The Validation and Design Guidance tabs provide centralized information, functionality, and guidance to help you validate and modify assumptions made by aP Pro, then evaluate and address design details.
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The Validate tab allows you to validate and edit key assumptions aP Pro made during analysis for the selected Process Group.
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The Design Guidance tab provides the designer with Potential Manufacturing Issues and Potential Cost Drivers, and presents both detailed context-sensitive help to understand the ramifications of these details, and the capability to evaluate and adjust these details.
Note: Digital Factory administrators can Configuring Validation Display Controls.
Using Validation and Design Guidance Together
The Validation and Design Guidance tabs are designed to work together as part of a logical workflow:
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Use the Validation tab, to understand, evaluate, and adjust basic assumptions aP Pro made during analysis.
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Use the Part Summary tab to identify key cost drivers (material, labor, and so on), to understand where to focus. See Part Summary tab.
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Use the Design Guidance tab to:
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Investigate any uncosted GCDs by reviewing information in the Design For Manufacture section.
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Evaluate and potentially adjust the design-related cost driver details in the Design To Cost section.
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Design Guidance messages
The design guidance contains detailed explanations and suggestions for information and functionality from across the product, to guide the design engineer in identifying and evaluating common areas for cost savings, and providing recommendations to make improvements in either aPriori or the CAD model.
See the spreadsheet design_guidance_messages.xlsm for a listing of the design guidance messages possible for each process group.