CAD/CAM/CAE Techniques Portfolio – Exercise 6

“Jack – Task Analysis”

This exercise aims to make you more familiar with the Jack Virtual Human
software and in particular the analysis functions such as lower back analysis tool,
static strength prediction and NIOSH. These tutorials will be taken directly from the
TAT training manual which can be found in:
BBL>Learning Materials>Tutorials>Jack
This is a pdf file and so you will be able to have this up on your screen next to the
jack window and work directly from this.

Make sure you take the required screen shots for the report during the tutorial. Have
a quick look at the report template to see what pictures are required.

This exercise will require some previous knowledge of the Jack

environment, if you have not completed last week’s introduction to Jack
tutorial – do this first
1. Work through the first three tutorials from the Jack Task Analysis Toolkit manual.
This will give you an introduction of how to use the specific features:
1. Lower Back Analysis.
2. Static Strength Prediction.
3. NIOSH – Lifting Analysis Tool.

2. For each of the three tutorials you will need two screen shots for your exercise
report. One of the pictures must be of your Jack/Jill carrying out the task. The
second picture should show some of the results either within a dialogue box or
the report generated at the end of the tutorial. Figs 1 and 2 below show an
example of the pictures required for the Lower Back Analysis tutorial.
Fig. 1

Fig. 2
 CAD/CAM/CAE Techniques Portfolio – Exercise 6
“Jack – Task Analysis”

• Briefly describe the stages used to create the virtual human in Jack
• Include the use of both the custom and library methods.
• Discuss how the virtual human is used for ergonomic design and in particular its
function in designing work spaces and work tasks.
• The TAT gives actual data about the tasks being carried out in the simulation.
How can this data be useful and suggest potential uses for the data.

Fig. 1. Screenshot of the Jack/Jill in Fig. 2. Screenshot of the Jack/Jill in Fig. 3. Screenshot of the Jack/Jill in
Tutorial 1. Tutorial 2. Tutorial 3.

Fig. 4. Screenshot of the results from Fig. 5. Screenshot of the results from Fig. 6. Screenshot of the results from
tutorial 1. tutorial 2. tutorial 3.

Reflection:
Evaluate yourself through a short SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats) focus on your experience with Jack virtual human
simulation.