GaBi Paper Clip Tutorial - GaBi Software

3.6 Starting a project
Procedure
You are going to construct a model of a steel paper clip. We already did some research
on the paper clip, defined the goal and scope definition and qualitatively described the
paper clip life cycle. Let´s convert all this information into a new GaBi project.
13. Click on ‘Projects’ in the object hierarchy and start a new project by right clicking
in the display area on the right and selecting ‘New’.
14. Name this project ‘Life Cycle Steel Paper Clip.’
15. Click ‘Activate project.’
Once the project is activated, all newly created processes, plans and flows will be saved
under this project. This makes it much easier to find all the relevant information when you
open the project in the future. It is a good idea to work with projects to keep your LCAs
organised.
16. Close the project window.
3.7 Creating a plan
The first thing you need to do then is to create a plan. On this plan you will model the life
cycle of the paper clip.
17. To create a new plan you can click on ‘Plans’ in the object hierarchy and then
right click in the display area and select ‘New.’
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