About the Basic Skill Editor

This describes the concepts of the basic skill recorder and the manikin commands. The following topics discuss:

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Basic Skills Recorder

The Basic Skills Recorder action bar creates, modifies, and deletes postures.


Command	Description
Insert posture	Inserts the current manikin posture in the basic skill. This also has an accelerator for this option. Clicking Insert in the keyboard (with the num lock on) inserts a posture.
Modify posture	Modifies the current posture (posture number shows in the rightmost field.) Accelerator key M for this option.
Delete posture	Deletes the current posture (posture number appears in the rightmost field.) Accelerator key D for this option.
Reverse posture	Reverses the series of postures defined in the basic skill. Accelerator key R for this option.
First Posture	Imposes the first posture defined inside the basic skill on the manikin and the posture browser updates with the number 1. Accelerator for this option is the up arrow.
Previous posture	From the current posture, whatever is the previous posture defined in the basic skill imposes. The accelerator for this option is left arrow
Next posture	From the current posture, whatever is the next posture defined in the basic skill imposes. The accelerator for this option is the right arrow.
Last Posture	Imposes the last posture defined in the basic skill on the manikin and the posture browser updates with this number. Accelerator for this option is the down arrow.
Posture Viewer	This shows the total number of postures.

The commands from the action bar edit the manikin's posture to create the postures for a Basic Skill.

See Posture Section or Basics Skill Editor Dialog box for detailed information.