Creating or Deleting a User-Defined Population

This describes how to add, create, or delete a new population in Anthropometry.

Before you begin: The manikin displaying with the Anthropometry.
See Also
User-Defined Population File Format
  1. Click Me > Preferences > App Preferences > Simulation then Ergonomics Evaluation.
  2. In the Anthropometry tab, there are two sections, Creating or Deleting a User-Defined Population populations.
  3. Select the User-defined populations section of the Anthropometry tab.
    • Remove - removes the User-defined populations.
    • Add - creates a population as described below.
  4. Click Add, the Open a population file dialog box appears allowing you to select a population file.
    Important: A population file is a SAFEWORK statistic file describing a population. It contains the user-defined dimensions for the population under study, and follows a very precise format. The file, my_population.sws, is an example of such a population file. See the Advanced Task, Creating a Population file.
  5. Select the required population file, and Open. If the file specified is successful, the corresponding population adds to the list; otherwise an error message displays.
  6. To add another population to the list, repeat steps 1-3 above.
  7. Click OK to close the Open a population file dialog box.
    Note: From now on, it is possible to create a manikin that uses the new population added.
  8. In the Ergonomics Evaluation Application, select Create a Manikin and choose my_population.sws from the Population list menu in the New Manikin dialog box.
    Note: Change_population_with_respect_to function states that the system would respect the value or percentile subsequent to a copy/Paste function. However the choice of units (value or percentile) by you applies after changing the population.