Deep Costing

Deep costing analyzes the current scenario for an entire assembly structure, including all sub-components.

This allows you to quickly analyze an assembly, without needing to analyze each sub-component individually.

Deep costing uses the separate Bulk Costing and Analysis engine to perform calculations.

Deep Costing Assemblies

Use the Cost > Deep Cost Scenario menu option to perform deep costing.

See Deep Costing Assemblies.

Tip: See the Deep Cost a CAD Assembly aP Academy training course for more details.

Deep Costing Roll-ups and Comparisons

You can also deep cost a roll-up or a cost comparison, but only their sub-components appear in the Bulk Cost Group. The roll-up or cost comparison themselves do not associate with any cost and therefore, are not costed. However, if a roll-up contains a sub-roll-up, then the components from that sub-roll-up are also included in the costing. See Roll-ups.

Note: If you specified an optional Rollup Name for output when defining the Bulk Cost Group, the roll-up will include components at the top level if they are sub-components of costed assemblies. They are already included or displayed as children of costed assemblies.

Deep Costing or Bulk Costing?

Deep costing helps you quickly cost components in a single assembly.

You can access more functions using the Bulk Costing and Analysis module, including costing any combination of components and assemblies. and additionally using Input Sheets.