Dassault Systèmes (DS) SolidWorks Corp. will donate $1 for every download of its SolidWorks® SustainabilityXpress solution, up to $10,000, to Formula Hybrid™, an international competition of university engineering students to develop high-performance fuel-electric hybrid vehicles.
While the “Everything Goes Green” bandwagon rolls, it is important to distinguish the environmental impact of specific industries. Going green is often overused these days, however what could be better for the manufacturing industry than a tool that predicts environmental impact PRIOR to production?
SolidWorks Project Sage refers to the development of a new add-on product for the SolidWorks software that will allow designers to quantify in real time the projected environmental impacts of the parts and assemblies that they create.
Here are links to various press releases, articles, etc:
http://www.tenlinks.com/NEWS/PR/solidworks/021209_sage.htm
http://www.pe-international.com/gabi/gabi-inside-tools/solidworks-sage/
http://www.fcsuper.com/swblog/?p=165
A preview of Sage will be made available through SolidWorks Labs this summer.