1

Performing
Human
Posture
Analysis

Preparing the
Working
Environment

Creating a
Manikin and
Workspace

Performing
Human
Activity
Analysis

Using the
Human
Measurements
Editor

Task
Simulation
Scenarios

Module 1

Preparing the
Working
Environment

Preparing the Working Environment

Overview
The first step in building a simulation is to set up a working environment that best
reflects the needs and desired outcomes of the project. In this module, you will set the
options necessary for this project.
After you have prepared the environment, you can begin to construct the 3D Workspace
and add manikins.

Objectives

You will set options for Preparing the working environment

You will learn how to use the 3d compass

2 hours

Workbenches and Toolbars Used in this Module

Toolbars

Inst.
Inst.

Preparing the Working Environment

A
Setting
Options
General
Display
Parameters and Measures
AEC Plant
Digital Process for Manufacturing
B
3D Compass
Settings

C
Conventions Used
in Online
Documentation
Depth Effect
CATIA
ENOVIA
DELMIA
Graphic Conventions

PPR Tree
Parameters for Compass Manipulation
Basic Techniques
Snap Automatically to Selected Object
Editing

2 hours

A
Setting
Options
General
Display
Parameters and Measures
AEC Plant
Digital Process for Manufacturing

Preparing the Working Environment

Setting
Options

Setting Options
The Dassault Systemes family of software offers unprecedented power and
flexibility to its users. Because of this, the software must be configured to fit your
needs.
This process step is included to reinforce knowledge gained in the Introduction to V5
course and to configure the software to the particular needs of Human Solutions for
this instruction.
Basic navigation, mouse control, and file management as well as complete detail of
Tools/ Options can be found in the Introduction to V5 Course.

More about Tools / Options can

be found in the online
documentation

Setting
Options

Preparing the Working Environment

Set Options Procedure

The first step in building a simulation is to set up a working environment that best reflects
the needs and desired outcomes of the users context.

Launch V5 Product and select Tools / Options You will see the Options dialog box.
Tabs

Nodes and Tabs allow

you to customize the
software.

Node

After you change

settings, you must
close and reopen
the software.

To set an option, click the check box next to the appropriate setting
to enable or disable the option.

Setting Options Exercise

Exercise Set Options

30 min.

Scope: You will set the software default options for the best performance for this
project.
Conditions: V5 and DPM Assembly Process Simulation workbench must be open.

In this exercise you will:

Set General options
Set Display options
Set Parameters and Measures options
Set AEC Plant options
Set DPM options

Do It Yourself (1/1)
Set the following options
Node

Tab

Option Setting_____________________________________

General

General
Document

Turn off Automatic backup every

Other Documents= requires Instructor direction

Display

Tree Manipulation
Visualization
Navigation

Turn on Automatic scroll

Set Background to white (for this project)
Turn on Display Manipulation Bounding box
Turn off Preselect in geometry view
Turn on Gravitational Effects and set to Z axis

Parameters & Measures

Units

Set Length to Inch (in)

Product Structure

Cache Management

Activate Work with the Cache System

Digital Process for Mfg

Tree

Activate Resource folders, Items folder, Attributes,

Applicative Data, Output Product folder, and Logical
Activities

AEC Plant

General

Set Grid step value to 0.5in

REMINDER: You must close and reopen the software for changes to take effect.

B
3D Compass
Settings
PPR Tree
Parameters for Compass Manipulation
Basic Techniques
Snap Automatically to Selected Object
Editing

Preparing the Working Environment

3D Compass
Settings

About 3D Compass Settings

The 3D Compass setting is a useful tool that you can manipulate in any
direction. With the 3D Compass you can rotate or move the part or parts on the
screen in any orientation.

Preparing the Working Environment

3D Compass
Settings

3D Compass Settings
1

To change the size of the PPR tree click

the line connecting the directories. On
the View toolbar, select the Zoom In Out.

Click the line again to get

back to 3D view. To display, or
hide the PPR tree, select F3
on the keyboard.

To deactivate the zoom capability, go to

the Tools / Options / General / Display /
Tree Manipulation tab and uncheck
Tree zoom after clicking on any branch
option.

Preparing the Working Environment

3D Compass Settings

To change the Depth Effect value, select View / Depth

Effect. In the Near Limit field, activate the Fixed option and
set the value to 100. In the Far Limit field, activate the
Fixed option and set the value to 500000. Now you can
zoom in on an item in the 3D view, and the clipping planes
modify to only display the center of the field of visions
center.

3D Compass
Settings

Preparing the Working Environment

3D Compass
Settings

3D Compass Settings
4

To find an object in the PPR tree, right click the object in 3D view and
choose Center Graph from the menu.

On the main
menu bar,
select View /
Toolbars to
view the list.

6
Another way to view a
toolbar is to drag them.
To do this, left click and
drag the move handle
of the toolbar.

Some toolbars have imbedded toolbars.

Use the black arrow to expand the
toolbar, then select the move handle to
drag it.

Preparing the Working Environment

Key Board Shortcuts
ESCAPE
F1
Shift + F1
Shift + F2
F3
Alt + F8
Shift + F3
Home
End
Page Up
Page Down
Ctrl + Page Up
Ctrl + Page Down
Up Arrow
Down Arrow
Left Arrow
Right Arrow
Ctrl + Tab
Alt + Enter
Ctrl + C
Ctrl + F
Ctrl + G
Ctrl + N
Ctrl + O
Ctrl + P
Ctrl + S
Ctrl + V
Ctrl + X
Ctrl + Y
Ctrl + Z

Exit the current dialog box(when there is one)

Get contextual online help
Get help on toolbar icons
Toggle the specification tree overview on and off
Toggle specification tree display on and off
Run macros
Activate the graph if the model is active and inversely
Display the top of the graph
Display the bottom of the graph
Relocate the graph one page up
Relocate the graph one page down
Zoom in the graph
Zoom out the graph
Relocate the graph 1/10th of a page to the top
Relocate the graph 1/10th of a page to the bottom
Relocate the graph 1/ 10th of a page to the left
Relocate the graph 1/10th of a page to the right
Swap active document windows
Run the Properties command
Run the Copy command
Run the Search command
Run the Selections sets command
Run the New command
Run the Open command
Run the Print command
Run the Save command
Run the Paste command
Run the Cut command
Run the Redo command
Run the Undo command

3D Compass
Settings

3D Compass
Settings

Preparing the Working Environment

3D Compass Settings

Clicking an icon lets you run the command associated with that icon. Double-clicking an icon
lets you use that command as many times as necessary.
Call outs are used throughout the project to give tips and expand explanations.

PPR Tree

Minimize / Enlarge /
Close / Window

3D VIEW
WINDOW SIZE
BUTTON

Expand /close

Current

Click on line to adjust

PPR tree

Workbench

Some toolbars are

hidden. Place the
mouse over the arrows
and drag the toolbar
into the3D view.
Command prompt
or other information

Toolbar

Text window for

command
or function

Preparing the Working Environment

3D Compass
Settings

Basic Techniques
Sometimes when rotating or panning, the geometry disappears. To regain view,
right-click the appropriate name on the PPR tree and select Reframe On. The
object now reappears and the view zooms to it. Or you can use the Fit All In button.
Press and hold the middle mouse button to pan the model in the 3D view.
Press and hold the middle and the left mouse button to rotate the model in 3D view.
Press and hold the middle mouse button, press then release the left mouse button, then
drag the mouse vertically to zoom the model in 3D view.
Click any line in the PPR tree, now use the mouse buttons as described to adjust the size
and location of the PPR tree.

3D Compass
Settings

Preparing the Working Environment

3D Compass Settings

The 3D compass is used to manipulate viewpoint representations (cameras), which capture

viewpoints.
The 3D compass is always active. Show and hide the compass by toggling the View / Compass
command. Hiding the compass does not deactivate it.
The compass is displayed by default in the top right corner of the document. The letters, X,Y, and
Z represent the axis. The Z-axis is the default orientation. The point close to the Z-axis is the free
rotation handle used for freely rotating the compass and the documents objects at the same time.
The red square is the compass manipulation handle that you can use to drag the compass and
place on objects to manipulate. You can also rotate objects around this point. The base of the
compass, the XY plane, is the privileged plane. This concept is not useful when using the
select command: it is only useful when using application commands that use manipulators, or
which require working planes.
Free rotation handle
Compass
manipulation handle

Privileged plane

Preparing the Working Environment

3D Compass Settings

Right-click the 3D Compass to display its contextual menu. From this menu, select
Snap Automatically to Selected Object. In the 3D view, or in the PPR tree, select any
object. The compass will immediately snap to that object.

To reset the compass to the default position, select View /

Reset Compass from the main menu.

3D Compass
Settings

To move the compass, place the mouse pointer over the red
box, and click the left mouse button. The pointer changes to a
grasping hand. Drag the mouse and compass toward an object
in the 3D view and the compass will snap to that object.
In the contextual menu, select Edit. The parameter

10 for Compass Manipulation appears. The current

coordinates of the compass manipulation handle

(red square), with respect to the center of the world,
are displayed in the axis fields.
Coordinates
Set the Coordinate values to move and rotate objects.
Increments
Set the Incremental values for translation and rotation.

C
Conventions
Used in Online
Documentation
Depth Effect
CATIA
ENOVIA
DELMIA
Graphic Conventions

Preparing the Working Environment

About Conventions used in Online Documentation

Graphic conventions indicating the required configuration are denoted as follows:

This icon...

Indicates functions that are...

specific to the P1 configuration
specific to the P2 configuration
specific to the P3 configuration

Conventions
used in Online
Documentation

Preparing the Working Environment

Conventions
used in Online
Documentation

Conventions used in Online Documentation

The use of the mouse differs according to the type of action you need to perform.
Select (menus, commands, geometry in the graphics area, )
Click (icons, dialog box buttons, tabs, selection of a location in the document window, )
Double-click
Shift-click
Ctrl-click
Check (check boxes)
Drag
Drag and drop (icons onto objects, objects onto objects)
Drag
Move
Right-click (to select contextual menu)

Preparing the Working Environment

This icon...

Identifies...
estimated time to accomplish a task
a target of a task
the prerequisites
the start of the scenario
a tip
a warning
information
basic concepts
methodology
reference information
information regarding settings, customization, etc.
the end of a task
functionalities that are new or enhanced with this release
allows you to switch back to the
full-window viewing mode

Conventions
used in Online
Documentation

Preparing the Working Environment

Conventions used in Online Documentation
When DELMIA software is launched it opens the last workbench used in the
previous session by default.
In this example, the default is the fasteners process planning workbench

Conventions
used in Online
Documentation

Preparing the Working Environment Summary

Module Summary
This module has introduced you to setting options necessary to building the simulation
project. In addition, you have also learned about the 3D compass and how to use it in
your simulation.

Coming Up
You will learn how to create a workspace and insert manikins into the simulation
workplace.