cost Model Workbench User Guide: Working with Tool Shop Metadata.

Once the initial set-up work is done, you can use the Digital Factory Manager to add tool shops and view and modify their variables.

  1. Open the Digital Factory to which you want to add a tool shop.

    The Digital Factory is displayed in the aPriori Digital Factory Manager. For more information, see Opening a Digital Factory.

  2. Expand the process group to which you want to add the tool shop.

  3. Expand the Processes folder.
  4. Expand the process folder to which you want to add the tool shop. (If your target process cannot be expanded or does not include a Tool Shops subfolder, review the preliminary work that was done on the CMWB as described above.)
  5. Right-click Tool Shops and click Create Tool Shop.

  6. Enter a name for the tool shop and click OK.

    The tool shop should now appear under the Tool Shops subfolder.

  7. Click the new tool shop and enter values as needed in the fields that are displayed.