Just How Green is That Product You’re Designing?

By: Claudia Meder

To help provide the answer, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) introduced software at the SolidWorks World 2009 that details, in real time, the environmental impact of parts, assemblies, and the design decisions that go into them.  SolidWorks is the leading supplier of 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology, providing intuitive, high-performing software that helps users design better products.

 

SolidWorks Sage is built on PE International’s GaBi software and database, the world’s most comprehensive tool for quantifying the environmental performance of materials, processes, products, and infrastructure.   PE International is the largest and one of the oldest networks of sustainability experts in the world and has performed product life cycle assessments for two decades, continuously gathering detailed data about materials and processes to improve the GaBi database.

 

Read more about SolidWorks Sage and GaBi Inside Tools

 

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