An online ergonomic evaluator for 3D product design
An online ergonomic evaluator for 3D product design
An online ergonomic evaluator for 3D product design
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clicking the tabs (in the upper left in Fig. 9), and thus,<br />
per<strong>for</strong>m necessary <strong>ergonomic</strong> evaluation <strong>for</strong> the<br />
customization result.<br />
The first scenario has demonstrated <strong>online</strong> assessment<br />
of the com<strong>for</strong>t of a given posture in a car <strong>design</strong>.<br />
If the result is not satisfactory, the user may want to<br />
change the position of the steering wheel or the<br />
seat angle until a better <strong>design</strong> is obtained. The<br />
resulting optimal <strong>design</strong> parameters can be automatically<br />
extracted from the viewer and stored in a<br />
C.-F. Kuo, C.-H. Chu / Computers in Industry 56 (2005) 479–492 489<br />
Fig. 11. User is selecting a <strong>design</strong> from different car interior settings.<br />
Fig. 12. The new wheel position after customization.<br />
PDM system <strong>for</strong> actual engineering changes. In the<br />
second scenario, the end-user can adjust the car<br />
interior to fit a full-scale <strong>3D</strong> digital human corresponding<br />
to his/her body shape. Likewise, the relative<br />
positions between the car setting and the model can<br />
be readily acquired, and thus, lend a support to<br />
necessary <strong>design</strong> modification. In this manner, this<br />
system provides simple yet effective <strong>online</strong> tools <strong>for</strong><br />
accomplishing <strong>product</strong> customization and personalization.
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