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Writing a SOLIDWORKS Sustainability API application typically involves:

  1. Adding a reference to either the SOLIDWORKS Sustainability API type library or primary interop assembly:
    • VBA: sustainability version Type Library or install_dir\sustainability.tlb.
    • C# or VB.NET: SOLIDWORKS.Interop.sustainability or install_dir\api\redist\CLR2\SOLIDWORKS.Interop.sustainability.dll.
      NOTE: install_dir is typically C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS.
  2. Opening a part or assembly document.
  3. Getting the model document object, IModelDoc2.
  4. Calling IModelDocExtension::GetSustainability to get the entry point to the SOLIDWORKS Sustainability API, ISustainabilityApp.
  5. Getting and setting environmental impact factors:
    For document type... To get or set this environmental impact factor... Call...
    Parts Material ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityMaterial
    Manufacture ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityManufacturing
    Region of use ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityPartUse
    Transportation ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityTransportation
    End of Life ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityEndOfLife
    Assemblies Material of components ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityMaterial
    Manufacture of components ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityManufacturing
    Assembly ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityAssemblyProcess
    Region of use and energy consumption ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityAssemblyUse
    Transportation ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityTransportation
    End of Life ISustainabilityApp::GetSustainabilityEndOfLife
  6. Specifying the amount of product use time over which to evaluate environmental impact.
  7. Specifying the units of time over which to evaluate environmental impact.
  8. Updating the environmental impact results.
  9. Obtaining the environmental impact of a part or assembly in terms of air acidification, carbon footprint, energy consumption, and water eutrophication.

For more information about SOLIDWORKS Sustainability, see the SOLIDWORKS Help.



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