If you use a custom material that is not defined in the SOLIDWORKS database, you can add financial impact to the material's properties. You can also customize a SOLIDWORKS material if you know that your cost for the material is different from the default cost.
To add a financial impact property to an existing custom material:
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In the FeatureManager, expand the component for which you want to calculate financial impact.
- Right-click
and click Edit Material.
- In the Material dialog box, expand Custom Materials and select the material whose financial impact you want to specify.
- In the right pane, on the Custom tab, click Add.
- For Property Name, type Financial Impact.
Although the property is not case sensitive, you must use the words "Financial Impact."
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For Value, type a positive number representing the cost of the material.
Examples: 35, 63.67
Letters, symbols, and punctuation marks other than "." or "," are invalid. The Materials editor does not report an error, but the financial impact is not read into SOLIDWORKS Sustainability and a tooltip in the Material Financial Impact section of the task pane reports that there is no financial impact data for the material.
- For Units, type currency/measure.
The default Units value for materials defined in the database is USD/kg, standing for United States dollars per kilograms.
- Click Apply, and then click Close.
When you assign the material to a part, the value is used to calculate the material financial impact.