Creating a line route
Note: Please note the rules for editing line route items (Basic rules: Editing a route course). |
1. In the Network editor window, click the Insert mode icon .
2. In the Network window, click the Lines button.
The Create window opens.
3. Select the Line route entry.
4. Click in the network display.
The Create line route window opens.
5. Make the desired changes:
Element |
Description |
Line |
In the drop-down list, select the line to which you want to allocate the line route. Notes If you enter the beginning of the name of a line in the search box, the selection is narrowed down accordingly. Use the symbol to search for a specific line (Finding network objects in the network). Only active lines If the option has been selected, only active lines can be selected. |
Name |
Enter a name for the line route Note The drop-down list contains the names of all line routes in the network. The name of the new line route must differ from the existing ones. |
Direction |
Use the drop-down list to select a direction (Managing PuT directions). |
Transport system |
Display of the transport system of the selected line |
Standard operator |
Display of the standard operator of the selected line |
Main line |
Display of the main line if the selected line has been allocated to a main line (Managing main lines) |
6. Confirm with OK.
The Edit course window opens.
7. Click the stop point where you want the line route to start and hold down the mouse button.
Note: A line route must start and end at a stop point. |
8. Drag the mouse to the next stop point or node, via which the line route shall run and release the mouse button.
Notes: Preferably, you should select nodes. This way, you avoid inadvertently selecting a stop point of the opposite direction. If required, in the Edit course window, click the Zoom button to enlarge the section with the course. |
9. If required, proceed in the same manner to create any other sections you wish to create.
Notes: If required, in the Edit course window, click the Undo button to delete the last section of the line route course. If a stop point or a node is traversed more than once, the Edit course window opens. In the window, select the node/stop point that you want to traverse. |
10. Drag the mouse button to the desired endpoint of the line route and release the mouse button.
Tip: You can also drag the mouse directly from the first stop point to the desired end stop point. The program will then suggest the best path based on the set search criterion (Line routes: specifying parameters for the path search). |
11. In the Edit course window, click the OK button.
The line route is inserted.
Note: You can create the opposite direction of the line route via the shortcut menu (Creating the opposite direction of a line route). If system routes exist in the network and you have specified the first stop point, you can use the Tabular lengthening button to create a line route course based on the route courses of system routes (Tabular editing of a line route course). You can edit the course of a line route later (Editing line route items). |
Line routes: specifying parameters for the path search
Note: Under Edit > User preferences > Network > Lines, you can specify the default values for the path search in advance (Specifying default values for lines and line routes). |
1. Make sure that the Edit course window is open (Editing a line route).
2. In the Edit course window, click the Parameters button.
The Parameters: Line route course search window opens.
3. Make the desired changes.
Element |
Description |
Use also closed links for routing |
If the option has been selected, the links closed to the transport system will be taken into account, as if they were open to the transport system. |
Use also closed turns for routing |
If the option has been selected, the turns closed to the transport system will be taken into account, as if they were open to the transport system. |
Serve stop points of new course |
If the option has been selected, the stop points of the new course will also be served. If the option has not been selected, the new line route will only serve the stop points that existed before the rerouting of the course. |
Serve only active stop points |
If the option has been selected, passive stop points are not taken into account. Note The option is only available if you have selected the Serve stop points of new route option. |
For the re-routed section, generate the run time from the link network |
Note This option is only provided when editing a line route course. When creating a new course, the transport system-specific link run time is used. If the option has been selected, the transport system-specific link run time is used for the transport system of the line and for all traversed links. If the option has not been selected, the run times of the time profile are kept. In the new course, they are distributed proportional to the length. |
Lengthen vehicle journeys automatically |
If this option has been selected, the vehicle journeys of the line route are also lengthened if the line route is lengthened. If this option has not been selected, the extension of the vehicle journeys remains unchanged. |
Search criterion |
From the drop-down list, you can select a criterion for the path search. The search finds the best path each between two marked (fixed) stop points. Link length (direct distance) Direct distance link length from the origin to the destination stop point Link run time Is calculated from the transport system speed of the links Time from speed def. by link type Is calculated from the transport system speed specified for the respective link type Link length Calculated link length if not manually adjusted by the user |
4. Confirm with OK.