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Defining the Assembly Process

  1. With an assembly open, click Tools > Sustainability.
  2. In the Sustainability Task Pane, use the Task List to ensure that materials are defined for all parts, then click View Results.
  3. In the Assembly Process section, select the manufacturing region from the Region drop-down list or by clicking the region in the map.
  4. Under Built to last, enter a time increment and value to represent the expected life span of the assembly. For example, 10.00 and Year, indicating 10 years of life expectancy.

    If the Built to last value of the whole assembly is 10 years and the Built to last value of one of the assembly's components is 5 years, the components whose value is five years will be included twice in the impact calculation of the assembly.

  5. If you want to specify the energy usage to build the assembled product, select Energy required for assembly process.
  6. In the Fuel type drop-down list, select Electricity or Natural Gas.
  7. In the Amount field, type the amount of energy you expect to be used.


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