# Posed Figure Reference Maker

> Create a stylized posed mannequin, drawing reference and reusable 3D scene. Choose height, artistic proportions and one of eight original poses. Export single-view and four-view vector drawing references, a low-poly OBJ and editable figure or Form Studio projects; continue refining joint angles in Figure Lab.

Part of usefulweb.site (https://usefulweb.site/). Results are deterministic calculations from the inputs and the listed assumptions; the API returns exactly what the web page shows.

## Use it
- Human interface: https://panelcraftfigurereference.usefulweb.site/ (interactive tool at https://panelcraftfigurereference.usefulweb.site/tool)
- JSON API: POST https://panelcraftfigurereference.usefulweb.site/api/v1/calculate with a JSON object of inputs (schema: https://panelcraftfigurereference.usefulweb.site/api/v1/tool)
- OpenAPI: https://panelcraftfigurereference.usefulweb.site/openapi.json
- MCP (Streamable HTTP): https://panelcraftfigurereference.usefulweb.site/mcp - tool `panelcraft_figure_reference`

## Inputs
- pose (select): Starting pose
- height (number): Neutral figure height (mm)
- heads (number): Height in head units
- shoulders (number): Shoulder width (% of height)
- hips (number): Hip width (% of height)
- build (number): Limb and torso width (%)
- azimuth (number): View azimuth (degrees)
- elevation (number): View elevation (degrees)
- color (text): Figure color (HEX)
- joints (textarea): Optional joint overrides (JSON)

## Method
- Original procedural geometry with millimetres and Z up; no MakeHuman meshes, assets or source code are included. Height is the neutral design height; bent poses occupy a different bounding box.
- Arms and legs are constant-length articulated segments. Shoulder abduction and flex, elbow flex, hip flex and knee flex are in degrees. A lowest-vertex translation places the posed mesh on the ground.
- The figure consists of separate ten-sided extruded solids. OBJ contains triangles in millimetres, without skinning, UVs, face detail, clothing or animation. SVG is an orthographic painter-order reference, not a production renderer.

## Limits
- A stylized jointed mannequin for art and scene blocking. Proportions are artistic controls, not anatomical, medical or ergonomic measurements.