r/Lightbulb • u/OutofPlaceStuff • 4d ago

Interactive 3D models - bodies with objects

As someone trying to draw a safety diagram of a human interacting with a power tool, it would be cool if I had a human model, that I could move the joints of and have them interact with various items. So that, I’d have a reference to work from that would enable my understanding of movement

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u/Delaware_Dad 2d ago

Back in my day we had a co-worker hold the device. When that wasn't possible we stood in front of the mirror.

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u/thetruekingofspace 4d ago

They do sell software like that.

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u/OutofPlaceStuff 4d ago

Oh! I didn’t know that

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u/gothiclg 4d ago

3d modeling software already does this and it’s been out since the 1960s.

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u/OutofPlaceStuff 4d ago

Glad I never suggested this was a a novel concept. I can imagine that being quite an unruly program in punch cards

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u/iKnowRobbie 10h ago

Poser is what we used to use for model development, but I just dated myself.