Material Assignments: Human

In this step, we'll assign a material that simulates the thermo-physical properties of a human body to our occupant. The default installed material database does not contain an actual "human body" material, so we'll use silicon as a close analog. A more rigorous approach would be to create a material with the actual properties of a human body, and add it to a custom material database.

Note: The wall and air parts should still be hidden, allowing easy access to the occupant. If they are not, simply hide them by middle clicking on both. This makes it much easier to select the occupant.

1. Select the occupant by left clicking on him.

2. Click Edit from the Materials context panel:

3. On the Materials quick edit dialog, select the material type:

• a. In the Type row, click in the right-side column.
• b. Select Solid.

4. From the Name menu, select Human

5. Click Apply.

What it should look like...

6. To verify that the Silicon material is properly assigned, check the Design Study Bar and the part coloring:

• a. In the Design Study Bar, confirm the material setting on the Human part.
• b. The part should be colored to correspond to the Human color in the legend.

Note: If everything looks good, then continue to the next step. If there's a problem, now is a good time to fix it.

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