Define Input Parameters Dialog Box

The Define Input Parameters dialog box appears when you right-click Reports from the manikin tree and select Report Objects/Define Input Parameters (Ergonomic reports have to be created to activate).

The Define Input Parameters dialog box contains all the explicit parameters for each type of analysis, organized in tab pages. This enables you to specify the parameters values for that report. Any parameter value specified replaces the default parameter value in the analysis dialog box. The dialog box is not modal so that when you are in simulation mode, you can select activities to get their beginning and end time. Some values update if they change, for example, the default values and the automatic values for RULA. In addition,

  • If an analysis appears in (at least) one selected report when you open the dialog box, the analysis's corresponding tab or frame creates.
  • When you select All Reports, every tab and frame is fully activated.
  • When you select a single report, every analysis not presented in the report has its tab disabled. If the last selected tab is enable, this tab selects, if not, the first enabled tab it selects. If no tabs show enable (which can be the case with reports that contain only biomechanics analyses) the first tab selects and the controls disable. For the load frame, if the current report contains an analysis that does not need to load (for example, only RULA and biomechanics analyses need) this disables the frame. If a report has a RULA analysis but no biomechanics analysis, only the Total magnitude spinner and the Get Load values enable (since RULA analysis, uses only the total magnitude).

This dialog box contains controls for:

Current Selection

Current selection
This shows the current selection's data.
Report ID:
This shows the identifier of the report. If you select Use Default, uses the defaults.
RULA, Push-Pull, and Carry Analysis Tabs

Each tab contains fields also available in stand-alone dialog boxes.

RULA - See RULA Analysis Dialog Box

Push-Pull - See Push-Pull Analysis Dialog Box

Carry - See Carry Analysis Dialog Box

Load Definition
This is applicable to each tab.

Note: When you change a report selection and open the Define Input Parameters, the dialog box displayed changes.