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Version: v1.17

Edit manikin

Edit Manikin​


edit manikin bracelet

Manikin options​

Posture: You can change the manikin position between standing, seated or, down position.

Button Generate MSD Report It generates automatically an MSD score report of the Manikin’s pose. Currently, the result is a json file that you can exploit to create your own reports.

Button Duplicate Manikin Clicking this button would hide your bracelet and spawn an exact copy of the manikin selected into your laser pointer. You can afterwards place the new manikin in any position in space.

Button Incarnate Manikin By clicking this button, you will automatically incarnate the selected manikin. While you incarnate the manikin, you can move freely to assume any wanted pose.

Button Delete Manikin This button will delete the selected manikin.

Manikin manipulation​

manikin effectors

When a Manikin is selected, you can see all its effectors represented by blue spheres. These effectors have the possibility of being selected, moved or rotated with your laser pointer. To quickly move an effector, you can select with the trigger button and while maintaining the button pressed, place the effector in the desired position. You can also rotate the effector by moving your hand accordingly.

When an effector is selected it will show a set of properties in the bracelet:

manikin effectors bracelet

Effector State: It shows a list of effector states, each effector can have six different states

  1. Free The effector position and rotation are controlled by the user. When the hands effectors are selected, this option would activate the possibility of use the buttons effector Options and Point Effector To. (see hereafter)

  2. Simulated Effector is controlled by the system. It would follow any movement that´s linked to it, except user’s input.

  3. Snap To Actor When selected, you can pick an object to attach to the effector. If this object moves, the effector will follow. If the effector moves, the object remains static.

  4. Locked Local Effector is frozen locally, if you move the manikin, the effector will not follow but stay frozen.

  5. Locked World Effector is frozen in position and rotation if manikin can moves effector will stay in position.

  6. Disable Effector is disable (it turns color gray) and it places itself in its default position.

Effectors options: Exists for the hand effectors only.

It would open the hands effector combo-box options Hand Grip and Fingers Grip where you have the possibility of open/close/spread the manikin’s hand or to open/close/spread every finger individually.

The third option Auto grip allows the hand to set in a particular position when linked to an object with predefined sockets

manikin effectors options bracelet

point Effector To: Exists for the hand effectors only.

When clicked, user would have the possibility of select any object in the scene and the effector is going to be linked to it.