Running the animation

You can run an animation of the simulation with or without an animation file (*.ani).

When playing back an animation file (*.ani) in Vissim, you first need to open the corresponding Vissim network.

Running the animation with an animation file (*.ani)

1. From the Presentation menu, choose Animation with ANI file.

2. From the Presentation menu, choose the desired entry:

Toolbar button	Name	Description
	Continuous	When no animation run is started: Opens a window in which you can select the *.ani file of your choice. Then starts the continuous animation run. When the Animation single step mode is started: Let animation run continuously.
	Single Step	When no animation run is started: Opens a window in which you can select the *.ani file of your choice. Then starts the animation run and shows the step of the first simulation second. When the Animation continuous mode is started: Stops animation run and show next single step.
	Stop	Finish animation run
	Single Step Reverse	Stops running animation and shows last step before the current simulation second.
	Continuous Reverse	Stops running animation and plays animation in continuous reverse order.

During the recording of the simulation, attribute values are stored. During playback of the animation, you can show these attribute values in lists. For pedestrians in the network, this also includes attribute values for pedestrian routes, such as the number of the pedestrian routing decision (static), the number of the pedestrian route (static), and the current destination number.

Running the animation without an animation file (*.ani)

Aggregated result attributes are used for visualization, e.g. for the color of link segments or link bars.

1. In the Presentation menu, deselect Animation with ANI file.

2. Then, from the Presentation menu, choose the desired command.

The animation of the simulation is run without an animation file.