RAMSIS ERGONOMIC EXPERT opens up the system for company-specific analyses and evaluations. An expansion module, which enables you to program RAMSIS individually and flexibly adapt it to meet the challenges of your own particular vehicle design and construction program. To this end, company data, current research results, or e.g. motion studies are directly integrated into the system via open programming and data interfaces.

RAMSIS ERGONOMIC EXPERT supports you during the process with interactive assistants, so-called Wizards—they will take over certain tasks on a permanent basis if you wish. Standardized or regularly recurring workflow steps can thus be easily automated. This module also enables the analysis of more complex procedures. Entering and exiting a vehicle, for example, can only be dependably calculated in a dynamic context. So with RAMSIS ERGONOMIC EXPERT you will not only gain valuable knowledge but free up even more time for your important analyses.

THE FUNCTIONS OF RAMSIS ERGONOMIC EXPERT:

Programming interface (API)

• Application Programming Interface (API) as a plug-in interface
• Programming language C
• Integration of self-programmed modules with RAMSIS
• Full access to RAMSIS internal manikin parameters
• Program modules for interface programming
• Sample programs for typical application cases

Programming interface for Assistant function (Task Wizard RPI)

• Transfer of standard procedures to company-specific Wizards
• Wizards lead designers reliably through the process of task definition
• Minimization of sources of error
• Programming language tcl/tk
• Sample Wizards for typical applications

Trajectories

• Import/export interface
• Interactive definition of trajectories
• Additional definition option for associated movement orientation (tripod)
• Interactive processing of trajectories (location, curvatures, phase, tripod)

Movement simulation

• Docking of the manikin with trajectories
• Orientation information taken fully into account
• Automatic calculation of key-frame postures along trajectories
• Probability-based optimization of key-frame postures for specific posture models
• Task Editor for posture simulation completely integrated
• Flexible reusability thanks to manikin-independent archiving

Movement recorder

• Recording of key-frame postures for movement sequences
• Automatic calculation of intermediate postures
• Extensive editing functions: Insert, Append, Invert, Replace, Cut, Copy, Delete, etc.
• Loop mode, with and without direction reversal

Movement analysis

• All analysis functions fully functional during movement sequences
• Creation of a motion track of critical body points
• Representation of the need for space during movement
• Collision analysis and display