Tools for Design for Human Variability

Research-backed tools for designing for real people

DfHV provides tools for evaluating accommodation, exploring anthropometric data, and supporting evidence-based design decisions. Browse the catalog to choose the right tool and understand its evidence and limits.

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Available tools

Explore accommodation, data, and AI-assisted design workflows

The DfHV catalog includes public research-backed tools and advanced beta workflows for design analysis.

Accommodation

VFT-MATT

Calculate accommodation for males, females, and combined populations with an adjustable sex ratio.

Open VFT-MATT

Visualization

Parallel Coordinates

Visualize anthropometric dimensions simultaneously and brush axes to measure accommodation.

Open Parallel Coordinates

Accommodation

X-Y Plot Accommodation

Set limits on multiple anthropometric dimensions and calculate resulting accommodation interactively.

Open X-Y Plot

Data

Data Explorer

Explore distributions by database, sex, and measure. Convert between percentiles and raw values.

Open Data Explorer

Public demonstration

Fit Grades

See how body dimensions can affect personal product fit, with assumptions and limits explained alongside the result.

Open Fit Grades

Advanced beta

AI Design Tools

Use AI-assisted workflows to scope design problems, review constraints, and generate candidate design specifications.

Explore beta tools

How access works

Use the tools at the level you need

Use core tools without an account

Several tools are available without signing in, including calculators and interactive design-analysis utilities.

Unlock supported downloads

A free DfHV Tools account enables supported reports and exports where available.

Use AI-assisted design workflows

These tools can help scope design problems, generate anthropometric recipes, and support constraint-based design exploration. Access is server-approved during beta; it is not a paid subscription.

Manikin Fetcher is separate

Browse and download digital human models for simulation and design validation workflows. Manikin Fetcher is hosted by Penn State’s OPEN Design Lab and has its own access arrangements.

Open Manikin Fetcher