VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

[SIGNAL
HEAD]
Display Options
● Layout traffic: Configuration of the signal heads for motorized vehicles.
Various default models are provided (1-lens up to 6-lens signal heads).
● Layout pedestrian/bike: Configuration of the signal heads for pedestrians
and bicyclists. Various default models are provided (1-lens up to 3-lens
signal heads, some of them with a timer, cf. section 4.3.4.3).
● Layout public transport: Configuration of the signal head for public
transport vehicles. Various default models are provided (1-lens up to 3lens
signal heads).
● Red & amber with colored arrow: If inactive a black arrow on red and
amber light is displayed.
● Scale: Percentage of normal size.
● Vertical/Horizontal: Defines the orientation of the signal head.
● Attached to mast at: Mounting height of the bottom of the signal head
relative to lower end of the mast.
● Horizontal offset: Defines the horizontal placement of the signal head
front plate in relation to the mast center.
● Rotation spacing (mast): When inserting another signal head to the same
mast it is inserted at this angle relative to the orientation of the previously
inserted one (counterclockwise).
● Vertical offset (arm): Defines the vertical placement of the signal head
center in relation to the arm center.
● Horizontal spacing (arm): Defines the horizontal offset of the first signal
head to the mast, and of subsequent signal heads placed on the same
arm. Negative values define an offset to the left.
The properties of 3D signal heads are described in section 4.3.4.3.
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