Primary Area

The primary area of the Setup section provides commands for specifying up your manikin within your app.

This page discusses:

Flyout for Existing Products and Resources and Inserting
Flyout for Place Mode
Flyout for Snapping
Flyout for Mechanisms
Flyout for Manipulation Mode
Flyout for Track
Flyout for Synchronizing Data
Flyout for a Simulation State


	Manikin Insert a new manikin then select from the displayed attributes. Using the Robot place the manikin at the desired location. See Inserting a Manikin.


	Existing Manikin Duplicates an existing manikin and instantiates it under a selected target. Click Existing Manikin and select the product where the insertion is going to be performed. In the Object Selection dialog box, select From Search or From Session. Follow the prompts, then click to select the manikin. Click OK, the manikin appears.


	Human Interface Creates a Human Interface on the selected object. It can be used later as a target for a manikin to reach or grasp the product. See Creating or Modifying Human Interfaces.


	Human Location This creates a Human Location which is a axis location, a target in your scenario that helps define the final location to be reached in various activities. These only become visible when you are editing a human location or creating an activity and looking for a target human location. Others who open a resource or product do not see any human locations in the work area. See Creating a Human Location.


	Reach Zones Computes the Reach Zones for each of the 4 reach zones (Primary, Secondary, Secondary Maximum and Tertiary) that can be displayed. See Reach Zones Limit for Grasping.


	Attach/Detach You can attach objects to a manikin so that there is a one-way relationship between a manikin segment and one or more objects in its environment. The attached object becomes a child to the segment. Once attached, this object moves with the same matrix as its parent segment. See Attaching, Detaching, and Confirming Objects.


	Existing Product or Resource See Flyout for Existing Products and Resources and Inserting


	Generate a Resource Generates a Resource. See Generating a Resource


	Place Mode See Flyout for Place Mode


	Snap See Flyout for Snapping


	Fix in Space See Flyout for Mechanisms


	Combined Manipulation Mode See Flyout for Manipulation Mode


	Joint Angle Manipulation Controls the Manikins movements using forward kinematic manipulator. See Using Joint Angle Manipulation with Dynamic Clash


	Offset Creates an offset on the selected body part. This offset can then be used to reach a target or manipulate the body part. See Using, Redefining, and Activating an Offset.


	Create Track See Flyout for Track


	Synchronize Data with Planning See Flyout for Synchronizing Data


	New Simulation State See Flyout for a Simulation State

Flyout for Existing Products and Resources and Inserting


	Existing Product or Resource Generates a Product or Resource from a selected product. Click Existing Product or Resource, the tree, to select a parent for the resource. The Insert Existing Product or Resource dialog box appears, click From Search tab, specify the search attribute, and click OK. Select the resources or products in the list and click OK. See Inserting an Existing Product or Resource


	Insert Capable Resources Inserts capable resources into a manufacturing cell Manufacturing Cell: Click ... to select the manufacturing cell. Planning Object: Click ... to select the planning object. When all Planning Objects are selected, they appear in the Assigned and Capable Resources list.

Flyout for Place Mode


	Place Mode Places the manikin’s referential on the selected point. Click Place Mode and select a location then click the manikin. The manikin is instantly snapped to the new location and placed in accordance to its referential. If required, drag or rotate the Robot to move the manikin or click in another location. Click the icon again to deactivate. See Primary Area.


	Place Mode (Z only) Places the manikin’s referential at the height of the selected point. Click Place Mode (Z only) and select a location then click the manikin. The manikin is instantly is instantly moved in Z direction until its referential is at the selected height. If required, click another location. Click again to deactivate. See Primary Area.

Flyout for Snapping


	Snap Juxtaposes two items. One item moves to a specific point in reference to the other. See Snapping Products or Resources


	Align and Distribute Aligns or distributes items to other object or points in space. See Aligning, Rotating, and Distributing the Resource


	Copy and Mirror Mirrors a resource while using the deep copy option to create new references. See Mirroring Objects


	Mirror Moves an item so that it locates in a mirror image of its previous location. See Mirroring Objects


	Offset Plane This offsets a plane. See Using Offset Planes

Flyout for Mechanisms


	Fix in Space Select an object and place a Fix in Space constraint. See Object Selection and Movement


	Create Attachments Create an attachment between the Products / Resources. See Creating an Attachment


	Manage Attachments Manage the attachments between the Products / Resources. See Managing Attachments


	Mechanical Port Creates mechanical port for a manikin segment. See Creating Mechanical Ports See Context Toolbars

Flyout for Manipulation Mode


	Manipulate Manipulates the manikin using inverse kinematics and other modes. See Using Manipulate.


	IK Body Part Referential This manipulation induces spine and/or hip motion in order to translate and orient the manikin toward the target. In other words, these behaviors modify the Inverse Kinematics chain, making it local (limbs only) or global (limbs and spine and pelvis). In this mode, any segment selection made in the 3D environment automatically snaps the Robot to the associated segment IK control point. The Robot is oriented in the segment frame. Click IK Body Part Referentialand select the body part or referential. The Robot is orientated to the segment frame. Select an axis and move accordingly. See Using IK Manikin or Body Part Referential.


	IK Manikin Referential This manipulation induces spine and/or hip motion in order to translate and orient the manikin toward the target. In other words, these behaviors modify the Inverse Kinematics chain, making it local (limbs only) or global (limbs and spine and pelvis). This mode the Robot is oriented in the worker (global) frame. Click IK Manikin Referential and select the body part or referential. The Robot is orientated in the worker (global) frame. See Using IK Manikin or Body Part Referential.


	Reach And Grasp This uses the inverse kinematics (IK) and auto grasp to make a manikin reach and grasp an object using three directions of the robot to manipulate the hand. See Positioning Arms and Legs.


	Reach (position only) This Reach mode takes advantage of the manikin's inverse kinematics capability to reach the exact position only or the exact position plus the three orientations in the 3D space. The final orientation of the segment respects only the x,y,z direction of the robot. See Using Reach.

Flyout for Track


	Create Track Create a Track. See Recording a Track See Simulation context toolbars


	Create Kinematic Track Creates a new kinematic track. See Creating a Kinematic Track

Flyout for Synchronizing Data


	Synchronize Data with Planning Import planning data to build a manufacturing product. See Synchronizing Data with Planning


	Reroute Space Analysis Objects to Active Manufacturing Product You can reroute links of Space Analysis Objects to an Active Manufacturing Product. Clicking Reroute Space Analysis Objects to Active Manufacturing Product, the Reroute Links dialog box appears. Click ... on the right of Source, and select the source from the work area. Click ... on the right of Target, and select the source from the work area. The selected content is listed under Pointing Object, Pointed Product and Proposed Target.


	Migrate Links from Design Assembly to Manufacturing Product In older versions the Get/Put activities, you could manipulate the Design assembly directly. The introduction of Manufacturing Product these activities is not allowed to directly manipulate the Design assembly. Instead they allow you to manipulate the Manufacturing product and its children. With this, you can migrate the programming links from activities like Get/Put (created in older releases) that are pointing to the design to the selected Manufacturing product. This is done using the Reroute Links Dialog box. See Using Reroute Links

Flyout for a Simulation State


	New Simulation State Creates a new simulation state. See Creating a Simulation State See Active Simulation Objects, Contexts, and Simulation States


	Import Reference States Import states from selected reference objects. Imported states are then available in the correct context.