SolidWorks sustainability

Sustainable design—a dedicated effort to create products in a manner that minimizes their negative impact on the environment, making them more economically viable, socially acceptable, and ecologically tenable—is often misunderstood. In the past, many manufacturing executives viewed efforts to become more environmentally friendly as expenses rather than opportunities.

Highlights of SolidWorks Sustainability – Choose a better way for a better environment!

  • Intuitive LCA method to conduct analysis of parts and assemblies in an effective manner
  • Real-time display of a product’s effect on air, water, carbon footprint and energy on Environment Impact dashboard
  • Baseline measurement that will help you to monitor your new product design with the existing baselines (environmental impact of an existing product)
  • Search alternate product materials within SolidWorks Sustainability
  • Easy to use and quick interface similar to other SolidWorks products
  • Generate quick reports that tracks your eco-friendly product development process
LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) Tool: SolidWorks Sustainability measures impacts over a design’s entire life cycle, which includes raw materials extraction, manufacturing, product transportation and use, and disposal.
Environmental Impact Dashboard: SolidWorks® Sustainability software measures four environmental indicators over the life cycle of your product: carbon footprint, total energy consumed, and air and water impacts. For each of these four environmental indicators, the dashboard provides a continuous, real-time assessment of current values as well as comparisons to your baseline design.
Find Similar Material: Until now, designers had to wade through materials databases, limiting their ability to effectively consider alternatives. SolidWorks Sustainability can show how “like” materials compare to the original in terms of environmental impacts as well as standard engineering properties such as thermal conductivity and yield strength.
SolidWorks Flow Simulation tools have enabled us to provide our customers with the best value for money proposition
Mr. Gautam Samant,
Managing Director, Spica Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd. (A Polyhydron group Company)

Sustainability Product Matrix

Sustainable Design
Environmental Impact Dashboard with Key Indicators .
Seamlessly integrated with SolidWorks interface .
Environmental Impact Estimates of Parts . .
Material Selection Tool . .
Customizable Reports . .
Establish Baseline to Compare Design Decisions . .
Baseline Comparison Report . .
Environmental Impact Estimates of Assemblies .  
SolidWorks Configuration Support .  
Input “Use Phase” Energy .  
Specify Primary Transportation Type .  
Report Includes BOM with Best/Worst Components .  
Assembly Visualization Support .  
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