Using named Network editor layouts

You define the layout of a Network editor with various graphic parameters and settings for visibility and selectability. You can save the selection and settings for the layout in a named Network editor layout (Defining the Network editor layout). This also allows you to define multiple Network editor layouts that meet different requirements for displaying the Vissim network in the Network editor. You can select a named Network editor layout again later, assign it to a Network editor and thus define its layout.

When you save the entire Vissim user interface layout, the named Network editor layouts are also saved (Saving Network editor layouts with entire layout), (Saving the user interface layout). Settings from the following areas are saved for each named Network editor layout:

• Base graphic parameters (Editing base graphic parameters for a network editor)
• 3D graphic parameters (Editing 3D graphic parameters)
• Graphic parameters of the network objects (Editing graphic parameters for network objects)
• Visibility and selectability settings selected in the following sidebars:
• Network object sidebar
• Level toolbar
• Background image toolbar
• 3D information sign toolbar

If you rename a network editor layout in a scenario in a scenario management project, Vissim renames this network editor layout in the other scenarios as well as in the base network of the scenario management project. If you reference the network editor layout in a storyboard in the scenario, Vissim assigns this new name to the network editor layout. However, Vissim does not rename the network editor layout in storyboards from other scenarios or in the base network of the scenario management project.

Defining the Network editor layout

1.  Customize the layout for the Network editor according to your requirements using the various graphics parameters and visibility and selectability settings.

2.  On the Network editor toolbar, click the Network editor layout selection button .

3.  Click Add.

4.  Overwrite the selected entry with the desired name and click next to it on .

On the toolbar of all Network editors, the new Network editor layout is displayed in the  Network editor layout selection field and can be selected by clicking the button.

Applying the Network editor layout to the Network editor

1.  On the Network editor toolbar, click the Network editor layout selection button .

2.  Point the mouse pointer at the name of the Network editor layout whose settings you want to apply to the Network editor and click.

Overwriting defined Network editor layout with current one

1.  On the Network editor toolbar, click the Network editor layout selection button .

2.  Point the mouse pointer at the name of the Network editor layout you want to overwrite.

Buttons for renaming, overwriting and deleting are displayed.

3.  Click the Overwrite with shown Network editor layout button .

Saving Network editor layouts with entire layout

1.  On the File menu, click > Save Layout as.

2.  Enter a unique name.

3.  Click the Save button.

The current layout of the entire Vissim user interface, and thus all named Network editor layouts, are saved to the *.layx layout file.

If in the User Preferences, the option Auto-save layout when network file (inpx) is saved is selected, the layout file is saved automatically under the name of the currently loaded network file, each time the network file is saved (Specifying automatic saving of the layout file *.layx).

Reading in saved Network editor layouts additionally

You may read all Network editor layouts, saved to a *.layx file, into your currently opened file. Then you can apply these Network editor layouts to the Network editors in the file currently open.

1.  From the File menu, choose > Read Additionally > Named Network Editor Layouts.

2.  Select the desired *.layx file of your choice.

3.  Click the Open button.

The network editor layouts are read in. On the toolbar of the Network editors opened and the Network editors you open later on, in the Network editor layout selection list, you can select the Network editor layouts read in.

Deleting a named Network editor layout

1.  On the Network editor toolbar, click the Network editor layout selection button .

2.   Point the mouse pointer at the name of the Network editor layout and click next to it on .