News Briefs
Visual TEAPAC - A Whole New Way of Seeing TEAPAC!
Date Added : 2-, 2005.
Visual TEAPAC (Version 7) has been released with major enhancements to the 1-click seamless integration of every TEAPAC program. Primarily this consists of a new graphical input interface and enhanced, graphical output reports using color.
The new graphical front-end allows network creation, editing and display directly on-screen, including:
- drag-and-drop creation or editing of the analysis network,
- an optional bitmap background for ease of creating network and visualizing results (aerial photo, map, plan drawings, etc.), and
- right-click access to all data entry dialogs, as well as analysis results dialogs.
The new enhanced graphical output reports make results easier to read and nicer to look at, including full use of color and graphics drawing for arrows, phasing diagrams, permitted movements, time-space diagrams, intersection diagrams, cycle optimization graphs, daily count variation graphics, etc. All enhanced graphical results are printable on any color or black-and-white printer supported by Windows and pastable as bitmaps into any other application.
In addition to the generic changes described above which are found in all TEAPAC programs, SIGNAL2000 and all the TEAPAC PRE-processors feature a new ring-based timing display option and new permitted left turn features for enhanced HCM2000 capacity analysis, HCM capacity optimization and design of signals and signal arterials/networks. The SITE programs performs on-screen traffic assignments on the new graphical network display in the main window for enhanced site impact traffic planning studies which seamlessly interface with the other TEAPAC programs.
Visual TEAPAC has all the seamless data exchange features first offered by TEAPAC2004 for the 13 TEAPAC programs and 14 third-party programs, including:
- one data file carries all the data for all programs, with up to 500 intersections per file/analysis,
- one-click, instant transfer of control and input data from one program to another,
- one-click exchange of results to each other, such as peak period volumes, PHFs, projected polumes, optimized timings, etc., and
- upwards/downwards compatibility with prior TEAPAC data files.
Help files include the complete user guide, with free downloadable manuals in printable and searchable .pdf format.
All TEAPAC programs are available as a new license from PC-Trans and Strong Concepts either individually in 12-intersection or 100-intersection sizes, or as pre-packaged bundles -- use the keyword TEAPAC in the PC-Trans online catalog, or look for product numbers starting with 'TE-36 or TP-18'. Special upgrade pricing and 500-intersection sizes are available directly from Strong Concepts. The TEAPAC programs updated with the Visual TEAPAC changes are SIGNAL2000, NOSTOP, PRENOSTOP, PRETSPPD, PREPASSR, PRETRANSYT, PRENETSIM, PRESYNCHRO, SITE, WARRANTS, TURNS, TED and TUTOR. The packaged bundles affected are the Traffic Engineering Package, the Signal Timing Analysis Package and the Site Impact Analysis Package. Educational discounts are available, and functional demos are available as free downloads at the PC-Trans and Strong Concepts web sites.
Visit
www.StrongConcepts.com to see examples of how Strong Concepts' 30+ years of PE/PTOE experience in traffic and transportation engineering and professional software development are hard at work for the Visual TEAPAC user. There you will find more details about the generic Visual TEAPAC features added and individual programs' changes, as well as example screen-shots, an animated slide-show, a flowchart showing the seamless integration, and new license or upgrade pricing which still features a standard site licensing policy.
HCS+ is coming….
Date Added : 7-, 2005.
This new major version of HCS is going to be available this fall/winter. Some of the new features include:
- New HCS Freeway Facilities Module - Builds HCM2000 Chapter 22 methodology into standard easy-to-use HCS module.
- New Warrant Analysis Module - Incorporates MUTCD 2003 procedures for signal warrant analysis.
- Signals Oversaturated Multi-Period Analysis - Allows coding of multiple time periods for over-saturated flow analysis.
- Signals Preset Phasing Selections - Presents list of most likely phasing options based on lane configuration with pre-timed, actuated or semi-actuated options.
- Smarter Signals Data Options - Automated I-Value, additional global spinners, increased monitoring of input data to warn of potential mistakes.
- Improved Reporting - More than 30 Formatted Reports to include virtually all worksheets from HCM 2000 with a Save Report option to facilitate sharing.
- Import Count Board Data - Mechanism to read turning movement data directly from Jamar count board for period-specific importing into Signal and Warrants.
- Batch Processing - Through MS Excel to allow multiple runs with captured results from pre-defined input.
Strong Concepts Releases TEAPAC2004
Date Added : 7-, 2005.
Visit the "New Software" and "Software Updates" pages on the main PC-TRANS web site or "www.StrongConcepts.com" for more details about this exciting new innovation.
Strong Concepts has released TEAPAC2004 (Version 6) as a major enhancement to the generic user interface used by all TEAPAC programs, as well as major developments to individual programs. The hallmark integration of TEAPAC programs between each other and with other major traffic packages has now been vastly enhanced with
- The creation of a single data file, which supports the data of all TEAPAC programs, and
- A Link to mechanism, which permits one-click, instant transfer of control between any of the 13 TEAPAC programs as well as a myriad of other major packages.
