Adding Materials You can access additional materials for Sustainability studies using the Sustainability Extras folder in the SOLIDWORKS Materials dialog box. You can create a custom material and assign a sustainability material to the custom material. Contents Adding Sustainability Data to a Custom Material You can perform sustainability analysis with a custom material by linking your custom material to a material with similar characteristics in the default SOLIDWORKS Materials database. The analysis is then performed using the Sustainability characteristics of the SOLIDWORKS material. Assigning Financial Impact to a Custom Material 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. Parent topicSOLIDWORKS Sustainability SOLIDWORKS Sustainability Overview Comparison of Sustainability Products Sustainability Task Pane Views Evaluating the Environmental Impact of a Part Evaluating the Environmental Impact of an Assembly (not available with SustainabilityXpress) Visualizing Sustainability Properties