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Common Add-ons
Dynamic assignment
TheDynamicassignmentmoduleisusedtoautomaticallydistributevehiclesamongtheroutes
available.Usersonlyneedtospecifyanorigindestinationmatrixandtheparkinglotsassignedtothe
correspondingzones.Theyarenotrequiredtoenterstaticroutesmanually.
Inaseriesofsimulationruns,vehiclestravelonanincreasingnumberofpossibleroutesandtheaverage
traveltimesarecalculated.Usingthisinformation,theprogramcontinuouslyadaptsthedistributionof
vehiclesamongtheroutes,usingvehiclespecificweightfactorsfortraveltime,routedistanceandcosts
(e.g.toll).
Variousparametersareavailableforselectionofthedestinationparkinglots,routesanditeration
processing.Navigationdevicesandparkingmanagementsystemscanalsobemodeled.
enViVer Pro
EnViVerProisatoolusedtocalculateemissionsbasedonvehiclerecorddata.Itisbasedonthe
microscopicexhaustgas/emissionmodelVERSIT+byTNO.Thismodelisbasedondatacollectedfrom
approx.2,800vehicles,whoseemissionsweremeasuredunderseveraldrivingconditions.EnViVerPro
importsthePTVVissimvehiclerecordfilesandcalculatestheCO2,NOxandPM10emissionsinthe
studyareaatspatialdetail.Theresultscanbeoutputinatableorgraph.
enViVer Enterprise
InadditiontothefunctionsofEnViVerPro,EnViVerEnterpriseallowsthemodelingofadditionalvehicle
classes,individualtimeperiodsaswellasautomaticprocessingofseveralinputfiles.
3D packages
(3DS max export and V3DM)
3ds max Export
Network
data
and
vehicle
positions
are
exported
from
PTV
Vissim
as
a
text
file
and
can
be
imported
into
Autodesks3dsMaxsoftware.The3DpackagecontainsascriptinAutodesk'smacrolanguageaswellas
numerousvehiclemodels.
V3DM
V3DMallowsuserstoconvert3DmodelsoftheformatsDWF,3DS(bothbyAutodesk)andSKP(Google
Sketchup)intoV3D,thePTVVissim3Dformat.Thisworksforbothvehiclesandstaticmodels.Besides
basicscalingandpositioningfunctions,V3DMallowstodefineadditionalvehicleattributes(color,axles,
indicators,doors,etc.).
Moreover,V3DMcanalsobeusedtocreatesimple3Dmodels(e.g.buildings)withtexturizedsurfaces
thatmakethemlookmorerealistic.InV3DM,userscandefineupto30statesfordynamic3Dobjects
(e.g.variablemessagesignscontrolledviaCOM)andexportthemtoaV3Dfile.
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Common Add-ons
Signal Controllers
SYNCHRO Import
Usingthismodule,userscangeneratePTVVissimmodelsfromSYNCHRO.Thenetworkgeometry,
volumes,turns,vehiclecompositionsandsignalizationareimported.
Themodulesupportsadaptiveimport,i.e.changesmadeinPTVVissimarenotlostwhenmorecurrent
versions
of
the
SYNCHRO
model
are
imported.
PTV Viswalk
PTVViswalkprovidescompletesimulationofpedestriansandisseamlesslyintegratedwithPTVVissim.
Thedynamicmodelisbasedonthesocialforcemodel,developedin1995byProf.DirkHelbing.Itallows
forfreemovementofthepedestrianswithinspecificlevels.Pedestriansfindthewaytotheirdestination
withoutusershavingtocreateanetworkthatspecifiestrajectories.
Apedestriansimulationbasedondirectedlinks(incontrasttoareas)isincludedinPTVVissimright
away.LikethesimulationofvehiclesitisbasedonthecarfollowingmodelofWiedemann.PTVViswalk
isnotrequiredforthistypeofpedestriansimulation.
Econolite ASC/3
ThismoduleenablesuserstosimulatesignalizedintersectionsthatrunonASC/3NorthAmerican
controllerdevicesbyEconolite.Itprovidesadedicateduserinterfaceforitscontrolparameters.
RBC (Ring Barrier Controller)
ThismoduleenablesPTVVissimtosimulatesignalisedintersectionscontrolledaccordingtotheNorth
Americanstandardprocedure"ringbarriercontroller".ItprovidesadedicateduserinterfacefortheRBC
parameters.
VAP Controller
VAP(vehicleactuatedprogramming)enablesPTVVissimtosimulateprogrammable
trafficactuated
signalcontrols,
both
phase
or
stage
based.
During
PTV
Vissim
simulation
runs
or
in
the
test
mode,
VAP
interpretsthecontrollogiccommandsandcreatesthesignalcontrolcommandsforthePTVVissim
network.Atthesametime,actualdetectorvariablesareretrievedfromthesimulationandprocessedin
thelogic.
TheVAPcontrollogicisdescribedinatextfile(*.VAP)usingasimpleprogramminglanguage.Itcanalso
beexportedfromVisVAP.TheVAPsignaldataset(*.PUA)caneitherbecomfortablyexportedfrom
Vissigorgeneratedmanuallyinatexteditor.
Therangeofapplicationstretchesfromsinglejunctioncontrolsoverpublictransportpreemptionto
networkorcorridorcontrolsandevenVMSapplicationssuchasvariablespeedcontrolortemporaryuse
ofshouldlanes.
VisVAP:
Flow Chart Editor for VAP
VisVAP(shortfor"VisualVAP")isaneasytousetoolfordefiningtheprogramlogicofVAPsignal
controllersas
aflow
chart.
All
VAP
commands
are
listed
in
afunction
library.
The
export
function
allows
userstogenerateVAPfiles.ThissavesadditionalchangestotheVAPfile.
Moreover,VisVAPprovidesadebugfunctionalitythatduringarunningsimulationallowsuserstogo
throughthecontrollogicstepbystep.Italsoshowsthecurrentvaluesofallparametersusedinthe
logic.
Vissig
Vissigcomplementsthephasebasedfixedtimecontrol(whichisincludedinanyPTVVissimversionand
inthePTVVisummodule"Nodeeditor/control")byadditionallyprovidingstagebasedfixedtimesignal
control.Vissigcontainsagraphicaleditorfordefiningstagesandinterstages.Interstagescanalsobe
automaticallygeneratedbyVissig.Besidesprovidingtheusualfunctionality,thesignalprogrameditor
allowsuserstoeasilyextendorshortenstagesandinterstages.Inaddition,Vissigoffersaninterfacefor
signal
data
export
in
the
PUA
format
for
use
with
VAP
controllers
Hence
a
vehicle
actuated
signal
controlbasedonstagesandinterstagescaneasilybegenerated.Allsignalplaninformationcanbe
exportedtoMicrosoftExcelandeasilyaddedtoreports.
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Signal Control interfaces
Programming interfaces
External Signal Control
Thismoduleallowsuserstosimulatesignalcontrollersthatareavailableasaseparateapplication
(*.exe)oraprogramlibrary(*.dll).ThesecaneitherbestandardcontrollerssuppliedbyPTVAGorother
providersorcontrolproceduresthatusershavedevelopedthemselves(usingtheAPIaddon).
LISA + OMTC
ThisaddonisusedtosimulatesignalcontrollersspecifiedwiththeLISA+procedurebySchlothauer.
TheactualcontrolDLLandtheGUIforthecontrollerparameterscanbeobtainedfromSchlothauer.
SCATS interface
ThismoduleisusedtosimulatesignalcontrollersspecifiedaccordingtotheAustralianSCATS
procedure.TheactualcontrolDLLandtheGUIforthecontrolparameters(SCATS.DLL,
SCATS_GUI.DLL,WinTraff,ScatSimcanbeobtainedfromRoadsandMaritimeServices,Australia)
SCOOT interface
TheSCOOTinterfaceisusedtosimulatesignalcontrollersthatarespecifiedaccordingtotheEnglish
SCOOTprocedure.TheactualcontrolDLLandtheGUIforthecontrolparameters(SCOOT.DLL,
SCOOT_GUI.DLL,PCScoot)canbeobtainedfromSiemensUK.
API package (Application
Programmers Interface):
PTVVissimAPIpackageenablesuserstointegratetheirownorexternalapplicationsinordertotake
influenceonaPTVVissimsimulation.
TheSignalControl.DLLandSignalGUI.DLLallowfortheintegrationofuserdefinedsignalcontrollers
asDLLs.Functionalityisprovidedtoreadrelevantinformation(detectorinformation,currentsignal
states)andwritesignalstates.
TheDriverModel.DLLallowsfortheimplementationofcarfollowingandlanechangemodels.These
areassignedtospecificvehicletypesinPTVVissimandcanoverwritethestandarddrivingbehavior.
TheEmissionsModel.DLLisusedtoadduserdefinedemissionmodelstoPTVVissim.Relevant
vehicleattributesanddynamicparametersareavailableviatheinterface.Theemissionscalculated
canbeoutputinPTVVissimevaluations.
