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Home About Workspaces A workspace is the set up of the Trapeze5 workstation on your computer screen in terms of content and appearance.
Customizing the Appearance of Your Workspace You can change the appearance of your workspace by changing the position or resizing your workspace elements such as the toolbars, screens, and accessories and adjusting the zoom level.
About BlockBuster BlockBuster is a powerful runcutting tool which is used with Trapeze FX or as a stand-alone application.
Logging on to BlockBuster To access BlockBuster, you must provide the necessary identification information.
Exiting the System It is very important that you exit the system properly. Failure to do so could lead to the corruption of the database.
Navigating BlockBuster The first step in learning BlockBuster is to acquire a basic understanding of the layout and design of your screen.
About Workspaces A workspace is the set up of the Trapeze5 workstation on your computer screen in terms of content and appearance.
Accessing the Software When your transit site sets a policy defining the use of private and shared workspaces, it is up to the system administrator to maintain Trapeze5 in accordance with that policy.
Customized Workspaces The two categories of workspaces that are highly customizable are: private and shared.
Creating Private Workspaces Customize your workspace using any of the options available as described throughout this section.
About Customizing Grids BlockBuster displays records in a grid, also known as List view.
Standard Toolbars Trapeze5 has five standard toolbars that display different sets of buttons or commands.
Adding Other Content to Your Workspace You can choose to add other content to the workspace.
Customizing Launchpad, Accessories, and Resource Monitor If you choose to use Launchpad, Accessories, and Resource Monitor, you can define how they appear on your screen.
Displaying and Hiding the Status Bar and Workbook Tabs You can choose to display or hide the Status bar and the Workbook tabs.
Customizing the Appearance of Your Workspace You can change the appearance of your workspace by changing the position or resizing your workspace elements such as the toolbars, screens, and accessories and adjusting the zoom level.
Exporting Workspaces You can export a workspace on your machine to the network so that others at your site can see how your workspace is set up or use it themselves.
Importing Workspaces If you have an issue with BlockBuster, Trapeze Customer Care may send you a workspace file and ask you to import it on to your machine to ensure that you are both looking at the same layout while they help you.
Opening, Exporting, or Importing Selected Workspace Items When you open, export or import a workspace, you have the option to include only certain items in the workspace.
Tasks in FX Before Runcutting Before runcutting in BlockBuster, there are tasks that you must perform in Trapeze FX to make sure that your data is complete and free from errors.
Adding BlockBuster Extensions to Menus The contents of the menus are referred to as extensions, which can potentially extend the scope of the product.
BlockBuster Security Keys Security rights in Trapeze are managed using permission or security keys.
Setting System Properties Properties are used to create settings for a Trapeze application as they relate to the general workstation and/or specific task screens.
Setting User-Defined Properties User-defined properties affect local workstations only and can be adjusted at any time by the user of the workstation.
About Context in BlockBuster Context refers to data elements that determine the data that is displayed or included in the processes that you apply. The various BlockBuster screens require different data elements; some screens require fewer data elements compared to the main BlockBuster screen.
About BlockBuster Ancillary Data Before runcutting, you must set up the ancillary data that tells the system the specific conditions that are applicable to your transit site and facilitates the use of the BlockBuster runcutting function.
About Travels Travel refers to the time it takes an operator to travel between relief nodes or between a garage and a relief node. They are defined in the Travels screen.
Adding Run Relief Restrictions Restrictions are limitations that you place on reliefs. The system applies these restrictions when relief events are updated.
Importing Runs from FX to BlockBuster If you used the FX Runcutter feature, you may want to import the runs generated into BlockBuster for further processing.
About Parameters Defining a good set of parameters is paramount to successful runcutting in BlockBuster. When defining the rules, you must establish what you are trying to achieve and focus on it.
About Supplementary Data Configuration Supplementary Data (Supp Data) is usually set up during the installation of BlockBuster.
About Runcutting Runcutting is the process of developing or cutting runs from a group of vehicle blocks. Runs are composed of complete blocks or segments of blocks.
About Bus Graphs Bus graphs are graphical representations of vehicle and driver blocks.
About Graphical Runcutting Graphical Runcutting is a form of manual runcutting that allows you manipulate the graphical representation of pieces of blocks on a grid to create and edit runs.
Cut Pieces Grid The Cut Pieces grid, which is the left grid on the main BlockBuster screen, displays the data that has been typed or generated from the runcutting processes.
Keyboard Shortcuts Using shortcuts is an alternative to using the mouse to access commands on your screen.
Customizing the Appearance of Your Workspace
You can change the appearance of your workspace by changing the position or resizing
your workspace elements such as the toolbars, screens, and accessories and adjusting the zoom
level.
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