VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

VISSIM Quick Start Checklist
For those users who are constructing their first network this is a checklist
intended to assist in building the network in the most efficient order.
1. Open VISSIM and create a new file
2. Set the simulation parameters (cf. section 8.1.1)
3. Create/edit speed profiles (cf. section 5.2.1)
4. Check/edit vehicle type characteristics (cf. section 5.3.1)
5. Create vehicle compositions (cf. section 6.4.1)
6. Open the master plan of your study area as a background image (cf.
section 4.4)
7. Place and scale the background image and save background image file.
Note: Scaling the background image accurately is extremely important
(cf. section 4.4.3)
8. Draw links and connectors for roadways tracks and crosswalks (cf.
section 6.3.1)
9. Enter vehicle volumes at network endpoints and pedestrian volumes on
crosswalks (cf. section 6.4.3)
10. Enter routing decision points and associated routes (cf. section 6.4.4)
11. Enter speed changes (cf. sections 6.3.3.1 and 6.3.3.2)
12. Define conflict areas for non-signlized intersections (cf. section 6.6.2), for
special cases you may enter priority rules, if applicable (cf. section 6.6.1)
13. Enter stop signs for non-signalized intersections (cf. section 6.6.3)
14. Create Signal Controls with signal groups, enter timing for fixed time or
choose a different controller for vehicle actuated signals (e.g. VAP or
NEMA, cf. section 6.7)
15. Enter signal heads in network (cf. section 6.7.1)
16. Enter detectors for intersections controlled by traffic actuated signal
control (cf. section 6.7.2)
17. Enter stop signs for right turns on red (cf. section 6.6.3)
18. Enter priority rules for permissive lefts, right turns on red, pedestrian
crosswalks (cf. section 6.6.1)
19. Create dwell time distributions and place PT stops in network (cf.
sections 5.2.6 and 6.5.1)
20. Create PT lines (cf. section 6.5.2)
21. Setup for output files, e.g. travel time segments, delay segments, queue
counters, data collection points (cf. chapter 11).
22. Run the simulation (cf. section 8.1).
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