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Analyze Sustainability early in the Design
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Eco Materials Adviser
The Eco Materials Adviser tool enables you to analyze
the environmental impact of your product early in the
design process. The analysis provides rapid estimates
of key environmental indicators such as energy
usage, CO2 footprint, water usage, compliance with
European Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS),
end of life, and material cost, that are influenced by
your material and production process choices. By
browsing and selecting from the hosted materials
database from Granta Design, you can then assign and
evaluate alternative materials, to help minimize overall
environmental impact.
The base version of Eco Materials Adviser which is
included in Inventor can analyze assemblies of up to 20
parts, and uses a starter database of typical materials.
To analyze an unlimited number of parts and to get
access to a more comprehensive materials database,
you can upgrade to the full version of Eco Materials
Adviser that is offered by Granta Design. Click here to
obtain more information.
The tool is accessible from the Environments tab
in parts and assemblies. Eco Materials Adviser was
developed as a joint partnership between Autodesk and
Granta Design.