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Performing
Human
Posture
Analysis

Preparing the
Working
Environment

Creating a
Manikin and
Workspace

Performing
Human
Activity
Analysis

Using the
Human
Measurements
Editor

Task
Simulation
Scenarios

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Module 3

Using the Human

Measurements
Editor

Using the Human Measurements Editor

Overview
The Human Measurements Editor is based on a best-in-class human modeling
system. It allows you to investigate human-centered design issues within the context
of the workplace before it physically exists. The Human Measurements editor allows
you to create manikins incorporating characteristics of any human from any
population in the world
There are several tools contained within the Human Measurements Editor, such as:
Variable Edition List
Changing Gender
Filtering Manikin Characteristics
Posture Toolbar
and many others

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Objectives
You will learn how to set manikin characteristics
You will learn how to make manikins gender-specific
You will learn how to filter manikins based on selected characteristics
You will learn how to set manikin posture
You will learn how to the interpolation features of the editor
You will learn how to adjust for population statistics
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Workbenches and Toolbars Used in this Module

Inst
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Using the Human Measurements Editor

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Using the
Variable
Edition List

Changing
Manikin
Gender

Filtering the
Manikin

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Using
Interpolation

Using the
Posture
Toolbar

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Setting
Population
Characteristics

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Saving the
Anthropometry

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Using the
Variable
Edition List

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Using the
Variable
Edition List

Using the Variable Edition List

The Variable Edition list contains a wide selection of human size characteristics
that you can apply to the manikins you create. This collection of characteristics is
called Anthropometry Characteristics. After setting the appropriate variable
characteristics, you can save them as part of the manikin.

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In this section, you will open the Human Measurements Editor workbench, and
apply various characteristics to existing manikins.

More about Human Measurements

Editor can be found in the online
documentation

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Using the
Variable
Edition List

Using the Variable Edition List Procedure

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Launch V5 Product.

Select Start / Ergonomics Design & Analysis / Human Builder.

Open the HBProduct6.CATProduct located in the HB Process directory.

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You will see the project open to display the Human Builder workbench.

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Using the
Variable
Edition List

Using the Variable Edition List Procedure

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Click the Open the Measurements Editor Workbench button. After the workbench
opens, you will be asked to select a manikin.

Select the manikin that you would like to work with from the PPR tree.

Workbench Icon

Return to Previous
Workbench

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Command Prompt Information

appears in this section

From the Anthropometry Editor toolbar, click the Displays the Variable List button.

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Using the
Variable
Edition List

Using the Variable Edition List Procedure

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Click on any variable in the list and you will see the 3D visual display of that value.

To change any of the variables, set the

Management dropdown to Manual.

Change the Value as necessary. A red line

in the 3D window indicates the change.

When you are finished, press Close.

To set the manikin variables back to their default values, from the Anthropometry Editor
toolbar, click the Reset button and select Yes when prompted.

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Changing
Manikin
Gender

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Changing
Manikin
Gender

Changing Manikin Gender

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You can change the manikins gender, as well as characteristics associated with
a particular gender, to more closely reflect your working environment. In this
section, you will learn about the various ways to change the manikin gender.

More about Human Measurements

Editor can be found in the online
documentation

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Changing
Manikin
Gender

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Changing Manikin Gender Procedure

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From the Anthropometry Editor toolbar, click the down-arrow beside the Gender button.

To change the manikin gender, click either the Switches Gender to Male or Female button.

You can also change manikin gender by clicking the Displays the Variable List button
on the Anthropometry Editor toolbar. You will see the Variable Edition List dialog box.

In the Gender field, click the drop-down

arrow and select the appropriate gender.

When you are finished, press the Close

button.

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Filtering the
Manikin

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Filtering the
Manikin

Filtering the Manikin

The filtering feature allows you to display only those anthropometric variables
that you want to see. You can filter the following items:

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Part this item consists of the manikin body, head, torso, arm, hand, leg, and foot. You can select to
display any or all of these body parts.
Type this item refers to anthropometric measurement types of the manikin such as circumference,
height, length, breadth, depth, and mass. You can select to activate any or all of these items.
Management this item refers to the way the variable values are calculated. If automatic, only the
variables calculated by the system are display. If manual, critical (user-defined) variables are
displayed.

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Editor can be found in the online
documentation

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Filtering the
Manikin

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Filtering the Manikin Procedure

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From the Anthropometry Editor toolbar, click the Filter button. You will see the
Anthropometric Filter dialog box.

Select the body Part and Type that you would like to display and press Close.

If you would like to remove the changes you have made, display the dialog box
and press Reset.

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D
Using the
Posture
Toolbar

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Using the
Posture
Toolbar

Using the Posture Toolbar

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With the posture toolbar, you can apply predefined postures to your manikins.
After you have applied the appropriate posture, you can change the variables
associated with that posture to customize it to your particular project needs.

More about Human Measurements

Editor can be found in the online
documentation

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Using the
Posture
Toolbar

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Using the Posture Toolbar Procedure

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From the Anthropometry Editor toolbar, click the down arrow to display the Postures
toolbar.

Click the appropriate posture button to apply the posture to the manikin.

To customize the settings, from the Anthropometry Editor

toolbar, click the Displays the Variable List button. You will
see the Variable Edition List dialog box.

Change values as necessary and press Close.

When you are finished, and if you would like to return the manikin back to the default
values, press the Reset button.

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Using
Interpolation

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Using
Interpolation

Using Interpolation

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The Interpolation button allows you to view the limits of Accommodation. These
are percentages that represent the total amount of the population you are
looking at. These figures take into consideration the various characteristics of
the human population and apply them to the manikins in your simulation.
Boundary values should not be changed except in very specific cases.

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Editor can be found in the online
documentation

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Using
Interpolation

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Using Interpolation Procedure

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From the Anthropometry toolbar, click the Interpolation button. You will see the
Interpolation dialog box.

If necessary, change the Percentage and Boundary values and press Close.

You can return the values back to their original states by pressing the Reset button.

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Setting
Population
Characteristics

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Setting
Population
Characteristics

Setting Population Characteristics

There are five populations from which you can choose when you create your
manikins. However, the Human Solutions product provides a method for
creating files representing other populations in addition to those already
available. The five populations available by default are:
American
Canadian
French
Japanese
Korean

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Creating a population file is a subject for an advanced Human Solutions class.

You should find the five populations currently available to be sufficient for your
needs.

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Editor can be found in the online
documentation

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Setting
Population
Characteristics

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Setting Population Characteristics Procedure

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From the Anthropometry Editor toolbar, click the Population button. You will see
the Population dialog box.

Select the population that best represents the needs for your manikins and simulation,
then press OK.

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Saving the
Anthropometry

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Saving the
Anthropometry

Saving the Anthropometry

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After you have customized your manikins to fit your simulation needs, you
should save the anthropometry so that you can apply those traits to other
manikins as necessary. Recall that you should not save more than a single
instance of a manikin; instead, you can save the anthropometry in a catalog
and then apply it to new manikins to best suit your simulation requirements.

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Editor can be found in the online
documentation

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Saving the
Anthropometry

Saving the Anthropometry Procedure

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From the Anthropometry Editor toolbar, click the Save Manikins Attributes In Catalog
button.

Click the Browse Another Catalog button. You will see the File Selection dialog box.

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Click on the manikin, then in the

Title field type the name of the
anthropometry that you want to
save, and press Save.

When you are finished, press Close.

Browse to the Catalog folder, type the name

for the new catalog file, and press Open. You
will see the Save In Human Catalog dialog box.

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Human Measurements Editor Exercise

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Exercise Human Measurements Editor

30 min.

Scope: You will use the Human Measurements Editor to accomplish various
tasks.
Conditions: V5 and Human Builder workbench must be open.

In this exercise you will:

Load the Human Measurements Editor workbench

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Change manikin characteristics using the Variable Edition list

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Do It Yourself
1. Open the HBProduct6.CATProduct file.
2. Load the Human Measurements Editor workbench.

3. Select Manikin (Manikin A) from the Product tree.

4. Change the following items: set Management to Manual, set Stature to 70%, set
Waist Breadth to 99%, and set Chest Breadth to 99%.

5. Reset the manikin back to original defaults.

6. Experiment with the manikin by applying different postures.
7. Display an 80% limit of accommodation to the manikin.

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8. Change the population (nationality) of the manikin.

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Using the Human Measurements Editor Summary

Module Summary
In this module you learned how to use the Human Measurements Editor
workbench to investigate human-centered design issues within the context
of the workplace before it physically exists. .

Coming Up

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You will learn how to perform human activity analysis.

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