Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Smart Virtual Avatars Help Build the Real World

Filed under: Public Health , etc.

Parametric Technology Corporation, a company out of Needham, Massachusetts that makes engineering design software, is making available for sale a set of virtual manikins, looking very much like the ones in Second Life virtual world. Unlike the ones in the 3-D playland, these manikins are used as a tool to design products and environments with humans in mind, like making work places and devices safer.

From the product page:

New Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension

Quickly insert, customize, and manipulate accurate, standards-based 3D human models

Generate human reach envelopes and vision cones to understand what limitations may exist in your design

Gain a user's perspective of your product by using the Fly To View capability

Leverage time-saving libraries of global populations and manikin postures to quickly build manikin scenarios

Ensure conformance with safety and ergonomic standards

New Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension

Simulate, communicate and optimize manual handling tasks such as lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling and carrying

Analyze designs faster with simplified workflows and reuse of saved analysis settings

Leverage advanced reporting capabilities to deliver products designed and optimized for humans

Ensure conformance with health and safety guidelines and ergonomic standards

Free Manikin in Pro/ENGINEER

Now you can test-drive basic manikin functionality that is included in all Pro/ENGINEER packages, beginning with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 M060, to see how digital human modeling can improve your product development process

Pro/Engineer Manikin product page...

Pro/ENGINEER® Manikin Extension brochure...

(hat tip: Eureka Magazine)

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