Identifying Collisions

When you change postures, you can identify if collisions occur between a human and its environment.

This feature helps you precisely define a posture. For example, you can check if legs are in contact with each other when you move them. You can adjust their postures afterwards.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: From the Human section of the action bar, click Edit Human to open the panel.
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Identify Collisions Between Human Body Parts

With the Self-Collision mode, you can identify if human body parts are in contact with each other when you change postures.

  1. In the panel, click Postures.
  2. Under Collisions, click Self-Collision.
  3. In the 3D area, change the postures of the body parts.
    Collisions between the body parts are highlighted in red. In the following example, collisions occur between the arm and the left side.

Identify Collisions Between a Human and an Object

With the Show Collisions mode, you can identify if a human is in contact with an object when you change postures.

  1. In the panel, click Postures.
  2. Under Collisions, click Show Collisions.
  3. In the 3D area or the tree, select an object.
  4. In the 3D area, change a posture.
    Collisions between the human and object are highlighted in red. In the following example, collisions occur between the hand and the tool.

  5. Optional: Click Stop on Collision.
    With this option, you can define a posture until a collision is detected.

Notes:
  • The Self-Collision and Show on Collisions modes can be active at the same time.
  • Collisions between humans are not detected.