Product Synthesis

Human Builder 2 (HBR)

CATIA V5R18

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Product Synthesis

Human BuilderCreate and manipulate accurate standard digital manikins in digitalmock-up environment for key human-product interaction analysis earlyin the product lifecycle

Product overview

Human Builder 2 (HBR) creates and

manipulates accurate standard digital

humans in the DMU environment for early

human-product interaction analysis. Tools

provided within Human Builder 2 include

manikin generation, gender and percentile

specification, manikin manipulation

techniques, animation generation, and

advanced vision simulation. A user-friendly

interface ensures that first level human factors

studies can be undertaken by non-human

factors specialists.

Human Builder 2 (HBR) addresses the needs

of design engineers, managers,

maintainability engineers and concept

designers from the aerospace, automotive,

plant design, heavy engineering, ship building

and electrical goods industries.

Human Builder 2 (HBR) is effectively used in

conjunction with Human Measurements

Editor 2 (HME), Human Posture Analysis 2

(HPA), and Human Activity Analysis 2 (HAA)

for advanced detailed digital human creation

and analysis, improved human comfort,

performance, and safety. These products are

combined to create a fully integrated Human

Engineering Design and Review solution.

Product Highlights

Intuitively creates standard manikins

Defines manikin postures and positions

for manikin manipulation, with respect to

existing parts of the environment (reach

capability)

Analyzes the manikin vision to enabling a

better understanding of what an operator

would see in a task environment

Simulates the motion of humans and their

interaction with virtual products

Enables quick static and dynamic

simulation as well as analysis of

human-product interaction

Enables human-product interaction

analysis when the product design data has

been defined in multiple CAD formats

Product Key Customers Benefits

Intuitive standard manikin creation...

Simple pull-down menu to create male and

female standard manikins (Name, Gender,

5th, 50th, 95th percentile). Manikin structure

consists of 99 independent links, segments

and ellipses. Fully articulated hand, spine

shoulder, and neck models to accurately

reproduce natural human movement.

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Manikin manipulation...

Manikins can be interactively positioned using

the DMU compass, or by selecting objects to

be reached. Direct kinematics manipulators

can be employed to accurately "fine tune" the

manikin posture by manipulating individual

segments in each degree of freedom. Seven

default Inverse Kinematics handles manikin

motion and accurately predict natural posture.

148 degrees of freedom also take into

account limits of joint mobility and coupled

range of motion.

Manikin vision assessment...

Manikin vision assessment permits a designer

to understand what an operator or maintainer

would "see" in a task environment. A separate

vision window displays the vision field from the

manikin perspective. Lines of Sight, as well as

vision cones in three separate formats, can

also be displayed. Visual disability or limitation

can be simulated. Visual characteristics are

displayed as cones that permit the user to

gain an insight into the manikin's view within

the virtual environment.

Quick simulation and analysis of

human-product interactions...

Manikins can be linked to objects in the virtual

scene to quickly construct functional digital

environments. No conversion is needed as

Human Builder 2 is fully integrated into V5

product design and review solutions.

Advanced analysis of interference, sectioning,

measurements and 3D geometry

can be performed between manikins and

multiple objects in the scene when the

product is used with DMU Space Analysis 2.

Free Space around elements of the manikin,

within the virtual environment can be easily

computed when the product is used in

conjunction with DMU Optimizer 2.

Multi-CAD management...

Human Builder manikins can be used with

supports CAD system-independent design

data when used in conjunction with the

adequate Multi-CAD products.

Productive design change management...

Human Builder 2 shares associativity with

CATIA V5 modeling products. Thus, design

changes are managed efficiently and

processes such as machining families of parts

are possible.

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