Configuring and Applying Created Pull-Outs and Pull-Ins
Created pull-outs and pull-ins are used where street reliefs are not allowed or difficult to have in order to:
Before using this feature, you must perform the following steps in Trapeze FX:
- Set the Use Created Pullouts and Pullins property to Yes, which is a user-defined property on the Relief/Breaks tab in the Properties dialog.
- Apply the label “P” (Created Pull-out and Pull-in) to the node/stop that is associated
with the Created Pull-out and Pull-in. Note: Do not add a Relief (R) label to the nodes you have selected for created pull-outs and pull-ins.
- Complete the trip building and blocking processes for the trips and blocks that include the selected node/stop.
Created pull-outs and pull-ins help get operators to their assigned routes or from their routes to the garage. It allows breaking up long blocks.
- In BlockBuster, select the scenario that you will use.
- Before performing the runcut, on the Parameters tab, click and proceed to set any required penalties on the parameters you want to apply as shown in the following graphic.
- Perform the run cut.
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After the runcut, click .
The Select Garage dialog appears.
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Choose the appropriate option from the Garage drop-down list:
- To have the pull-out and pull-in at the same garage, select From Block.
- To set the pull-in at a different garage, select the garage you want.
- Click OK.
A message appears confirming that the created pull-outs and pull-ins were successfully applied to a specific number of blocks. If the system was unable to complete the action, a message appears advising you that there were no blocks to which created pull-outs and pull-ins could be applied.
- Click OK.
If no created pull-outs and pull-ins were applied, check that the Use Created Pullouts and Pullins property was activated in Trapeze FX or that the nodes were designated for Created pull-outs and pull-ins.