Using Grab and Release Activity in OPERATE Device

This describes how to use the Add a Grab Activity or Add a Release Activity that activates within creating an OPERATE Activity.

Before you begin: The manikin and all other resources in the scenario.
See Also
Inserting, Modifying, or Deleting a Device's Move Points
  1. Double-click a Human task with a device.
    See Creating an OPERATE Device Activity.
  2. Click Add a Grab Activity .
    The dialog box displays. See Creating a Grab Activity.
  3. Select the object to be grabbed and then click the tick icon.
    The grab activity dialog and the options are exactly identical to the provided grab inside the teach panel in the Device Task Definition application.
  4. Insert a few device moves.
    The grabbed object is attached to the device.
  5. Click Add a Release Activity .
    The dialog box displays. See Creating a Release Activity.
  6. Click Finish.
  7. Activate the Sequencing tab, the Operate Device Activity is shown.
    Edit behavior: Double-click the OPERATE activity entry in the sequencing editor dialog box. Launching the Operate activity, places the device at the first Move of the Device. The manikin places at the location where the first devices move records with the walk path displayed. Double-clicking the Grab/Release places the human and device at the location where the grab/release taught and then the grab/release dialogs boxes display.
    • Edit Device motion (by modifying the Move Device points). You are able to modify the intermediate Device Moves. In case you modify and intermediate device move, parts of the walk path affected by this modification recomputes (if required). Does not affect the regrasp postures, the rest of the walk path, and others.

      In the image below, green: initial walk path; red: walk path after modification, if you modify the device joint values at index 2, walk paths from 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3 impact (including regrasp). In such cases, the walk path (shown in red) is recomputed and shown when you click the Modify device move icon. The regrasp postures defined earlier apply at the modified manikin position.

      Modifying joint values at 2 impacts both path from 1 to 2 and 2 to 3.