You can use Sustainability to evaluate and improve the environmental
impact of assemblies. You can refine an assembly design by adding materials to parts or
components. You can perform a general analysis, based on default values, or a more accurate
analysis, by adjusting values for each component.
General steps are:
- Open the assembly and start Sustainability.
- If a component does not have a material defined, select it on the
Task List and add a material or exclude
the component from the calculation.
- When you have dealt with all components on the Task List, click View
Results.
- On the main pane, specify values for Assembly Process, Use,
Transportation , and End of Life.
The
total impact of the assembly considers each component's material, manufacturing
specifications, transportation mode and distances to the assembly's
manufacturing region, and end of life specifications.
- On the Environmental Impact
dashboard, specify the duration of use for the assembly.
- Review the environmental impact of the assembly.
- For each component, adjust values by selecting the item in the
FeatureManager or graphics area and working on the Selected Items pane.
Inputs and
results are saved separately for each configuration.
- Click in the graphics area to return to the main pane and review the
environmental impact of the assembly.
- (Optionall)
Create a report that describes the results.