SOLIDWORKS Sustainability Contents SOLIDWORKS Sustainability Overview Comparison of Sustainability Products Two products can check the environmental impact of models - SOLIDWORKS® SustainabilityXpress and SOLIDWORKS® Sustainability. Sustainability Task Pane Views When you launch Sustainability, it opens in the Task Pane. Use the Sustainability Task Pane to set parameters and get real-time feedback about the environmental impact of designs. Evaluating the Environmental Impact of a Part You can use SustainabilityXpress or Sustainability to evaluate a part. Change the materials and processes used to create the part and see the effect in the Environmental Impact dashboard of the Sustainability Task Pane. Evaluating the Environmental Impact of an Assembly (not available with SustainabilityXpress) 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. Adding Materials You can access additional materials for Sustainability studies using the Sustainability Extras folder in the SOLIDWORKS Materials dialog box. Visualizing Sustainability Properties You can use Assembly Visualization to focus on the components that most affect an assembly's environmental impact. Visualizing Sustainability Properties