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# Getting started
This section will guide you through the necessary steps to get the _cost\_estimation_ module up and running. It contains information on tool requirements and design parameters.
- [Aircraft exchange file](#aircraft-exchange-file) - Get information on necessary parameters from the _acXML_.
- [Module configuration file](#module-configuration-file) - Dive into cost estimation specific parameters.
- [Additional requirements](#additional-requirements) - Is anything else necessary to get the module running?
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It is assumed that you have the `UNICADO package` installed including the executables and UNICADO libraries.
Generally, we use two files to set or configure modules in UNICADO:
- The aircraft exchange file (or _acXML_) includes
- data related inputs (e.g., aircraft configuration, transport task) and
- data related outputs (e.g., annual direct operating costs).
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Since the _cost\_estimation_ module is an assessment tool, it is assumed that a converged aircraft design and therefore all the necessary data are already available.
The following information is needed from the _acXML_:
1. Design specification
- Configuration information: Configuration type
- Transport task: Passenger definition, passenger class definition, and cargo definition
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| | | | | | - Price per operating empty mass
| | | | | | - Rate insurance
| | | | | | - Rate interest
| | | | | | - Residual value factor
| | | | | - Crew
| | | | | | - Salary variation
| | | | | - Flight cycles
| | | | | | - Block time per flight
| | | | | | - Block time supplement per flight
| | | | | | - Daily night curfew time
| | | | | | - Potential annual operation time
| | | | | | - Annual lay days overhaul
| | | | | | - Annual lay days reserve
| | | | | | - Annual lay days maintenance
| | | | | | - Annual lay hours overhaul
| | | | | | - Annual lay hours reserve
| | | | | | - Annual lay hours maintenance
| | | | | - Handling
| | | | | | - Fees handling
| | | | | - Landing
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