Freezing Specific Anthropometric Variables

This task describes how to change variable management without altering other variables of the manikin.

You can manually modify any variable's value to customize the manikin. All variables have a minimum and maximum value taken from the database of the population to which the manikin belongs. These values are all interlinked together. If you don't want a variable be altered by others, you have to set it to manual. So, as a example, if you don't want to affect the height of the manikin, you will set the stature to manual before changing the length of a manikin’s foot.  This is true for all the variables.

These are measurements taken directly on the foot, no shoes are considered.

The change of the foot size in order to consider the thickness of shoes will automatically affect (modify) the size of all the variables that haven’t been modify by the user. So, for example, a longer foot can result into a bigger thigh, longer legs, etc... This scenario shows you how to modify without changing other variables of the manikin.

• Foot breadth, horizontal
  
• Foot length (A), Ball of foot circumference (C), Ball of foot length (B)
  
   
• Heel breadth
  
   
• Heel ankle circumference
  

1. Display the Variable Edition dialog box by selecting the Display Variables   from the Anthropometry Editor toolbar.

2. To view all of the variables, in the Anthropometric Filter select All and Close the dialog box.

3. Select the Stature (note the height is 1755.8); the Management area of the dialog box is activated.
   
    

4. Set the management to Manual.

5. Select  Foot Length from the dialog box.
   
   

6. In the Management window, select Manual and change the value. In this scenario type in 99.
   
   
    

7. The foot has changed dimension without the manikins stature changing. Click on Stature, and the number is the same.