URBAN/SYS TRANPLAN MANUAL
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1. o Commands which perform editing or which adjust the color menu usually stay turned on allowing repeated executions In general the user can switch freely between commands in this last category without turning the current one off Several of the commands e g DRAW NETWK ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT PAN LAST VIEW cause NIS to create an image in the display area The user can interrupt the drawing process at any time by pressing the right hand button on the mouse and holding it until the drawing operation stops After the drawing has stopped the button can be released and a prompt will appear in the dialogue area Stop Draw Y N Typing a Y and the RETURN key will stop the current operation and allow the user to select a different function Typing an N or any other character followed by the RETURN key will cancel the interrupt and allow drawing to continue For a VAX VMS system only the STOP DRAW function is initiated by pressing the CTRL and D keys simultaneously The figure on the following page illustrates the basic layout of an NIS screen Each part of the screen has a different purpose After only a short period of time the user should become familiar with all aspects of the screen TNIS 2 1 TRANSIT NIS NIS Screen Layout ICON Area Dialogue Area Command M ap Display Window Menu The Urban Analysis Group NIS Version XXX TNIS 2 2 TRANSIT NIS 3 0 NIS Files There are five basic types of files which are u2. Default OFF SAVE UPRF This option allows the user to save the current parameter settings of an NIS session for later recall as the user profile for the current session For further information about user profiles see the above description of READ UPRF Default OFF INV VIDEO This option allows the user to reverse the black and white areas on the screen Selecting inverse video will change the background color of the menu and map display windows from black to white This is useful for highlighting some colored network displays A second selection of the option will return the screen to its default display colors Default OFF 6 2 View Menu This menu is utilized to specify various transit network display options in NIS A transit network is viewed as a picture drawn in the map display window The window may be adjusted to enlarge reduce or move around to different parts of the network image DRAW NETWK If this option is selected the entire network is drawn including any updates performed during the current session REDRAW If this option is selected the current window is redrawn including any updates performed during the current session CLR SCREEN This option is utilized to clear the entire screen and restore just the icon and window area boundaries For direct connection to a computer this option would rarely be required however for dial up access this command could be used to redraw the entire screen if it becomes corrupted by e
3. demonstration package and located in the TEST or test subdirectory TNIS 4 3 TRANSIT NIS 5 0 NIS Icons Transit NIS utilizes 13 icons to control program execution options and user specified windows These icons are constantly displayed in the upper left corner of the screen for invocation at any time during an NIS session 11 A STOP SIGN to exit NIS 12 An EASEL to load the Setup Menu 13 An EYEGLASS to load the View Menu I4 A PENCIL ERASER to load the Link Update Menu 15 An ANNOTATED LINK to load the Post Menu l6 A TRANSIT LINE with terminals to load the Line Update Menu 17 For future use 18 For future use 19 A SCREEN icon to redefine the view area and retain the current menu and status area 110 113 Four WINDOW PANE icons for saving selected displays of the network and or polygons Each of these 13 icons can be placed in one of the following three icon categories o A Stop Icon o Menu Icons o Window Icons 5 1 Stop Icon The first icon is a stop sign which is selected when the user wishes to terminate an NIS session This icon is activated by a double click If any changes have been made to the network the user is prompted to enter a new file name If a file specified by the user already exists then the user must give another file name A response of NONE or none tells NIS the updates for the network are not to be saved If changes have not been made to the network NIS immediately retur
4. options to modify bandwidth scaling This option selects the volume capacity ratio as the link attribute to used for bandwidth plotting Capacity is persons per vehicle PPV times vehicles per hour Typically after picking this option the user would select the NM OF BAND or CHNG BAND options to modify bandwidth scaling This option specifies that the difference between volume and capacity will be used to determine bandwidth colors Links where capacity exceeds volume are displayed in the color green If volume exceeds capacity the link is displayed in red This options specifies that volume capacity ranges will be used to determine bandwidth colors When this option is selected the user moves the cursor to the bandwidths displayed in the status area and changes the bandwidth range values The value to be changed is picked using the mouse and NIS prompts for a value to be entered in the dialogue area followed by the RETURN key To scale bandwidths linearly the user should only enter the minimum and maximum values desired Intermediate values will be calculated Any link with a value not within the specified ranges will not be displayed If the user enters a value in any single range and leaves all other values as 0 NIS will automatically calculate proportional values for the 0 ranges The values will be automatically changed when the user exits the CHNG BAND function by picking the FINISHED box in the lower right hand corner of the scr
5. OID o NODE AUTO CORD AUTO NODE AUTO LINK AM NET MODE When this option is selected the centroids in the network are displayed with an Default OFF When this option is selected the nodes in the network are displayed with a o Default OFF This option controls the assignment of new node coordinates during the updating mode of NIS If ON then NIS will automatically assign the coordinates of any new nodes based on the units per mile value provided by the user at the start of the NIS session if OFF the user is prompted to assign the coordinates Default ON This option controls the assignment of new node numbers during the updating mode of NIS If ON then NIS will automatically select the next available node or centroid number if OFF the user is prompted to assign new node numbers Default ON This option controls whether nodes and links are to be picked with the mouse for display update or NIS is to prompt the user for node numbers If ON then nodes and links will be picked with the mouse if OFF the user must input node numbers in the dialogue area Default ON These four options allow the user to specify line capacities will be calculated on the PM NET basis of service frequencies input for that particular period Persons per vehicle NIT NET capacities can be input for specific modes and lines using the SET PPV option in the MID NET Transit Line Menu If ON then the mode of links is used as the basis for col
6. S CFG file contain values for the following parameters 0 FRSTND NIS will use the first available unused node centroid number beginning with the value assigned to FRSTND when adding nodes centroids to the network in AUTO NODE mode The default value is 0 If for example FRSTND is set to 500 an added node or centroid will be assigned a number greater than or equal to 500 even if there are unused nodes in the 1 to 499 range IFTHRU For Highway NIS LNKSEG If used when BREAK LNK option is selected requests user to specify number of equal segments to break link into A zero will break the link at the mouse cursor One or more will produce the equal amount of link segments 0 1 Standard Break Link function Segmented Break Link function RHDRIVE Controls whether link annotation and bandwidths are to be displayed in accordance with the right hand or left hand driving convention 0 1 Right hand driving convention e g United States Left hand driving convention e g Great Britain Australia INVIDEO Controls whether the default background display color The default setting can still be inverted using the INV VIDEO option of the setup menu 0 1 Normal Video Black background Inverse Video White background COMPRT for future use TNIS 7 2 TRANSIT NIS o TABPRT Defines tablet digitizer type for VAX VMS operating system only O TABDEV Defines tablet digitizer type for VAX VMS operati
7. SICONSs ES IE enin 27 ae Oak ae eae ae ae eae ae RS et et ES EA 5 1 5 1 ce a er oaths ol athe oa oe oath tn eh ol en ne De nt ms 5 1 PAN NU INS ccf occ co M ch ch E ch E hh be ch cc ch be ch ech be ch ec be ch hc cc cd cde t wide 5 1 5 3 WindOWsIGONS 2i Lada ded dedededededededededededededsdedadededededededededededs 5 1 NIS Menis orrei reun ene ene C0 D an DI DI D RR D RR D RR a D LR d D I D I d D C d D A AR RE AUR 6 1 6 1 Setup Menu ar Sr dress breuer rer RS ro Rp eR dy eg be bh bakin 6 1 6 2 VIEW MODE d Cr n tra ne ne ne RER N AREA N AREA nn ale de are de re as 6 2 6 3 Link Update Menu 444 22288 6 3 0 4 POST MENU iere Ne e i Ge a an an an nn on en e nn arr an 6 5 6 5 Line Update Menu 4 222 6 6 NIS Configuration Files 0 0 hh rr 7 1 VEL NED SG RG m 6 ma odas Re de due a as deu ds Ge a Cee eee is Cane ek ree ts Case De s e Pre 7 1 7 2 TNDMENU CFG sss 7 3 123 ENDATTREGEG nisse tee Rd foci et e ded ir etat dd dt RE SE es 7 3 7 4 TNDLINA CFG TRANSIT NIS TRANSIT NIS 1 0 Background and Introduction NIS Network Information System is a flexible interactive graphics editor for displaying and maintaining spatial data NIS accepts information used for many aspects of transportation planning including highway and transit network descriptions and traffic analysis zone and census tract data It is fully integ
8. TRANSIT NIS Transit NIS User Manual Version 9 0 Transit Network Information System FOR IBM PC and Compatible Microcomputers Selected UNIX Based Workstations Distributed by THE URBAN ANALYSIS GROUP TRANSIT NIS 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 TRANSIT NIS Transit NIS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Background and Introduction 2 1 1 Program Usage and Basic Concepts 2 1 ZE 3 1 3 1 Transit Network Files 2 3 1 3 2 Transit Loaded Legs Files 2 0 0 0 0c ccc eee 3 1 3 3 Transit Access link Elles sse Pe ee ee ee eee Cee ee eee Cee ecrire rer 3 1 3 4 User Protil Files ca aeavaedeuedeaedaaedeae aaa anal ered ered ead euadesed edad ead 3 1 3 5 Configuration Files 0 0 0 0 00 een 3 1 Executing TNIS 0 0 een 4 1 4 1 Starting a TNIS Session 22 2 22 222 72 222 222 28 FE Sida rl ue ae 4349349334343 4 1 4 1 1 Extended DOS Windows Command Line and UNIX 4 1 4 F2 WINDOWS EE SAS 11 pni d uio V tu ie ee iuis pae ien INR ENS EN EN 4 1 4 2 Responding to Preliminary Prompts 4 2 4 3 Getting Started with Test Data 4 2 4 4 Demonstration Versions 4 3 INIS
9. anual When a pick is requested by NIS the user positions the cursor and depresses a mouse button at the desired location During some commands the program may require the entry of alohanumeric data such as a file name or zone number When this occurs a prompt appears in the upper right corner of the NIS screen display requesting the desired information The response is entered and terminated by depressing the RETURN or ENTER key A command is activated by picking the location of the command as it appears in the command menu When a command is picked it becomes turned on meaning its menu entry is highlighted and the command begins to execute Commands are automatically turned off if invoked incorrectly or in some cases when they are aborted If a command is not behaving as expected the user should ensure that it is on A good rule to follow is if a command s menu entry is highlighted the command is either in the process of executing or it is waiting for further action from the user The behavior of a command falls into one of several categories depending on the purpose of the command o Commands which control the reading and writing of network files execute once via user directed prompts o Commands which adjust the display window execute once and may be executed within most commands o Commands which enable different display characteristics are toggled on and off like light switches and remain active while other commands execute
10. ay options chosen If multiple links are displayed on a single alignment this will produce an error message The user can either reselect the display options to hide one of the links or page through the links using the LIST CHNG ATTR option and change the attributes of the link desired 6 4 Post Menu This menu is utilized to control various annotation options in NIS The attributes listed on this menu are toggled ON highlighted and OFF They are used in conjunction with the POST LINK and AUTO POST commands of the View Menu When POST LINK or AUTO POST are invoked any attribute toggled to ON in the POST SETUP attribute list will be posted Any number of link attributes may be posted on the links but care should be taken to ensure the display window is not too cluttered for meaningful evaluation If more than one link attribute is set ON then the attributes are displayed as vertical lists A key relating color to the posted attribute is displayed in the dialogue area The default setting for all POST options is OFF POST X POST Y POST NODE POST MODE TNIS 6 6 The X coordinates of the A and B nodes for each selected link will be posted The Y coordinates of the A and B nodes for each selected link will be posted The node numbers of the A and B nodes for each selected link will be posted The transit mode s of each selected link will be posted TRANSIT NIS POST DIST The distance of each link in hundredths of units will be po
11. cution LIST LINE This option displays all line attributes along the right hand side of the screen When this option is selected the user is prompted to pick a link and an A node using the mouse If more than one line is found on a given link the user may page through the lines and their attributes After the attributes of each line are displayed the user is prompted for the next line TNIS 6 7 TRANSIT NIS CHNG LINE After picking a line using the LIST LINE option or the POST LINE option the user may pick this option to change line attributes The user picks the attribute value in the status area and NIS will prompt for anew value This is an Auto Repeat command POST LINE This option allows the user to view the routing of lines in the map window After a link is selected using the mouse the routings of all lines using the selected link are displayed until the user stops the display function Corresponding line attributes are displayed in the status area ADD LINE This option allows the user to add a new line First the user is prompted for new line and mode numbers then the user is asked to specify the successive stops used by the line To end the line the user must pick the red FINISHED box in the lower right hand corner of the display After specifying the line pattern the user is asked to specify the line company headways and if the line is one way or two way REMOV LINE This option allows the user to delete an existing line or
12. d is updated NIS automatically updates the corresponding link time Similarly when a link time is updated NIS automatically updates the corresponding link speed This is an Auto Repeat command To display the node number s for any node s in the display window this option is picked When the cursor is positioned at the desired node and the mouse button is depressed the associated node number is displayed This is an Auto Repeat command This option is picked to find any node in the network NIS prompts the user for the desired node number If the node is within the current display area the node number is displayed and node location highlighted If it is not in the display area the user is prompted to pick either the DRAW NETWK or REDRAW option The complete network DRAW NETWK or current window REDRAW will be displayed with the annotated node number at the center of the window This is an Auto Repeat command Enter a 0 as a node number to exit After picking this option the user moves the cursor to the location for a new centroid if AUTO CORD has been set via the Setup Menu If AUTO CORD has not been set NIS prompts the user for the X and Y coordinate values If AUTO NODE has been set NIS automatically assigns the next available centroid number If AUTO NODE has not been set NIS will prompt the user for the centroid number This is an Auto Repeat command After picking this option the user moves the cursor to the location for a new
13. een When this option is specified the user is prompted for the number of bands to be used for the particular bandwidth option specified The ranges selected will be displayed along the right hand side of the screen The user may specify from one to eight bands When this option is turned on the user may select individual links for posting All posting options toggled to ON in the Post Menu are displayed for the selected links This option and the AUTO POST option are mutually exclusive When this option is turned on all links of the displayed network will include posting of all options toggled to ON in the Post Menu This option and the POST LINK option are mutually exclusive 6 3 Link Update Menu This menu is utilized to pick the various transit link update options in NIS A transit network is viewed as a picture drawn in the map display window The window may be adjusted to enlarge reduce or move around to different parts of the network image Many of the options described in the Link Update Menu section utilize the auto repeat facility This means that after the command is selected it remains active until it is reselected For example the ADD NODE command will continue to prompt the user for new node locations until it is explicitly switched off These commands are specifically identified as Auto Repeat commands TNIS 6 4 TRANSIT NIS The first group of options that appears on the Link Update Menu is identical to the first
14. es for the A and B nodes would be the number of coordinate units per mile After providing NIS with the coordinate units per mile value the following prompt appears Do you wish to plot loaded volumes Y N If transit loadings are to be displayed the user should answer Y and TNIS will prompt for the name of the loaded legs file as follows TNIS 4 1 TRANSIT NIS Enter Name of Input File gt This is the name of the file including path name if appropriate which contains the transit line volumes from the TRANPLAN function LOAD TRANSIT NETWORK After providing NIS with the loaded legs file name the following prompt appears Do you wish to plot non transit volumes Y N gt If volumes for non transit links modes 1 through 3 are to be displayed the user should answer Y and TNIS will prompt for the name of the name of the non transit volumes file as follows Enter Name of Input File gt This is the name of the file including path name if appropriate which contains the transit access link volumes from the TRANPLAN function LOAD TRANSIT NETWORK The mouse cursor will then appear and NIS is ready for the user to pick an icon 4 3 Getting Started with Test Data A sample transit network and corresponding files for loaded legs and non transit walk loads have been provided to assist the user in becoming familiar with the operation of Transit NIS These files are located in the UAGUSER TEST subdirectory for PC versions of the sof
15. five selections the current view is displayed again NEXT VIEW For restoring previous pictures in the display window The display is redrawn using the forward window definition NEXT VIEW may be executed up to five times to restore the previous five display windows This is a circular command after five selections the current view is displayed again TNIS 6 3 TRANSIT NIS WIN BY CRD Used to select specific X and Y values for the minimum and maximum display window coordinates Pick WIN BY CRD to turn on this option NIS prompts the user for the minimum and maximum X and Y coordinate values When all four values have been entered the display is redrawn with the best possible fit Failure to properly enter any value will abort this option For user convenience the preceding View Menu commands which are most frequently used are repeated on the Link Update Menu and the Line Update Menu BAND VOL BAND CAP BAND V C BAND V C COLOR V C CHNG BAND NM OF BAND POST LINK AUTO POST This option selects volume as the link attribute to be used for bandwidth plotting Typically after picking this option the user would select the NM OF BAND or CHNG BAND options to modify bandwidth scaling This option selects capacity as the link attribute to be used for bandwidth plotting Capacity is persons per vehicle PPV times vehicles per hour Typically after picking this option the user would select the NM OF BAND or CHNG BAND
16. group of lines The user is prompted for a starting line number ending line number and mode To delete a single line the starting and ending line numbers are the same SET PPV This option allows the user to set the capacity persons per vehicle for one or more lines The user is prompted for a mode and line range followed by a persons per vehicle capacity CLEAR PPV This option allows the user to delete the persons per vehicle capacity information from one or more lines 7 0 NIS Configuration Files Transit NIS utilizes the following configuration files for defining the types valid value ranges and file formats for networks and loaded legs controlling the display of links and lines and performing various other functions o NEDS CFG o TNDMENU CFG o TNDATTR CFG o TNDLINA CFG These files are ASCII text files which can be edited by the user However if the user is in doubt as to the purpose of any given parameter the value s should not be changed without first consulting with The Urban Analysis Group NOTE Mouse sensitivity is not controlled by NIS Please refer to documentation provided with your mouse to adjust mouse sensitivity 7 1 NEDS CFG The NEDS CFG configuration file contains default settings for several parameters which control network display and program calculations This file resides in the URBANSYS software directory However it can be copied to a working directory and customized NIS first searches the current work
17. group of options on the View Menu These options DRAW NETWORK REDRAW CLR SCREEN ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT PAN LAST VIEW NEXT VIEW and WIN BY CRD are most frequently used and are repeated on several menus as a user convenience Refer to Section 6 2 View Menu for detailed descriptions of these options Options unique to the Link Update Menu are described below SHAPE LINK CLR SHAPE LIST ATRIB CHNG ATRIB POST NODE FIND NODE ADD CENTRD ADD NODE ADD LINK This option is used to define the points that a link is to be shaped with for display purposes Link attributes e g distance speed etc are not affected The DEPICTION option in the Setup Menu must be selected if links are to be displayed with shaping This option is used to delete shape points associated with a given link as defined with the SHAPE LINK option Links without shape points are displayed as straight lines After this option is picked the user positions the cursor to any point on a link to list it s attributes The user is prompted for the A node of the link and all attributes of the link in the A to B direction are displayed in the status area Refer to Post Menu for detailed descriptions of link attributes and display conventions After picking a link using the LIST ATTRIB option the user may pick this option to change link attributes The user picks the attribute value in the status area and NIS will prompt for a new value Note When a link spee
18. he user The names have a limit of five characters TNIS 7 3 TRANSIT NIS 7 4 TNDLINA CFG This file contains line attribute names and the minimum and maximum values for each attribute ONLY the names may be changed by the user Modification of this file permits the user to rename any of the attribute names should alternate names s be more meaningful to the user The names have a limit of five characters TNIS 7 4 TRANSIT NIS NOTES TNIS 7 5
19. his menu is utilized to pick the various transit line update options in NIS A transit network is viewed as a picture drawn in the map display window The window may be adjusted to enlarge reduce or move around to different parts of the network image Many of the options described in the Line Update Menu section utilize the auto repeat facility This means that after the command is selected it remains active until it is reselected For example the CHNG LINE command will continue to prompt the user for line attributes to be changed until it is explicitly switched off These commands are specifically identified as Auto Repeat commands The first group of options that appears on the Line Update Menu is identical to the first group of options on the View Menu These options DRAW NETWORK REDRAW CLR SCREEN ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT PAN LAST VIEW NEXT VIEW and WIN BY CRD are most frequently used and are repeated on several menus as a user convenience Refer to Section 6 2 View Menu for detailed descriptions of these options Options unique to the Link Update Menu are described below SET LINE This option selects particular lines and modes for display The user is prompted for a starting line number and ending line number and related mode Any set of line ranges using any group of transit modes may be specified for display CLEAR LINE This option cancels any ranges selected using the SET LINE option The user is asked to confirm this option before exe
20. ing directory for an NEDS CFG file If one is not found then it will use the default NEDS CFG in the URBANSYS software directory It is important that if an NEDS CFG file is present in your working directory it is compatible with the program executable The contents within the NEDS CFG file are detailed below Line one is a comment line identifying the type of graphics configuration Lines two through seven contain several parameters concerning the display terminal and runtime option settings used by NIS including the following O Display Terminal Controls and Characteristics This information should not be modified unless the user is specifically directed to do so by UAG TNIS 7 1 TRANSIT NIS As a rule The Urban Analysis Group should be consulted prior to modifying any of the parameters on lines two through seven Screen Point Search Tolerances This controls the precision of the point selected using the mouse If the user experiences difficulty getting NIS to recognize points this value may be relaxed to search larger areas Normally UAG Staff will instruct the user when this is required EDTCOL Specifies the color used to highlight links during edit operations Reference the following table EDTCOL Color black blue green cyan red magenta brown white dark gray light blue light green light cyan light red light magenta yellow intensified white NRODBASZSORNDURWD O Lines eight through 12 in the NED
21. istances automatically recalculated by NIS This is an Auto Repeat command After picking this option the user positions the cursor at the node to be moved and depresses the mouse button The cursor is then positioned to the desired location for the node and the mouse button depressed again The effects of moving the node are displayed immediately with the ends of attached links moved as necessary Distances for all affected links are modified accordingly This is an Auto Repeat command This option is used to set up a template of link attributes to be copied to other links After picking this option a list of attribute titles is displayed in the status area Some or all of the attributes may be filled in for copying to other links Picking a particular attribute will prompt for a new value for the attribute Picking it again will display No Copy in the attribute value field and the attribute will no longer be active in the template When finished with updating attribute values move the mouse cursor to any position outside the status area and click the mouse After building the setup template this option is picked and the mouse is used to pick each link upon which to copy the template Only those attributes set using the SETUP TEMP option are copied to the links selected This is an Auto Repeat command Note All transit NIS update options only operate on DISPLAYed data The user should verify that the network display reflects the latest displ
22. lly updates the corresponding link speed This is an Auto Repeat command TNIS 6 5 TRANSIT NIS REMOV NODE After picking this option the user positions the cursor near the node or centroid to be deleted and REMOV LINK BREAK LINK MOVE NODE SETUP TEMP COPY TEMP depresses the mouse button All links to from the selected node or centroid are highlighted they will be deleted as well as the node and NIS asks if the correct node has been selected Typing Y or y in response to the prompt will delete the node and any attached links Any other response will retain the node This is an Auto Repeat command After picking this option the user positions the cursor at any location on the link to be deleted After the mouse button is depressed the link is highlighted and NIS asks if the correct link has been selected If the user types Y or y the link is deleted Typing any other character will retain the link and prompt for another link to be deleted This is an Auto Repeat command To insert a new node on an existing link the user picks this option The cursor is positioned to the point on the link where the new node is to be added If AUTO NODE has been set NIS automatically assigns the next available node number If AUTO NODE has not been set NIS will prompt the user for the node number An A B link as well as the B A link if two way becomes A X and X B with the new links having the same attributes at the original link and d
23. ndow definition and ID s up to four windows User profiles are saved with a user specified ID of up to eight characters and an NIS supplied suffix of UPF 3 5 Configuration Files Configuration files define the types valid value ranges and file formats for link attributes control the display of links and perform various other functions which are detailed in Chapter 7 NIS Configuration Files TNIS 3 1 TRANSIT NIS NOTES TNIS 3 2 TRANSIT NIS 4 0 Executing TNIS 4 1 Starting a TNIS Session Working directories should be created for maintaining NIS data files and optionally customized configuration files Working directories may be located anywhere on the system and NIS can be executed from the working directories The test directory which is created when URBAN SYS software is installed is an example of a working directory The URBANSYS directory which contains NIS software should never be used as a working directory After a working directory has been established with at a minimum a transit network file a TNIS session can be initiated c A Transit NIS session is initiated by entering the following command TNIS TNIS then prompts the user for the input transit network file as follows Enter Name of Input File gt The user responds by entering the file name of the network file including path name if appropriate and NIS checks to see if the file exists If the file does not exist NIS prompts the user to correc
24. ng system only o CONTBW Controls whether bandwidth displays can be stepped only i e the user is prompted to enter the lower and upper values for each bandwidth or stepped plus continuous i e the user is prompted for a bandwidth scale factor 0 Stepped only 1 Stepped plus continuous volume per inch 2 Stepped plus continuous volume per millimeter o HZNLMT Maximum number of highway network zones This value cannot exceed the maximum value for your particular operating system version of NIS e HNDLMT Maximum number of highway network nodes This value cannot exceed the maximum value for your particular operating system version of NIS O HLKLMT Maximum number of highway network links This value cannot exceed the maximum value for your particular operating system version of NIS o TZNLMT Maximum number of transit network zones This value cannot exceed the maximum value for your particular operating system version of NIS o TNDLMT Maximum number of transit network nodes This value cannot exceed the maximum value for your particular operating system version of NIS o TLKLMT Maximum number of transit network links This value cannot exceed the maximum value for your particular operating system version of NIS Lines 13 through 17 in the NEDS CFG file provide the path names and file names for the menu and attribute configuration files These remaining configuration files can reside in any direc
25. node if AUTO CORD has been set via the Setup Menu If AUTO CORD has not been set NIS prompts the user for the X and Y coordinate values If AUTO NODE has been set NIS automatically assigns the next available node number If AUTO NODE has not been set NIS will prompt the user for the node number This is an Auto Repeat command To add a link to the network pick this option Position the cursor to the A node of the link and then depress the mouse button NIS then requests the user to position the cursor to the new B node of the new link After depressing the mouse button again the user will be asked whether the new link is one way or two way Then the status area will display the A node and B node followed by default attribute values for the A B link Most initial values will be set to zero however the link distance will be automatically calculated based on the units per mile value provided by the user at the start of the NIS session Also if the user has created a link template using the SETUP TEMP option these template values are used as defaults when adding a link The user is then prompted to select a link attribute for updating and then to enter the new attribute value When finished with updating attribute values move the mouse cursor to any position outside the status area and click the mouse Note When a link speed is updated NIS automatically updates the corresponding link time Similarly when a link time is updated NIS automatica
26. ns control to the operating system when the stop icon is picked 5 2 Menu Icons Selection of any of the menu icons with the cursor will cause a menu to be displayed on the left side of the NIS screen display A menu item can then be picked The options and commands for each of the menus are discussed in detail in the next chapter NIS Menus 5 3 Window Icons Up to four user windows can be defined for each NIS session When a display area has been created which the user wishes to save the user picks any of the four window pane icons displayed at the top of the screen and is prompted for a three character ID to be used to identify the window This ID is then displayed below the selected icon The user can continue with other NIS functions and then at a later time restore a window to the display area User window settings are saved as part of user profiles so the same windows can be restored in subsequent NIS sessions TNIS 5 1 TRANSIT NIS NOTES TNIS 5 2 TRANSIT NIS 6 0 NIS Menus NIS icons two through six have the following corresponding menus to control program execution Setup Menu View Menu Link Update Menu Post Menu Line Update Menu OOOOO The remainder of this chapter details the menu options associated with each of these icons 6 1 Setup Menu This menu is utilized to control various display and update options in NIS The commands available on this menu are toggled ON highlighted and OFF CENTR
27. olume capacity analysis o Minimum path determination o Link loadings o Global editing templates o Transit line loadings o Turn prohibitors o Network zoom and pan o User controlled colors o Turning movement diagrams o Icon and menu driven o Restore last next views o Link attribute posting o Network load comparisons o Volume capacity difference bands Transit NIS is menu driven with five basic menus a setup menu for program specifications a view menu for displaying various network characteristics such as shortest path between two points or bandwidths based on link attributes an update menu for network modifications a posting menu for setting annotation criteria and a line menu for defining and editing transit line attributes TNIS 1 1 TRANSIT NIS NOTES TNIS 1 2 TRANSIT NIS 2 0 Program Usage and Basic Concepts NIS utilizes icons menus and dialogue queries to control program execution and allocation of network files While NIS is running the principle source of program control is through the graphics cursor The graphics cursor is moved around the screen to point at particular objects which are selected for specific purposes The user terminal must be equipped with a pointing device mouse or digitizer for cursor control An option is selected by depressing any button on the pointing device hereinafter referred to as a mouse This sequence of point and select is referred to as a pick in the remainder of this m
28. or selection for network display Multi modal links appear in the highest mode on the respective links CHNG COLOR This option is used in conjunction with the MODE option of the Setup Menu When this option is DEPICTION selected the color options are displayed in the color menu area of the screen with a link mode table displayed below the color selection 012345678 0 NNNBNNNNN The user positions the cursor into any of the color selection boxes in the color menu area presses the mouse button and pokes as many of the attribute values which are to be displayed in the selected color The table is depicted as units across For example to assign the color blue to a link with a mode value of 3 the user would first pick the blue rectangle and then the fourth column of the values table Default OFF This option is selected if shaped links are to be depicted with shaping rather than as straight lines See the SHAPE LINK and CLR SHAPE options in the Link Update Menu Default OFF TNIS 6 1 TRANSIT NIS TNIS 6 2 TRANSIT NIS READ UPRF This option allows the user to read in a previously saved session profile The session profile contains the user selected settings for link colors bandwidths and window definitions After selecting this option the user is prompted for an ID of up to eight characters If the requested profile is found the screen is refreshed and any previously saved user window ID s are displayed at the top of the screen
29. rated with the highway and transit network databases utilized by TRANPLAN NIS has two basic elements HNIS for highway networks and TNIS for transit networks NIS is available in both a standard edition and an extended edition Both editions provide the user with a flexible set of thematic mapping tools which are accessed via icons and menus Standard edition provides tools for displaying and updating network node and link attributes using colors and patterns For example link colors could represent facility types and bandwidths could represent volumes Attribute values can also be posted Attributes can be interactively updated for single links or on a global basis including selected link subsets via a user update template Subareas can be extracted using point or link cordons Extended edition provides all the link node display and update capabilities of standard edition in addition to capabilities for defining displaying and updating up to 15 types of areas e g traffic analysis zones census tracts Color and fill patterns of areas can be set based on value ranges for selected area attributes For example area color could represent population and pattern could represent employment NIS minimizes the time to prepare and change transportation networks and presents modeling results quickly via screen displays NIS has the following features o Sub area extraction o Interactive network editing o Color displays o Bandwidth displays o V
30. sed created or modified by Transit NIS o Transit Network Files o Transit Loaded Legs Files o Transit Access Link Files o User Profile Files o Configuration Files 3 1 Transit Network Files Transit network files are in TRANPLAN format These files contain the links and link attributes that comprise the transit network Refer to the TRANPLAN User Manual for instructions on creating network files BUILD TRANSIT NETWORK 3 2 Transit Loaded Legs Files Transit loaded legs files are in TRANPLAN format These files contain loaded leg volumes for each transit line Refer to the TRANPLAN User Manual for instructions on creating loaded legs files LOAD TRANSIT NETWORK 3 3 Transit Access Link Files Transit access link files are in TRANPLAN format These files contain loaded access link volumes for mode 1 mode 2 and mode 3 links Refer to the TRANPLAN User Manual for instructions on creating access link files LOAD TRANSIT NETWORK 3 4 User Profile Files NIS allows the user to save session setup parameters for re use through Setup Menu options READ UPRF and SAVE UPRF Steps to use these options are described in Section 6 1 Setup Menu The following characteristics of an NIS session are saved in the user profile o Settings for color display of links based on mode s and on volume to capacity ratios o Bandwidth ranges from the BAND VOL BAND CAP BAND V C and BAND V C commands e g bandwidths for link volumes and capacities o User wi
31. sted on all links selected POST AM TM The AM peak travel time of each link in tenths of minutes will be posted on all links selected POST PM TM The PM peak travel time of each link in tenths of minutes will be posted on all links selected POST OFFT The off peak travel time of each link in tenths of minutes will be posted on all links selected POST AM SP The AM peak travel speed of each link in tenths of units will be posted on all links selected POST PM SP The PM peak travel speed of each link in tenths of units will be posted on all links selected POST OFF S The off peak travel speed of each link in tenths of units will be posted on all links selected POST LN LK The number of transit lines will be posted on all links selected POST VH HR The number of vehicles per hour will be posted on all links selected POST VOL The one way volume of each link will be posted on all links selected POST CAP The person capacity of each link will be posted on all links selected AM NET PM NET NIT NET or MID NET must be selected from the Setup Menu in order to post link capacities Capacity is persons per vehicle PPV times vehicles per hour POST 2WVOL The two way volume of each link will be posted on all links selected POST V C The volume capacity ratio of each link in hundredths will be posted on all links selected POST V C The value of link volume minus link capacity will be posted on all links selected 6 5 Line Update Menu T
32. t the file name The user may also specify NONE or none to exit NIS at this point 4 1 2 WINDOWS Support for Windows 3 1 x has been discontinued with the release of URBAN SYS 9 0 Windows 95 and Windows NT installation options and procedures may be found on the UAG Web site at www uagworld com under the URBAN SYS page After installation the TNIS window is opened by positioning the mouse cursor over the TNIS icon and double clicking the mouse button NOTE After a session is started NIS functions are separate from the window and the window menu Because of this separation of window application and NIS session an NIS session must be terminated by selecting the NIS STOP SIGN icon before starting a new session or exiting the window This is done by selecting the stop sign icon within NIS 4 2 Responding to Preliminary Prompts After providing TNIS with an input network file name the user must respond to some additional prompts before any displays can be generated or editing performed The first prompt is required for calculating distances for links which are added or modified during the session Enter Units per Mile Value gt Enter the number of coordinate units per mile for your network so NIS can automatically calculate distances for new or modified links For example if a one mile link in your network runs due east and west i e y coordinate values are the same for the A and B nodes then the difference in the x coordinate valu
33. tory and have any file name The path name can be no longer than 80 characters and no special characters as defined by the operating system are permitted No comments or remarks should appear on the same line Each path name file name is specified on a separate line in the following order Highway NIS Menu Text HNDMENU CFG Highway NIS Attribute Names Ranges HLNKATT CFG Transit NIS Menu Text TNDMENU CFG Transit NIS Link Attributes Ranges TNDATTR CFG Transit NIS Line Attributes Ranges TNDLINA CFG If Highway NIS or Transit NIS are not installed blank lines or dummy file names should appear on the lines where these configuration path names would normally appear The default NEDS CFG file specifies the above files are located in the URBANSYSINIS software directory The contents of these configuration files are described below 7 2 TNDMENU CFG This file contains the menu numbers menu item numbers and menu item names for every menu ONLY the menu names may be changed by the user Modification of this file permits the user to rename any of the menu option names should alternate name s be more meaningful to the user The names have a limit of 10 characters 7 3 TNDATTR CFG This file contains link attribute names and the minimum and maximum values for each attribute ONLY the names may be changed by the user Modification of this file permits the user to rename any of the attribute names should alternate names s be more meaningful to t
34. tware and in the URBANSYS TEST subdirectory for other versions To begin a sample Transit NIS session 1 For PC environments make sure the mouse driver has been installed 2 Make the TEST or test subdirectory the current working directory 3 Initiate a TNIS session as per the instructions provided in the previous section specifying FTOWNTRN as the input network This is the transit network created by the HUDNET CTL TRANPLAN control file The TRLOAD LGS and TRLOAD WLK files are created by the TRLOAD CTL TRANPLAN control file Provide the responses indicated below to the preliminary prompts Transit NIS Prompt User Response Enter Units per Mile Value 100 Do you wish to plot loaded volumes Y N Y Enter Name of Input File gt TRLOAD LGS Do you wish to plot non transit volumes Y N gt Y Enter Name of Input File TRLOAD WLK The mouse cursor will appear in the center of the screen after the input file s have been read in and NIS is ready to process user display and edit requests 4 4 Demonstration Versions The installation and program execution procedures for the demonstration version of Transit NIS are the same as for the production version The only difference is that the user cannot save a network that has been modified during the TNIS 4 2 TRANSIT NIS session The sample network and corresponding loaded legs and walk links files described in the previous section FTOWNTRN TRLOAD LGS and TRLOAD WLK are included in the
35. xtraneously transmitted characters ZOOM IN To enlarge a user specified portion of the picture in the display window pick ZOOM IN once to turn it ON NIS prompts the user to pick the upper left and lower right corners of a new view area in the display window Those points form the opposite corners of a box which is expanded as much as possible to fit centered within the display area Failure to pick two points in the display window will abort the ZOOM IN command ZOOM OUT To shrink a portion of the picture in the display window pick ZOOM OUT once to turn it ON NIS prompts the user to pick the upper left and lower right corners of a new box in the display window NIS fits the current window into the box and fills in the rest of the window with the environs about the current window Failure to pick two points in the display window will abort the ZOOM OUT command PAN To pan the display window relative to the current picture pick PAN to turn it ON NIS prompts the user to pick two points in the display window The first pick is any point in the window The second pick is the desired location of that point in the redrawn window Failure to pick two points within the display window will abort PAN LAST VIEW For restoring previous pictures in the display window The display is redrawn using the backward window definition LAST VIEW may be executed up to five times to restore the previous five display windows This is a circular command after
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