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Intro to SOLIDWORKS Costing for
Manufacturing Cost Estimation
SOLIDWORKS Senior Product Manager
Craig Therrien
 About the Learning Path Tracks at SWW 2017
• Deep dive into an area of interest - this year’s paths are:
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• Internet of Things (IoT) – designing and then connecting your devices

• Subtractive Manufacturing – integrated CAD/CAM, inspection, cost estimation and
DFM tools
• Additive Manufacturing – applications and how to design for additive manufacturing
• Model Based Definition (MBD) – advantages of and how to implement Model
Based Design processes

• Attend at least 4 of the 6 sessions in a Learning Path to receive a Certificate of

Completion after SWW
• Panel Discussions on Wednesday afternoon

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Who are you?

What is your job?

• Manufacturing Engineer / CAM / Estimator
• Product / Tooling Designer
• Manager / CAD Admin

What best describes your company?

• Manufacture only
• Design only
• Design & Manufacture
What is SOLIDWORKS Costing?
Automatic manufacturing cost estimation
• Subtractive and additive manufacturing
• Costs update with every part change
• Customizable manufacturing templates
• Works with any 3D CAD
• Included in SolidWorks Professional and Premium
Who uses SolidWorks Costing?
Designers want to…
• Make better design decisions based on cost
• Get cost estimates faster
• Understand what design changes will help reduce costs during the design phase

Manufacturers want…
• Fast, repeatable, accurate quotes
• Quoting based on their specific manufacturing processes and labor and material costs

Managers & Executives want to…

• Consistently hit product cost targets
• Maintain healthy and predictable profit margins
• Eliminate the need to re-design products in order to reduce cost
• Improve communication between manufacturing and design to reduce product costs earlier
 Success Stories for SOLIDWORKS Costing
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“
The SOLIDWORKS Costing tool gives us a
competitive advantage in terms of turning around
accurate proposals. The information provided by
the Costing application is very accurate, so we
use it as the basis of all of our manufacturing
proposals.”
– Managing Director P. Chandramouli,
Domotech Appliances

“
SOLIDWORKS Costing has helped decrease my
time per day spent quoting from 5 hours
to about 40 minutes.”
– Dayne Peruzzi, President,
PMS Manufactured Products

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What can I cost with SOLIDWORKS Costing?
Sheet Metal Machining
Laser Cutting Milling
Bends/Hems Drilling
Forming Tools Turning
Machined Castings

Multi-Body &
Additive Operations Assemblies
3D Printing Sheet Metal
Cast Molding Machining
Plastic Injection Weldments
Mixed Environments
How does it work?

MFG Cost Templates + MFG Process

Recognition (MPR) + Cost Estimation
Equations =

COSTING
Cost Impact Calculation
Key Feature: Instant estimates & compare change impact
• FAST, FAST, FAST
• Instant quotes or Design for Cost
• What makes the design expensive?
• Compare design alternatives
• Compare manufacturing processes
Cost Templates
Key Feature: Customizable Cost Templates
• Input your mfg costs
• Vendor templates
• Like a spreadsheet
Customizable Cost Reports
Customize information that is output from Costing
• Word or Excel
• Customizable
• Use for:
• Quotes
• Purchasing “should cost”
• Production planning
• Design review
Costing Options
Key Feature: Default setup to speed cost estimation
• Default manufacturing processes
• Default Templates, Material, Stock, Quantity
• Template overrides
• MPR or Volume based costing
• Cost per volume
• Machining finish level
• Machining offsets
File Properties for Cost
Key Feature: Display costs in BOM and Assembly Visualization
• Custom Properties for cost
• Include in BOM or Assembly
Visualization
File Save Options
Protecting your cost information
• Save part without Costing data
• Save Costing Template as
“Limited Access Copy”
• Allows vendors to share costing
template with customers
Machining Calculations
Material Removal Rate (MRR) method
• Calculates time to remove specific volume of material
• Milling and Drilling
• Turning
• End Cutting
• Stock selection drives process selection
• Billet vs. Plate vs. Cylinder
• Customizability
• Volume features
• Roughing, semi-finishing, finishing - offsets
Weldments and Multi-Body Calculations
Handles multiple process
• Cut off operations
• Milling and Drilling
• Welding
• Mixed multi-body
• Plate – end caps/gussets
• Sheet metal
• Structural members
• Machined parts
• General
More Methods
Concepts to be covered:
• 3D printing
• Casting
• Injection molding
• Machined castings
• Assemblies
 On-Line Costing
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• Cost sheet metal parts via

MySolidWorks
Manufacturing Network
• Manufacturers upload and
maintain templates

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Design for Cost (DFC):
SOLIDWORKS Costing 2017
Cost Estimation, Quoting and
 What’s New in 2015?
SOLIDWORKS Costing
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• Nesting (bounding box) for sheet metal parts

• Stock sheet sizes for Nesting
• Rules to drive Costing decisions
• Assembly Costing Roll-up (SW Premium
• Assembly Report generation (SW Premium

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 What’s New in 2016?
SOLIDWORKS Costing
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• Nesting (bounding box) for sheet metal parts

• Stock sheet sizes for Nesting
• Rules to drive Costing decisions
• Assembly Costing Roll-up (SW Premium
• Assembly Report generation (SW Premium

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 What’s New in SW2017?
SOLIDWORKS Costing
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• Time Based Sheet Metal Templates

• Bounding Box Nesting Preview for
Last Sheet
• Multi-Select Enabled for Operation
Edits for Cost Manager
• Sheet Metal Costing via
Manufacturing Network
• New Rules for Costing
• Subassembly Costing now Supported

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Questions
Craig Therrien – SOLIDWORKS Senior Product Manager
craig.therrien@3ds.com
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