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Contents
Chapter 1 Welcome to Cube .........................1-3
Overview..............................................1-3
The Architecture of Cube ..........................1-3
Cube Base..........................................1-3
Cube Voyager: Forecasting Personal Travel
Demand ............................................1-3
Cube Cargo Forecasting Commodity Demand
and Truck Flows ..................................1-3
Cube Dynasim Multimodal Traffic
Microsimulation ...................................1-3
Cube ME statistically optimized trip matrix
estimation .........................................1-3
The Cube User Environment .......................1-4
Integration with ArcGIS ............................1-4
Integration of the Cube Extensions...............1-4
Chapter 2 About this Guide...........................2-6
Installing the Demonstration Software and Data 26
Chapter 3 Case Studies: Forecasting Personal Travel
with Cube ...............................................3-7
Case Study 1: Studying a New Development ....3-7
Developing the Scenario.........................3-8
Running the Model for the Base Case .........3-9
Running the Model for the Scenario ......... 3-10
Case Study 2: Studying a Proposed Roadway
Improvement....................................... 3-11
Developing the Scenario....................... 3-11
Running the Model for the Scenario ......... 3-11
Case Study 3: Studying Improvements in Bus
Service .............................................. 3-15
Developing the Scenario....................... 3-15
Chapter 4 Case Studies: Microsimulation with Cube
.......................................................... 4-18
Case Study 5: Traffic Microsimulation of a
Proposed New Development ..................... 4-18
Case Study 6: Sharing Microsimulation Animations
with Stakeholders and Making Rendered
Animations ......................................... 4-22
Example Exported Animations................ 4-22
Chapter 5 Case Studies: Forecasting Freight with
Cube.................................................... 5-23
Running the Base Situation ................... 5-24
Case Study 7: Forecasting Demand for a Proposed
New Rail Freight Service ......................... 5-25
Case Study 8: Forecasting the Impact of Rail
Pricing on the Level of Truck Traffic........... 5-26
Chapter 6 Developing Base Data in Cube......... 6-26
Developing a Highway Network ................. 6-26
Developing a Zones and Zone Centroids
Connectors ......................................... 6-31
Representing Intersections ...................... 6-33
Developing a Public Transit Network........... 6-36
Using Drawing and Other Layers in Cube ...... 6-40
Chapter 7 Developing a Model in Cube ........... 7-43
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Cube Base also provides for the direct use of ArcGIS from ESRI providing
compatibility with ESRI data standards as well as the use of advanced
GIS functions.
Cube Extensions
Cube Voyager: Forecasting Personal Travel Demand
Passenger forecasting
Freight forecasting
Traffic microsimulation
Trip matrix optimization
Cube Base
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Chapter 2
About this Guide
Discover Cube was developed to help you to understand and to learn
how to use Cube. It is not intended to be a comprehensive users guide
or to replace training courses, but is intended to help you understand
how Cube works, what Cube can do and how to start using Cube in your
transportation analysis.
Discover Cube takes you through a series of interactive exercises to
discover the functionalities provided by Cube. Discover Cube concludes
with a discussion of services offered by Citilabs to help you migrate your
existing model or to develop a new model system, our training courses
our user support and our user forum.
Included with Discover Cube is a CD containing data to be used in the
lessons contained in this guide. You should run the installation prior to
starting the lessons outlined below.
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Chapter 3
Case Studies: Forecasting Personal
Travel with Cube
The following section takes you through three case studies showing how
you would apply a typical travel forecasting model in the following
situations. All of these examples use a forecasting model and datasets
included on the Cube CD. If you have not yet installed the software and
datasets, please refer to Chapter 2. It is best to do these case studies in
their order.
by those that develop and run scenarios. In this mode, you cannot
change the model, but you may apply the model. Later chapters in this
book take you through exercises in developing model structures where
you can learn how to design and calibrate the model.
This model is a 4-step model of Trip Generation, Trip Distribution, Mode
Choice and Assignment. It has other steps for developing networks and
for doing various analyses of the results.
Cube is very open and flexible. Model developers are provided the tools
to build almost any structure that might be desired including emerging
methods in activity models and tour based approaches. We have used a
4-step model in the demonstration system as it is the most commonly
used structure in most locations in the world.
The flow chart shows the steps in the model. Each of these steps show
light blue boxes on the left-hand side and green boxes on the right-hand
side. The light blue boxes are inputs to the step and the green are the
outputs of the steps. Linkages are made taking outputs to serve as
inputs, etc.
This model also includes a loop and a branch. In this model, a loop
has been placed around the distribution, mode choice and assignment
stages of the model. This is what is known as a feedback loop taking
the travel times from the assignment model (congested travel time) and
bringing that back to distribution to distribute the trips from zone to
zone using these congested times. These are also used in the mode
choice stage. The model iterates between these steps until a criteria has
been achieved.
The highway network is shown with a legend and several layers open.
The Cube GIS system allows you to have unlimited layers. Layers that
can be used include the standard Cube data formats, industry standard
ESRI shape files and image formats (jpg, tif, etc.). In a future version of
Cube, Cube will use directly data stored in ESRI geodatabase format.
The interface
We have a highway network open and active, a public transit layer open
but not shown on the screen and various shape and image layers. A
drawing layer is also open. This layer is where you can place roadsigns
and other information on the map.
Click on the check mark next to the TRN layer
Click Save Configuration
Click Close
The map is now re-drawn with the transit layer shown.
This interface along with the questions, the colors and logo have been
designed by the developer of the model using developer mode in Cube.
A model interface can have any questions that you would like to ask, any
colors and any logos or other images. This allows you to build a
customized interface for your model.
First, lets get familiar with Cubetown by looking at the highway system.
Click the Edit button next to the highway network. This is the first
Edit button on the right. This will open the highway network that
we are using in the Base scenario.
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Now, lets zoom to the area that will hold our shopping center.
When the model has finished, a dialog box will appear. Click OK.
Click View
Lets look at the traffic assigned to our shopping center area, prior to
implementing the shopping center.
Click Restore
Select Shopping Center
This moves the map to the area where the shopping center will be
located. We had previously bookmarked this zoom. You can bookmark
up to 16 views and save this in the GIS workspace.
We can now see the current traffic conditions around the shopping
center. The intersections and roadways are at a good quality of level of
service.
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Close the map window by clicking on the small x in the upper right
hand corner.
When prompted to save the project file select Yes. This saves the
selected node and color settings and location.
Running the Model for the Scenario
Lets add in the shopping center and create a new scenario.
Right-click on Base in the scenario sub-window
Select Add Child
Type in: Future Year
When the description dialog appears, click OK. You could add notes
here about the scenario.
Right-click on Future Year
Select Add Child
Cube can be used to obtain an enormous variety of results and tables.
Not all are shown here in this document. We have seen the volume and
capacity and intersection level of service with and without the Citimart.
It may also be useful to see the location and volume of travelers coming
to and from the Citimart. This will show us the roadways that are being
impacted by the development.
When prompted to make a copy of the file, Click Yes and name the
file tazfuture.dbf.
Click Open
Type in: 2885 for total jobs and 1557 for retail jobs for zone 1
After making the changes click on a different row so that you exit edit
mode before closing the file by clicking on the small x. The file will
automatically be saved. Note: there is currently no undo feature when
editing DBF files.
Click the Run button
This will now apply the model for the new scenario. A dialog will appear
when the model run has completed. Close that dialog.
Now, lets look at the assignment results.
Make sure that the scenario Citimart is highlighted in the scenarios
sub-window.
Double-click on HW intersections in the Data window.
The map opens in the same zoom as before with the same color sets
selected except now we see the results from the Citimart scenario. The
level of service and volume/capacity ratio has changed with the new
Citimart.
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Close the map window by clicking on the small x in the upper right
hand corner.
Click on Save then Close in the model user menu. If another user
menu remains open, Click on Save then Close. If prompted to
create the Future Year scenario, Click Yes. Click Close.
Developing the Scenario
In this case study we will apply the model to see the impacts associated
with a new shopping center planned for our study town, Cubetown and
some improvements to the roadway and the intersections.
Under this case study, we will make some improvements to the roadway
and intersections nearby and test the impact of these improvements.
Click Polygon
When the description dialog appears, click OK. You could add notes
here about the scenario.
The user menu now opens and is using, by default, all of the values from
the Citimart scenarioits parent scenario. We will make one change:
adding in the proposed roadway improvements near the proposed
shopping center.
Click on edit next to the highway network.
When prompted to make a copy of the file, Click Yes and name the
file citimart.net.
Cube has made a copy and opened the new file.
The highway network opens. Lets look at the existing roadways.
If you are not zoomed to the Citimart area, click View, click Restore
and select Shopping Center
Pull down on the link color menu
and select Number of Lanes.
This splits the links into their directions and shows the number of
lanes by direction.
The roadways around the shopping center have 1 lane in each
direction.
Click Link
Click Compute
On the pull-down, select set 10
In the large white box between Name: and Applies To:, right-click.
Select Insert. This will open a space to enter a dialog
Right click in the dialog white space.
attributes on your network links.
Click OK
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On the Applies To dialog, pull down and select: All Items Inside and
Crossing Polygon NOW
This is saying to add 1 lane to all facilities that are within or cross the
polygon. However, only add these to links where the roadway type is 16 (i.e. not our centroids connectors).
We will now modify one of the signalized intersections and then copy
that new setting to the others.
Make sure you are in Pointing Mode
and click on intersection
788 located at the bottom of the screen within the polygon as
shown below
Click Apply
An information box appears saying how many links have been
changed. Click OK.
Close the dialog
You should now see that the color of the links has changed.
have added 1 lane to those links.
We
Open each of the intersections within the polygon and add a lane to
the turning movements
For the intersection that currently has a stop sign, Select Copy from
Library. Select Cubetown.
You should now be back in the user menu. If not, double click on the
Citimart with Road in the Scenario sub-window.
Update the information on the screen for Citimart with Road to use
the new Intersection file (citimart.ind) and the new highway
network (citmart.net). When completed your screen should appear
as below.
Click Save
Click OK
After you have adjusted all of the intersections within the polygon,
close the dialog and Click Intersection
Click Save Intersection Data File
Overwrite the existing file if prompted
Click Save
Click Polygon
Click Hide
Click the refresh icon
This will now apply the model for the new scenario. A dialog will appear
when the model run has completed. Close that dialog.
You should now have signals at each of the intersections. Your screen
should appear as below.
In this case study we will apply the model to see the impacts associated
with a new shopping center planned for our study town, Cubetown and
some improvements to the public transport system.
We will build on the work done in Case Studies 1 and 2. Under those
case studies, we applied the model for our base situation, for a
base+Citimart and then for base+Citimart+road improvements. We saw
that the creation of Citimart leads to increased and unacceptable levels
of traffic on the roadways and intersections nearby and that substantial
road improvements have helped but not eliminated all of the
consequences of Citimart.
Under this case study, we will make some improvements to the public
transit system and test the impact of these improvements.
The user menu now opens and is using, by default, all of the values from
the Citimart scenarioits parent scenario. We will make one change:
adding in the proposed public transit improvements near the proposed
shopping center.
When Cube opens, you see the Cube start-up dialog on top of the
application window.
Remove the -
Close the map by clicking on the small x in the upper right hand
corner
Make sure your file and settings are as on the image below, Click
Save, and Click Run
This will now apply the model for the new scenario. A dialog will appear
when the model run has completed. Close that dialog.
Make sure that the scenario Citimart with Rail is highlighted in the
scenarios sub-window.
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Highlight the lines as shown below (you can use shift click and cntlclick) and click OK
Click Transit
Click Show Transit Line Profile. This shows the same information in
another way. It is useful to show the maximum load point on the
service
On the graphic, click show node name. Note that node 1153 is our
new shopping center node. It shows how many are getting on and
off at that point
Make sure the TRN layer is on top (use the layer control)
Place the cursor on the transit line and click
The dialog shows that we have two records. It is our new rail line
separated by direction. Select the first Red line or Red- and Click
OK. Close the Transit Route dialog.
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Chapter 4
Case Studies: Microsimulation with
Cube
The following section takes you through a case study showing how you
would undertake a microsimulation analysis with Cube Dynasim.
Secondly, it shows you how to share the animations of the simulation
with stakeholders.
It builds on the results of the exercises in Chapter 3.
of
The first step is creating an empty Cube Dynasim project to receive the
export from Cube Base.
Start Dynasim by double clicking the desktop icon or from the Start
Menu. You will see the Dynasim project management window
Place your cursor in the Study box, clear the existing value (if one is
present) and enter a name for the study: Demo. (Note: your cursor
needs to be within the box when typing)
Click Add. This creates a data file structure and may take a few
moments
Click Path
Close Dynasim
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Browse
and
Open
the
file
roadpaths.pth
in
C:\cubetown\model\base\future year\citimart.
Click OK on the
information dialog. Click Close on the Path file dialog.
Click on the Layer control icon
. Make sure that the file:
C:\cubetown\pt\basept.lin is open under the transit layer (TRN) and
checked on.
Your screen should appear as below
Select Export
Click OK on the sub-area extraction node renumbering dialog.
A message box reports the number of links exported
Click OK
A message box asks to Open Dynasim?
Click View
Click Restore
Select Intersection Export
Select Polygon
Select Restore
Navigate to the Name field and enter a new Name for the scenario:
Base_Photo
Select Post
Select Intersection Locations
Click Apply to rename the scenario and click Visualize to show the
airphoto.
Next a second scenario will be added which uses the DXF file as the
background.
Click once on the new Base_Photo scenario
Navigate to the Name field and enter a new Name for the new
scenario: Base_DXF
In the demonstration version, you may export a small intersection to
Cube Dynasim. We will export this intersection, its flows, its transit and
its signal settings to Cube Dynasim
Select Link
Click Quit
Click Save
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To rotate the view up and down around the focus point, right-click
and drag the mouse up or down.
To rotate around the focus point, left-click and drag the mouse
right or left.
The Controller window opens. From the View Menu select Open a
View
This was a one intersection example of Cube Dynasim and the export
capabilities in Cube.
Cube Dynasim can handle very large scale
problems, interchanges, bus terminals, etc.
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Chapter 5
Case Studies: Forecasting Freight
with Cube
The following section takes you through two case studies showing how
Cube can be used to forecast commodity and truck flows.
First we will apply Cube Cargo to estimate base situation commodity
levels by mode and truck matrices.
Start Cube by double-clicking the Cube icon on your computer
desktop. (Alternatively, click the Start button on the Windows
taskbar, point to Programs, point to Citilabs, click Cube.)
When Cube opens, you see the Cube start-up dialog on top of the
application window.
Prior to setting up the scenario for our new development, lets get
familiar with the model that will be used to test this new development.
Double click on Cube Cargo Demonstration.app in the Applications
sub-window. The model should open in the main window.
change the model, but you may apply the model. Later chapters in this
book take you through exercises in developing model structures where
you can learn how to design and calibrate the model.
The highway network is shown with a legend and several layers open.
The Cube GIS system allows you to have unlimited layers. Layers that
can be used include the standard Cube data formats, industry standard
ESRI shape files and image formats (jpg, tif, etc.). In a future version of
Cube, Cube will use directly data stored in ESRI geodatabase format.
The flow chart shows the steps in the model. Each of these steps shows
light blue boxes on the left-hand side and green boxes on the right-hand
side. The light blue boxes are inputs to the step and the green are the
outputs of the steps. Linkages are made taking outputs to serve as
inputs, etc.
Click View
Click Restore
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2.
Select Cubetown
The model already has a base case setup. It is located in the Scenarios
sub-window and called Base.
Double-click on Base in the scenario sub-window.
for applying the model opens as shown below.
The interface
First, lets get familiar with the study area prior to running the model.
clicking on
Click the Edit button next to the roadway network. This is the first
Edit button on the right. This will open the highway network that
we are using in the Base scenario. You may need to zoom out.
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The river services are shown. It becomes clear that the mode choice
implications of the freight will have an important impact on the amount
of truck flow that goes through the study area of Cubetown.
The new rail file is the same as used in the base year except a new rail
service is offered from the southern to the northern portions of the study
area without stopping in Cubetown.
Click on Save
Click on Run
The model is applied with the new rail service. While Cube Cargo gives a
wide variety of statistics and results including detailed matrices of
commodity and truck flows, a principal result from the current test is the
evaluation of the reduction in truck flows and the increase in rail tons.
In the Data section (expand the outputs), two files are output giving the
difference between the base case the and currently run scenario. Truck
Change gives a matrix with the reduction in annual truck flows.
Commodity change gives the change in the tons of commodities
transported by mode per year.
The operators of the rail service, have decided to consider the market for
a new, direct north south rail freight service. We will help them study
that with the Cube Cargo model.
Right click on Base in the Scenario sub-area
Click on Add Child
In the area: type newrail
Click OK on the information dialog
On the rail line input, select cargofuturerail.lin
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When done
The Cube Cargo model evaluates level of service changes but also
changes in costs. In the following cash study, rail costs are raised 10%.
Right click on Base in the Scenario sub-area
Click on Add Child
In the area: type rail_increase
Click OK on the information dialog
The rail and river input services should be the same as the base
scenario
Click the button to increase rail costs by 10%.
Chapter 6
Developing Base Data in Cube
A transportation planning model requires a description of the
transportation supply (roadways, public transit services, etc.) and the
data which relates to the demand for travel (population, employment,
etc.).
In the following exercises, you will:
build a highway network from an ESRI shape file, add centroids and
develop centroids connectors
add intersection data to the highway network and create a template
for use on other intersections
code a public transit route and modify a public transit route
create a drawing layer and annotate the base data map with road
signs.
Click on Save
Click on Run
The model is applied with the existing rail and river services. The only
change over the base situation is that rail costs are increased by 10%.
Highway networks describe the roadway facilities that will be used in the
model. Highway networks can be developed using several different
techniques:
In the Data section (expand the Outputs), two files are output giving the
difference between the base case the and currently run scenario. Truck
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geocode and develop the network from maps and other printed
data sources
take an existing network and update it for use in your model
develop a network from GIS data sources such as TIGER data in the
USA or other similar sources available in some locations.
In this exercise, we will undertake option develop a network from a GIS
data source in ESRI shape data format.
Start Cube by double-clicking the Cube icon on your computer
desktop. (Alternatively, click the Start button on the Windows
taskbar, point to Programs, point to Citilabs, click Cube.)
When Cube opens, you see the Cube start-up dialog on top of the
application window.
The forms in the shape file are colored in a light blue by default.
On the menu, click on the Layer control icon
. The Layer dialog
opens. One layer is open, the shape file that we selected.
The shape file opens. The area covers an urbanized area and contains
information on most of the roadways.
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From the main menu, select GIS Tools, select Build Network from
Shape. The Save Highway Network File dialog opens pointing to
the source directory for the shape file.
In the File name box, type example.net, and select Save.
Click All Done. The dialog closes and the shapes are now shown in
the selected blue. Cube allows you to set color styles. Under
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The
The highway network is now opened along with the source shape file.
You can observe that the shapes have been simplified into straight lines.
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Click on the pull down layer bar and click and release
HWY:EXAMPLE.NET. This will make the highway network that we
have created the active network.
Click on On.
Click on any roadway in the network and the Highway Links dialog
will appear. This shows the attributes available to us in the
highway network. These are all of the attribute that were present
on the source shape file.
A dialog appears saying that it has found matches between the links and
the shapes.
Click OK. The network now takes the form of the shape file. We
have now converted shape source data to a network for use in
modeling and linked it to the source shape file so that it takes the
form of the shapes.
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Developing
Connectors
Zones
and
Zone
Centroids
The highway network that was created in the previous lesson is opened.
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Select the menu option Node, Automatic Add Centroids. The Select
an Item dialog appears.
Click OK. The dialog closes and the network is shown with the
generated centroids connectors.
Click File
Click Save
Close Cube and Save the project file when prompted.
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Click Open.
Representing Intersections
Click on the node in the center of the screen. The node dialog will
open.
Click on the zoom to node icon
When prompted for the node Enter 791
Click OK
When prompted for the Window Width, enter 1000
Click OK. The view is zoomed to the intersection.
The dialog now shows a diagram of the intersection. It also shows that
it is using Meters.
Select Feet
When prompted, select Yes
Click on the First Arm. This highlights what Cube believes to be the
major movement at the intersection.
Other parameters may be added. The dialog prompts for all of the
possible inputs that are used in the Geometric (HCM) methodology. We
will use the default values for the remainder. Now that we have coded
one intersection, we can save this intersection into the Library of
intersection types.
Click Save to Library. The Intersection Library dialog opens.
Enter the name of this intersection as shown in the image below
Click OK. Cube comes with several intersection templates. We
have just added another to the system that we can use when
coding other intersections. Experiment on another intersection and
use the Copy from Library function to do so.
Click on Phases.
The dialog now changes and provides the
opportunity to represent up to 8 signal phase
Click on the arms of Phase 1 and Phase 2 and complete the signal
phasing as shown below.
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to:
c:\cubetown\lessons\developing
public
transit
Select Intersection
Select Save Intersection File and save the file
Close Cube and save the Project File when prompted.
In this exercise, we will code a public transit line. Cube allows you to
code all types of public transit (bus, tramway, heavy rail, etc.). In this
exercise we will code a bus line.
When Cube opens, you see the Cube start-up dialog on top of the
application window.
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This file does not exist and Cube prompts asking if you would like to
create this file.
A dialog box opens and prompts you for the name of the line.
Click OK
Click OK. The dialog box closes and we now have created a transit
line.
Select All Done when prompted. The file has been created and the
layer has now been added.
Pull down on the Layer order control and select and release the
TRN: example.lin layer. This makes the public transit line layer the
active layer so that it may be edited. It is important in Cube to
always choose the layer that you wish to work using the layer order
control.
With the Red Flash highlighted, click on Edit. The transit line coding
dialog opens.
We now have a public transit layer and it is now on top for editing.
On the main menu, Click Transit
Click Line Manager. The public transit line manager dialog opens.
It shows the files that are available for editing as well as the transit
lines that are currently in the file
Click New on the Line Options.
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Select Post
This accepts
Pull-down on the line coding dialog to make it longer. You can see
the nodes that make up the route. Nodes with a - in front provide
the route, but are not stops. No boardings or alightings will be
allowed at these nodes. Where no - is present, Cube will allow
boarding and alighting.
We will code a line that goes from the northern portions of the window to
downtown.
Move the cursor, Click on Node 804. The node should flash. Note
the text at the bottom of the screen. It prompts you for different
ways to code the line. We will be using Click-auto route with stop
node. Click on 798. The route of the line is found via the minimum
path. You now have coded a transit line starting at node 804,
traveling to node 798. Stops are at nodes 804 and 798.
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Click the two check boxes and accept the default colors and sizes
Click on the Green check mark and close the dialog. The line now
is shown using a red line.
Click OK. The transit line now shows where it runs, where it stops
and where it does not stop.
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The Layer
Cube allows you to label the map with a variety of road signs, call out
boxes, etc. You do this by using one or more Drawing layers.
Select All Done when prompted. The file has been created and the
layer has now been added.
Pull down on the Layer order control and select and release the
DRW: example.drw layer. This makes the drawing layer the active
layer so that it may be edited. It is important in Cube to always
choose the layer that you wish to work using the layer order
control.
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Click on Drawing
Click OK and a route symbol (US interstate) has been added to the
map
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Click on paste
Position the cursor over the north-south roadway and click
Hit escape. You should have something similar to below.
Double-click on the new road sign and open the properties dialog.
Change the label field from 25 to 40
Change the Name field to I-40.
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A catalog is created and opened. The catalog shows, by default, all four
of the sub-windows available for use in the Catalog:
When Cube opens, you see the Cube start-up dialog on top of the
application window.
Click File
Click New
Click New Application. The Application Information dialog opens.
Complete the dialog as shown below
Click OK. Note: Application Group Type is used to define whether
the model will be built using Cube Voyager or one of the Citilabs
legacy systems: TRIPS, TP+ or TRANPLAN. In the current lesson,
we will use Cube Voyager.
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Navigate to the
Highlight and click add for two files: Base.net and Citimart.net.
(note: if you type the suffix in the dialog box *.net, it will be easier
to find these files. You should now return to the original dialog. It
should appear as below
Click OK.
Click OK. This closes the dialog and we now have two keys in the
Keys section of Scenario Manager.
Save the Catalog. We will now link the values that are selected via
the keys to the application.
Place the cursor on Network File on the input side of Highway and
right click.
Select Link to
Select Link to Catalog Key. The following dialog opens.
The Key we have just added, Network, now appears in the Key section of
Scenario Manager. We will now add another Key.
Right click in the white space in the Key area
Click Add
Complete the dialog as shown below.
two options.
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Click OK. The dialog closes and a yellow arrow head is shown next
to Network File. This shows that the input for this value is coming
from a Key.
If we run this process for several iterations, it will, by default over write
the output files. If we wish to save an output for each of the scenarios,
we need to make it scenario specific.
Right click on the Highway Network output file
Click on Make File Scenario Specific
Complete the dialog as shown below
Click OK.
We will now set the outputs. We will create two outputs, a print file
showing the results of the assignment and an assigned network file.
Right click on Print File on the output side of Highway
Click Auto Name Chosen File. We will let Cube create a default file
name for this file.
When prompted about the location of the file, click Yes.
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Lets change the look of this menu a bit to make it more attractive.
Click cancel to close the dialog
Right click on the tab labeled Example.cat on the top of Scenario
Manager
Click on Properties. This opens a dialog for setting global settings
for the catalog
Click on the Scenario Editing Tab.
The dialog clears and the Highway box now shows the output file
Highway Network with a yellow dot. This indicates that it is coded as
Scenario Specific.
Click on Browse
Navigate and select Cubetown.bmp
Uncheck the two boxes
Click Background color
Select orange.
We have now finished coding our process (a nice simple one!). We can
now hide the input and output files that we do not need.
Click on View
Click on Font for Prompts
Click on Hide Unused Files (all programs). This hides the unused
files. If you ever need to see them, just unclick the box.
We will now create our scenarios to run and prepare the process for use
by non-experts.
Click cancel.
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Click OK.
Click on OK.
Navigate to the folder Making the Model Ready for Application and
select: Example.cat
Click Open.
Click OK
Save the Catalog and the Application
If you right click on the scenarios and choose run it will run the
selected scenario
Close Cube and save the project file when prompted.
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Click on Application
Click once on the Network input to Highway. You can see that the
file name is substituted and is now Citimart.net.
Now, double click on the Network input file. It now opens with the
colors, legends, etc.
By pointing to a visual project file via
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Application Manager, any map data will use this file for coloring,
legends, etc.
Close the map by clicking on the small x.
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Chapter 8 User
Support/Training/Consulting with
Cube
Citilabs is committed to helping you get the most out of Cube. User
support is offered with each new product purchase helping you to install
and understand the use of our software. In-depth training courses are
offered several times a year in various areas of the world.
User Support
Citilabs provides free user support for all new product or upgrade
purchases. Additional user support can be purchased on an annual basis
through a software maintenance contract. A maintenance contract
provides you with user support and free software updates as long as you
are under maintenance.
User Forum
Citilabs has an online-user forum. The user forum is a place where users
can exchange information and ideas and draw on the large body of
knowledge in the Citilabs user community. We encourage you to join at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citilabs
Training
Training sessions are held at least two times per year in each of our
offices in San Francisco, London and Washington. Additional training
courses are provided in other major cities.
Please visit our website at
http://www.citilabs.com/training
for a listing of currently scheduled courses and locations.
If you have specific training needs that are not met by our regular
course offerings, please contact us. We would be happy to work with you
to develop appropriate training for your specific needs.
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