 Program overview
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S-PARAMICS Plug-in Option enables data exchange between UC-win/Road and S-PARAMICS to provide a great combination of traffic analysis and
3D virtual reality by linking one of the leading traffic microsimulation
solutions with UC-win/Road.
We will continue to develop this plug-in.
Here, we introduce the road network exchange function.
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 Related Information |
 UC-win/Road Ver.4.00.03 New S-PARAMICS plug-in option movie
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S-PARAMICS plug-in operation  |
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（April 8, 2010） |
PARAMICS operation, GTSM Terminal |
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PARAMICS operation, Roundabout Design by Ourston
- VR Contest Submission |
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PARAMICS operation of sample data |
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PARAMICS data imported inzuhannno to UC-win/Road |
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PARAMICS data exported from UC-win/Road |
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PARAMICS sample data in UC-win/Road environment |
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New
Product Introduction
Collaboration news
Experience seminar schedule, Tokyo
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Program functions and features
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S-PARAMICS and UC-win/Road can share the same road network information
by exchanging geometric data of the road.
S-PARAMICS/OpenMicroSim Conversion Tool (under development) enables you
to visualize the simulation result of S-PARAMICS, and the S-PARAMICS plug-in
can then be used to maintain the positions of the vehicles and the roads.
Virtual reality environment of UC-win/Road can be used to visualize landscapes,
road designs and traffic as well as to check road conditions from the driver's
viewpoint on our state-of-the-art Drive Simulator. In addition, this plug-in
option can be used for high quality traffic simulation.
The amount of work can be greatly reduced by converting the road network
data created in UC-win/Road and using it in S_PARAMICS for simulation.
We envisage that the reciprocal data exchange between VR and traffic analysis
will create an ideal combination between the comprehensive visualization
and the state-of-the-art technology to help improve the road conditions
and the traffic.
 Data exchange function
Due to the difference in data format for road networks in traffic simulation
and in Virtual Reality, data conversion is required. S-PARAMICS does not
require as much information about roads for simulating traffic as UC-win/Road
does. Therefore, it is more practical to carry out detailed settings on
the road after the data is imported into UC-win/Road from S-PARAMICS. On
the other hand, detailed traffic settings, including connection points,
must be carried out after importing data from UC-win/Road to S-PARAMICs.
This plug-in option is design to minimize the work load by exchanging data.
Details of data exchange are described below.
 S-PARAMICS data import and export specifications |
| S-PARAMICS file |
Nodes：
- Positions of link points（3D)
- Connection point information
- On-ramp information
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Links+Centres：
- Road alignment: straight line, arched
- Slip-ramp information
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Categories：
- Section property: number of carriageways, lane width, type (Urban/Highway)
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| UC-win/Road object |
Raod & Intersection:
- Road alignment and geometric data for longitudinal alignment
- Basic setting of intersections (ordinary /rotary）
- On-ramp generation
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Road:
- Road alignment: import as straight line, arched
- Off-ramp generation
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Cross section:
- Cross section geometry：
number of carriageways, lane width, texture assignment & initial settings
of fills, cuttings and sidewalks
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| S-PARAMICS data export specifications |
| UC-win/Road object |
Road:
- Changes in road geometry: number of carriageways, lane width, change in
road alignment and longitudinal alignment, ramps, intersections
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Road alignment:
- Road alignment: straight line, arched
- Relaxation curve(Clothoid)
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Cross section geometry:
- Cross section: number of carriageways, lane width
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| S-PARAMICS file |
Nodes：
- To export an area with no changes as one link, nodes are created and ramps
are set up.
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Links+Centres：
- Export as ordinary Links and Centres
- Split and exported as straight line links
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Categories：
- Cross sectional property: number of carriageways, lane width export as
Urban
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 A Roundabout imported from S-PARAMICS
Node with attributes for roundabout is represented in UC-win/Road. It also
shows the alteration in cross section on the right hand side of the intersection.
A complex roundabout with multiple intersections imported from S-PARAMICS
In S-PARAMICS, roundabouts are often set up with multiple connections,
and in UC-win/Road, they are represented as series of intersections. Since
the height data is added the original data, UC-win/Road enables you to
set the longitudinal alignment. Roads passing below the roundabouts are
automatically set as tunnels.
User interface
The data to be imported can be viewed easily. The parameters for import
and the textures of the cross section can also be chosen.
Sample
The 9th 3D VR Simulation Contest data, Transfer VR simulation at Junjon
Service Area in Korea" GTSM Inc. (Korea), converted into S-PARAMICS
data. >> Contest Review
The 9th 3D VR Simulation Contest data, VR Data of Roundabouts in US 41
Project、Ourston Roundabout Engineering, Inc.（USA）, converted into S-PARAMICS
data. >> Contest Review
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What is S-PARAMICS or who is SIAS?
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>> Collaboration news : SIAS Limited, U.K. （Up&Coming 2010 New year special issue）
SIAS has been providing expertise and technologies concerning a wide range
of issues related to transport planning for more than 30 years. Its main
clients are central and local governments, their agencies, and private
sector developers. SIAS was the first company in the UK to adopt microsimulation,
developing its own software for the market
SIAS was set up in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland in 1974, as a branch
office to perform transport-planning consultancy. SIAS was using CDC6600,
then the highest performance computer available in Europe. In 1988, the
current organization was formed. Since then, SIAS opened offices in Perth
and Glasgow in Scotland, and London and Birmingham in England. In 1990s,
OBE(Order of the British Empire) was given to its managing director for
SIAS’S long contribution to develop traffic simulation and planning method.
The Company's core activity is transport planning. SIAS's Paramics Microsimulation
division has developed a widely applicable traffic flow modeling system
in response to the demand of transport planning markets in the world over.
S-Paramics is the latest version of the software for the analysis and design
of such urban and highway networks. S-Paramics offers wide area modeling
with high accuracy, such as tiered dynamic route choice for robust routing
in large networks, with links to ITS and UTC systems. S-Paramics can also
model transit operations with user defined scheduling and bus stop loading.
S-Paramics is highly respected by traffic planners and modelers throughout
the world as the most versatile and comprehensive road traffic flow analysis
system. The traffic flow analysis includes road planning evaluation proposed
by Scotland Transport Authority and NESA ("Network Evaluation from
Surveys and Assignment” which was developed to estimate the impact on
traffic and economic activities. NESA was first introduced in 1978, has
become an important tool to evaluate the transportation by Scotland Transport
authority and the economy today. |
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