Attributes of pavement markings

The Pavement Marking window opens automatically when you insert a network object and have selected to automatically open the Edit dialog after object creation (Right-click behavior and action after creating an object). By default, only the Pavement Markings list is opened.

Into the window, you enter attribute values for the network object. For network objects which have already been defined, you can call the window using the following functions:

  • ►  In the list of network objects of the network object type, double-click the row with the desired network object.
  • ►  In the Network editor, select the network object of your choice. Then, on its shortcut menu, click Edit.

The network object may have additional attributes. In the network objects list of the network object type, you can show all attributes and attribute values. You can open the list via the following functions:

In the network objects list of the network object type, you can edit attributes and attribute values of a network object (Selecting cells in lists), (Using lists).

The objects of this object type may have relations to other objects. This is why the attributes list is shown as part of a coupled list (on the left). On the Lists toolbar, in the Relations box, you can show and edit the coupled list with the attributes of the desired relation on the right (see below Showing and editing dependent objects as relation) and (Using coupled lists).

Note: In lists, you can use the  Attribute selection icon to show and hide attribute values (Selecting attributes and subattributes for columns of a list).

Element Description

Type

Defines the geometric symbol shown in the Vissim network

  • Arrow: Can be Left, Straight, Right or a combination of the latter options.
  • Diamond lane: In the USA and Canada identifies lane for high occupancy vehicles (carpool lane)
  • U-turn: Vissim displays a clockwise or anticlockwise arrow. This depends on the settings made under Network Settings > Vehicle Behavior > Traffic Regulations and the option selected Right-hand traffic or Left-hand traffic.
  • Roundabout US: The arrow direction can be Left, Straight, Right, Center island or a combination of these options. Center island must be combined with at least one other arrow option.
  • Zebra crossing is used to mark pedestrian links that are defined as pedestrian crossings. The option is used to indicate the width of the link which is crossed. All traffic information must be defined for the links (Modeling links as pedestrian areas).
  • User-defined: displays an area where you can click and select the desired graphic file *.png containing the texture of the pavement marking. You can specify a width less than the width of the lane in the Width box. The width of the pavement marking shall not exceed the width of the lane. If you do not change the value in the Width box, Vissim scales the graphic file based on the lane width and adjusts the length of the pavement marking accordingly. You can move the pavement marking on the link and thus position it accurately. Some predefined graphic files with textures can be found by default in the Exe\3DModels\Textures\Pavement Markingsdirectory.

Directions

Arrow directions (ArrowDir): This is only relevant for the Arrow type: This defines the geometric symbol shown in the Vissim network. If you select several directions, these are combined in the arrow.

  • Left
  • Straight
  • Right
  • Central Island: Only relevant for US roundabout. Must be combined with at least one other arrow option.

At

Position (Pos): Position distance from the beginning of the link [m]

Superordinate topic:

Modeling pavement markings

Information on editing:

Defining pavement markings