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3.29 Adding comments You can adjust the visual appearance of our plan. For example, clicking on a flow arrow, you can redirect it by moving the black markers on the corners. With a double click you see the properties of that flow and can change the colour of the flow arrow in the plan editor. You can also add comments to your model. This is only a visual element and does not affect the calculations made using the model. Clicking on the Comment icon inserts a new comment into your model. You will notice the comment editor opens where you can select the background colour and font colour as well as entering the text. 84. Click on the „Comment‟ button and choose a background colour for the box and font colour 85. Write the comment: „This model contains some non representative assumptions.‟ 86. Click „OK.‟ 87. You can now resize and move this box as if it were a process. You can now play around with your model and resize, relocate and redirect your processes and flow arrows to make it look the way you prefer. Remember that your model should reflect the real life situation. 88. Save and close your plan. You have now completed modelling. 56
3.30 Creating a balance If you have not completed the tutorial up to this point, you can open the “Tutorial Model” plan. This plan contains a finished version of the model. In order to analyse the environmental impacts of your modelled paper clip you have to create a balance. A GaBi balance is a file containing all the calculated results for the modelled system and includes all of the LCI results as well as the LCIA results. Create a balance of the Life Cycle Steel Paper Clip plan now. 89. Click on the „Balance‟ icon in the plan window. The GaBi dashboard will open. 3.31 Dashboard This dashboard allows you to choose how you would like to view the LCI and LCIA results. You can also view the results of the Life Cycle Costing and Life Cycle Working Environment analysis here. You can save the balance separately by clicking on the save button. The balance will be saved in the balances folder of your database. You find your balances in the object hierarchy of your GaBi DB Manager right above your plans. 90. Save your balance, but remember if you change anything on your plan, you have to calculate and save a new balance. At the moment you see a series of charts showing the life cycle impact asessement resutls for the paper clip model. We are currently viewing the global warming potential, acidification potential and other impacts. 57
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GaBi Paper Clip Tutorial Handbook f
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction to
Page 5 and 6: Table of Figures Figure 1: Overview
Page 7 and 8: Purpose of this Handbook The purpos
Page 9 and 10: The following is just a brief list
Page 11 and 12: 2.1.2 Scope The intended applicatio
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Page 27 and 28: 3 Procedure This chapter outlines a
Page 29 and 30: 3.4 GaBi theory GaBi calculates the
Page 31 and 32: You will now see the flow dialog bo
Page 33 and 34: A new plan will open in a new windo
Page 35 and 36: 3.10 Creating a new process You now
Page 37 and 38: In contrast, an LCI Result contains
Page 39 and 40: 28. Enter the steel wire flow by cl
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Page 43 and 44: We determined that our paperclip ha
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Page 51 and 52: 3.26 Linking processes Let´s compl
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Page 63 and 64: 3.36 Weak point analysis A very nic
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Page 67 and 68: 4 Literature GABI 2003 GaBi 4: Soft
Page 69 and 70: Appendix A Appendix A 3 Global Warm
Page 71 and 72: Appendix A Appendix A 6 Photochemic
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