Setting user preferences

In the user preferences, you can make the following basic settings:

For the graphical user interface GUI:

• Select the language of the user interface of Vissim and the fallback language (Selecting the language of the user interface)
• Select the country for which specific information is displayed on the start page (Selecting the country for regional information on the start page)
• Restore default settings (Defining default values)
• Settings for video compression and 3D mode (Selecting the 3D mode and 3D recording settings)
• Select function for the right mouse button (Right-click behavior and action after creating an object)
• Select the command you want executed after a new network object has been created (Right-click behavior and action after creating an object):
• Open the window with the attributes of the network object
• Open the list with network objects of the network object type including the network objects' attributes
• None of the two commands
• Define how quick infos are displayed in the Network editor (Showing and hiding object information in the network editor)
• Select type of detector activation in the test mode (Defining click behavior for the activation of detectors in test mode)
• Specify default short name or long name for column headers (Showing short or long names of attributes in column headers)
• Select map service of the background map (Managing map services of the background map)

For the working environment:

• Define the number of functions last performed that are to be saved (Configuring command history)
• Define automatic saving of the layout file *.layx (Specifying automatic saving of the layout file *.layx)

• Check network at start of simulation (Checking and selecting the network with simulation start)
• Define default values for lane width, minimum gap time and minimum clearance (Defining default values)
• Collect usage data (Allowing the collection of usage data)