VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

5 Base Data for Simulation
[STATIC]
● No.: Unique vehicle type
identification
● Name: Any name or comment
● Category: Defines the vehicle
category
● Vehicle Model: Defines the
shape and length (distribution)
of the vehicle type by selection
of one of the defined model
distributions. New models
cannot be defined directly within
the vehicle type data but in the
vehicle model distribution (cf.
5.2.5).
● Length: Shows the range of
vehicle lengths (min. and max.)
according to the selected model
distribution (this value is read
only).
● Width: Defines the displayed width of a 2D vehicle in VISSIM. This
parameter is relevant also if overtaking within the same lane is possible
(cf. “lateral behavior” in the driving behavior parameter set).
● Occupancy: Defines the number of persons (including the driver)
contained in a vehicle.
● Color determines the color distribution that the current vehicle type will
have. When displaying the vehicle in 3D, all VISSIM specific objects of
that model (to be defined in the optional add-on “VISSIM 3D Modeler”)
will be filled with that color. For color distributions, cf. section 5.2.4.
The color information may be overruled by the color of the vehicle class
to which this vehicle type is assigned or by the route color of a PT
vehicle.
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