Two tools, Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension helps designers see and analyze interactions between people, products, and work stations. At the other hand: Using the Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension, designers can simulate and analyze human-product interactions such as pushing and pulling.
NEEDHAM, MA. - November 11, 2008 -PTC® (Nasdaq: PMTC), The Product Development Company®, announced the launch of Pro/ENGINEER® ManikinTM, a 3D digital human modeling solution that enables design teams to add a digital human model to a CAD product model to simulate and communicate human-product interactions. The Two new modules, Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension and Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension, provide ergonomic and human factors analysis capabilities for customers of Pro/ENGINEER, PTC's parametric 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software and a key component of the PTC® Product Development System. By accelerating detailed design processes and reducing the need for expensive physical prototypes, Pro/ENGINEER Manikin helps customers create innovative, winning products with faster time-to-market, improved quality and reduced costs.
"PTC's new manikin software is notable for its tight integration with Pro/ENGINEER. Pro/ENGINEER Manikin brings digital human visualization and simulation to the engineer's desktop within the CAD user interface and without the need for the engineer to be a human factors expert," said John MacKrell, senior analyst, CIMdata. "This is a very impressive first step for PTC for supporting a human-centric design approach. Pro/ENGINEER Manikin will enable customers to better optimize their products for the people who will use, manufacture and maintain them"
Pro/ENGINEER Manikin, the industry's first ISO standards-based solution, provides comprehensive, easy-to-use, capabilities to simulate and communicate human-product interactions for a global population. Highlights of Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension and Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension include:
Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
Quickly insert, customize, and manipulate accurate, standards-based 3D human models.
Create human reach envelopes and vision cones to understand what limitations may exist in a design.
Gain a first-person perspective of a product and "see" what the manikin can "see".
Accelerate design by leveraging libraries of global populations and manikin postures.
Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension
Simulate, communicate and optimize manual handling tasks by validating them against published standards and guidelines.
Simulate, communicate and optimize manual handling tasks by validating them against published standards and guidelines.
Ensure conformance with health and safety guidelines and ergonomic standards. Includes standard algorithms for analyzing workplace tasks including lifting and lowering (NIOSH 81/91), pulling and pushing (Snook), energy expenditure (GARG), and posture (RULA).
Analyze designs faster with simplified workflows to posture the manikin and reuse saved postures and analysis settings.
Leverage advanced reporting capabilities of analysis results earlier in the development process to deliver products designed and optimized for humans in less time.
Additionally, beginning in December 2008, basic manikin capabilities that enable users to insert a pre-defined manikin into a CAD model and easily manipulate the posture to gain an understanding of how a human would fit or interact with a proposed design will be included in all Pro/ENGINEER packages at no additional charge for those customers on the latest maintenance release of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0.
The importance of this product is that early lifecycle visualization, simulation and communication reduces development costs, shortens time to market.
More info at:
http://www.ptc.com
http://www.ptc.com
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