Adding an User-defined Population

Choose Tools > Options from the main menu. Go to the Ergonomics Design & Analysis section, then select Human Measurements Editor.

 
 

1. In the Anthropometry tab, there are two sections, User-Defined populations and Change population with respect to...

2. In the User-defined populations section of the Anthropometry tab, click the Add button.

3. The Open a population file dialog box appears allowing you to select a population file.
   
   
   
   A population file is a SAFEWORK statistic file describing a population. It contains the user-defined dimensions for the population under study, and follows a very precise format. The file, my_population.sws, is an example of such a population file. See the Advanced Task, Creating a Population File, for more details.
    

4. Select the desired population file, and Open. If the file specified is read successfully, the corresponding population is added to the list; otherwise an error message is displayed.
    

5. To add another population to the list, repeat steps 1-3 above.
    

6. Select OK to close the Open a population file dialog box.
    

7. From now on, it is possible to create a manikin that uses the new population that was just added.
    

8. In the Human Builder Workbench, select Create a Manikin and choose "my_population.sws" from the Population pull-down menu in the New Manikin dialog box.
   
   

This function implies that the system would respect the value or percentile subsequent to a copy/Paste function.  Actually, however the choice of units (value or percentile) by the user applies after changing the population.