Parametric Human

Part of the Digital Ergonomics Project

Currently, when designers build objects or tools with which humans interact, the digital prototypes they create cannot easily be tested against known human factors needs. By providing a digital human model to designers, the ergonomics of the digital prototypes can be tested and refined through simulation, thereby reducing the need to fabricate many iterations of physical prototypes late in the design process. Furthermore, if the digital human model is parametric and can represent a number of real human sizes, shapes, and motions, designs could be tested against entire target market segments.

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