Simulation Animation

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Initiating Simulation Animation Mode The Map View animation controls (see Figure below) are contained in a toolbar at the top of the screen. These controls are used to start, stop, and pause the traffic simulation animation.

Once the simulation run has been successfully completed, close the Simulation Control Panel and press the 'Load Simulation Data' button on the toolbar, as shown below. Note that the Map View should be the active screen module before running the simulation.

That will expand the animation toolbar options as shown below.

Animation Playback Controls The animation controls (see Figure below) are contained in a toolbar at the top of the screen. These controls are used to start, stop, and pause the traffic simulation animation.



Start/Pause/Stop To start the animation, press. Once the animation has started, you can pause it by pressing the same button (it will display the pause icon ). To stop the animation before the simulation duration is reached, press ).

Forward/Reverse To change the direction of the animation (i.e., increasing or decreasing simulation time), press the forward/reverse buttons (/), which will toggle.

Animation Speed The animation speed can also be changed from 0.1X to 10X, using the ‘+’ and ‘-’ minus buttons, or the dropdown box. To use the latter, the animation must first be paused.

Simulation Time This field displays the current simulation time. To go directly to a specific time in the simulation, pause the simulation, click directly on the time value (it will change to an edit box), type in the desired simulation time, and press ‘Enter’ or the 'Go to' button. When you resume the playback, it will start from the entered time.

Display Options

Show Vehicle IDs This option toggles on/off the vehicle Id’s. When on, they are displayed next to the vehicle shape, as seen in Figure below.



Vehicle Properties While the animation is running or paused, individual vehicles can be clicked on (use the left mouse button and double click) to display a window that provides various details about that status of the vehicle (see Figure below). If you experience difficulty in clicking on a vehicle, try pausing the animation first.



Signal Controllers This option will display a list of the signal controllers contained in the network. Checking the ‘Show Controller Operation’ option will display the ‘Signal Phasing and Timing Window’ for the given signal controller (see Figure below). This window displays the dual-ring phasing diagram.



During the animation, the movement arrow colors will match with the current signal indication (i.e., green, yellow, red) for that movement. This display is coordinated with the stop bar colors displayed on the intersection (see Figure below).
 * Active Timing Phase – This represents the current active movement, colored in green. Recall that in the dual-ring diagram, phases 1 through 4 run from left to right in the top row and phases 5 through 8 run from left to right in the bottom row.
 * Interval – Displays the active timing interval (i.e., green, yellow, all-red).
 * Interval Time Remaining – Displays the time remaining in the active interval.