View Assembly Details

Introduction

After you analyze (cost) the top level of an assembly, the assembly structure appears in the Assembly Details tab (See Part Details and Assembly Details Tabs for general component information):

  • Previously-analyzed parts or subassemblies show a green status symbol, uncosted components show a grey status symbol, with dashes for costs (uncosted components must be costed to fully analyze the assembly).

  • Always visible at the bottom of the table are the total costs of all components (Component Subtotal), the total costs of all assembly processes (Assembly Processes Subtotal) and the GRAND TOTAL for the entire assembly.

  • Each sub-assembly will provide a subtotal of its components.

Note: Use the Assembly Tracker tab to see a summary of assembly costs - see Assembly tracker. Also, see Assembly Process Detail for details of that tab.

Functions Available

Using the Assembly Details Tab, you can

View Assembly Details Options

Right-click on a row in the Assembly Details tab to see the follow commands:

Menu Command

Description

Copy
Cut
Paste

Basic editing commands for selected components. For example, copy a component from one assembly and paste it into another assembly.

Add

For a selected assembly, add a component through the Search utility, or to create a new virtual component.

See Add Components to an Assembly.

Edit Quantity

Specify the number of instances of the selected component.

Remove

Remove the selected component form the assembly.

Switch Scenario

If the currently selected component has more than one scenario, this command allows you to choose between them. See Switch Scenarios in an Assembly

Show Formula Dependencies

Show what formulas contribute to the value of a component. See Show Formula Dependencies.

Initialize

If the selected row has a grey (uncosted) icon, cost the component using the Using the Cost Object Info window. See Analyze Subassemblies Using the Initialize Option .

Open

Open the selected component in its own tab.

Save

Commits to the aPriori database  any changes to the selected component.

Lock
Unlock

Allow or disallow changes to the currently selected part or assembly scenario.

See Lock Scenarios in an Assembly.

Ignore

Remove the selected component from cost calculations and the display for the assembly.

See Ignore Components of an Assembly.

Hide
Undo Hide

Remove the selected component from the display for the assembly (this component is still included in costing).

See Hide Components of an Assembly.

Change Views

The Assembly Details tab supports two main layouts: Tree (indented BOM structure) and List (component list view). You can toggle these views using the Options menu.

Tree View

This shows a tree structure identical to the assembly structure shown in the CAD application. You can expand and collapse the tree to any level, including assembly processes for each assembly and sub-assembly.

List View

This shows a flattened and sortable list of parts, sub-assemblies, and assembly processes in the top level assembly.

For example, if a part occurs 10 times at 4 different levels in the assembly, it appears 4 times in the Tree view, but only once in the List view with a quantity of 10.

View Options Menu

Select the Options menu to see other options:

You can:

  • Select to either display the Full Cost of all parts in the assembly, or individual Per Part Costs.

Note: In the ‘Per Part Cost’ mode, the component costs will not add up to the assembly totals as they represent only a single part instead of all parts in the assembly.

  • Select to either display Current Values (costs reflect all inputs selected in current session), Previous Values (costs do not include your last change), orSaved Values (cost values saved in the data base) .