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Cost Analysis Panel ​

The Cost Analysis panel shows a comprehensive cost breakdown for the entire project — manufacturing costs and times per work step, material consumption and costs. It updates whenever the project data changes.

What it displays ​

The panel renders a rich text document containing the full cost analysis:

  • Work step costs — setup time, unit time, and costs per step
  • Surcharges — project-level surcharges applied to the final pricing
  • Quantities and totals — scale price table showing how cost evolves at different quantity tiers

The exact content depends on which processes are active in your project. For example, if the project contains sheet metal parts, the analysis includes sheet consumption, weight, and costs.

Relationship to Other Panels ​

The Cost Analysis panel is read-only — it displays the project-level summary. For article-specific cost details, see the Details panel (select an article in the Tree View to see its breakdown).

The Cost Analysis panel is tabbed together on the right side with Details and Messages — click a tab to switch between them.

Triggering a Recalculation ​

Costs are recalculated automatically whenever you change a process parameter, material, or quantity. To force a manual recalculation, run the relevant process on your parts again from the Tree View or Graph View.

Editing cost parameters ​

To change how a node's cost is calculated without changing its geometry, right-click the node in the Graph View and select Edit calculation parameters or Edit calculation variables.

  • Edit calculation variables — opens a dialog where you enter custom values for the input variables of this process's calculation. The action only appears when the process's calculation defines such variables.
  • Edit calculation parameters — enters custom calculation values that override the database defaults for this specific node: Material costs per piece, Setup time, and Unit time per piece on the Internal manufacturing tab, or scale prices on the External manufacturing tab. Use this when a part requires non-standard parameters that would otherwise need a custom database entry.

Both actions update the cost breakdown in the Cost Analysis panel and the per-node costs shown in the Details panel.

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