1 Preparing the 2 Creating a

Working Manikin and

Environment Workspace

Using the
3 Human
Performing Measurements
4 Performing
5 Human Human Editor
Posture Activity
Analysis Analysis

6 Task
Simulation
Scenarios

Module 3

Using the Human

Measurements
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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

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
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You will learn how to the interpolation features of the editor

You will learn how to adjust for population statistics
8 hours

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Inst
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Using the Changing
Variable Manikin
Edition List Gender

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Filtering the
Manikin
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Using Using the
Interpolation Posture
Toolbar
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Setting
Population
Characteristics
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Saving the 8 hours
Anthropometry

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Variable
Using the

Edition List

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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.

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

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Using the Variable Edition List – Procedure

1 Launch V5 Product.

2 Select Start / Ergonomics Design & Analysis / Human Builder.

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

You will see the project open to display the Human Builder workbench.
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Edition List
Using the Variable Edition List – Procedure

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

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

Workbench Icon

Return to Previous
Workbench

Command Prompt – Information

appears in this section

3 From the Anthropometry Editor toolbar, click the Displays the Variable List button.
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Using the Variable Edition List – Procedure

4 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

5 Management dropdown to Manual.

Change the Value as necessary. A red line

6 in the 3D window indicates the change.

7 When you are finished, press Close.

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

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Gender
Manikin
Changing

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Changing Manikin Gender

You can change the manikin’s 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.
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Changing Manikin Gender – Procedure

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

2 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
3 on the Anthropometry Editor toolbar. You will see the Variable Edition List dialog box.

In the Gender field, click the drop-down

4 arrow and select the appropriate gender.
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When you are finished, press the Close

5 button.

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Manikin
Filtering the

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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:

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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Filtering the Manikin – Procedure

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

2 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
3 and press Reset.
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Posture
Using the

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Using the Posture Toolbar

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.

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Using the Posture Toolbar – Procedure

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

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

To customize the settings, from the Anthropometry Editor

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

4 Change values as necessary and press Close.

When you are finished, and if you would like to return the manikin back to the default
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Using Interpolation

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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Using Interpolation – Procedure

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

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

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

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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Setting Population Characteristics – Procedure

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

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

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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Saving the Anthropometry – Procedure

From the Anthropometry Editor toolbar, click the Save Manikin’s Attributes In Catalog
1 button.

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

Browse to the Catalog folder, type the name

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

Click on the manikin, then in the

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save, and press Save.

5 When you are finished, press Close.

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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
Change manikin characteristics using the Variable Edition list
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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.

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
You will learn how to perform human activity analysis.
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