VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

5.5 Links: Behavior Type and Display Type
Links: Behavior Type and Display Type
Before VISSIM 5.0, each link had a link type which defined both the driving
behavior of vehicles on that link and the graphical display of that link.
Connectors used the link type of their origin link.
Since version 5.0, each link and connector has a behavior type and a display
type, allowing independent handling of these attributes. It is still possible to
change the behavior or display of a group of links at once if all these have
the same behavior type respectively display type.
For links, the following options are provided:
► Use the link behavior type to allocate a specific driving behavior
parameter set to a selected vehicle class.
► Use the link display type to assign specific display parameters.
If an old network file is read (from VISSIM versions before 5.0), VISSIM
automatically executes the following steps:
► Link types are split into link behavior types and link display types and
assigned to the respective links.
► Connectors get the same link behavior type and display type as their
origin links.
5.5.1 Link Behavior Type by Vehicle Class for Links
VISSIM provides several predefined link behavior types which can be edited
via BASE DATA - LINK BEHAVIOR TYPES...
The list of predefined types and the list of driving behavior parameter sets
assigned to vehicle classes can be edited via NEW or DELETE in the context
menu.
When working with a link network, MULTI-SELECT IN NETWORK in the context
menu serves as a link filter for further changes to the properties of all links of
the selected type: VISSIM automatically switches into the multi-selection edit
mode when OK is confirmed, cf. section 6.1.
The properties of the selected link behavior type can be edited:
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