Exercise 1¶

1.1 - Create a Project¶

Create New Project named Frabitztown

1.2 - Create a Model System¶

Create New Model System name Exercise 2

1.3 - Create a Root Module¶

Click on the root module and either press Ctrl+M or right click and select Set Module.
Search for the module type “BasicTravelDemandModule”
Double click on the Module type “BasicTravelDemandModel” or press “Enter”
Press Shift+F2 or right click and select “Edit Description” and write down the description “Trip Generation”

Download Input from [insert link here] and extract them

1.4 - Setting the Base Directory¶

Set model system input base directory

Select the module named “Exercise 2”
Select parameter “Input Base Directory”
Set the value to the location of the input directory

1.5 - Setting the Population Resource¶

Create the Population Resource
Select the resources module
Create Module of Type Resource
Rename module to “Population”
Change Parameter “Resource Name” to “Population”
Change Data Source to ZoneInformation
Change Reader to ReadOriginTextData
Update Parameter “File Name” to “Population.csv”

1.5 - Copy the Population Resource¶

Click on the Population module and press Ctrl+C or right click and select “Copy”
Click on “Resources” and paste by pressing Ctrl+V or right click and selecting “Paste”
Click on the bottom Population and press F2 or right click and select “Rename”
Type in “WorkParticipation” and then press Enter.
Expand the module, and expand again the Data Source submodule
Select Reader
Change the parameter “File Name” to “WorkParticipationRate.csv”
Click on the Population module and press Ctrl+C or right click and select “Copy”
Click on “Resources” and paste by pressing Ctrl+V or right click and selecting “Paste”
Click on last Population and press F2 or right click and select “Rename”
Type in “EmploymentRate” and then press Enter.
Expand the module, and expand again the Data Source submodule
Select Reader
Change the parameter “File Name” to “EmploymentRate.csv”

1.7 - Create Work Generation¶

Select Resources and add a new module by pressing Ctrl+M or by right clicking and selecting “Add Module”.
Select the type “Resource”
Rename the module “Work Generation”
Change the parameter “Resource Name” to “WorkGeneration”
Select sub-module Data Source.
Set the module type to VectorMath by pressing Ctrl+M or right clicking and selecting “Set Module”
Change the name of the module to “Compute Work Trips By Zone”
Select Data Sources
Add a new module by pressing Ctrl+M or right clicking and selecting “Add Module”
Search and select the type “RemoteDataSource`1” a second window will come up asking for the sub-type. Search for and select the type “DataStructure.SparseArray`1”. Another window will come up for the subtype of the SparseArray. Now search and select the type “System.Single”.
Rename this module “Population”
Change the parameter “Resource Name” to “Population”
Copy Population and paste it into Compute Work Trips By Zone’s Data Sources.
Rename the second copy of Population to “WorkParticipation”
Change “WorkParticipations”’s parameter “Resource Name” to “WorkParticipation”
Copy Population and paste it into Compute Work Trips By Zone’s Data Sources.
Rename the second copy of Population to EmploymentRate
Change “EmploymentRate”’s parameter “Resource Name” to EmploymentRate

1.8 - Calculate Work Generation Expression¶

Select the module ‘Compute Work Trips By Zone’
Set expression to Population * WorkParticipation * EmploymentRate

1.9 - Create Save Work Generation¶

Select To Execute and add a module of the type “SaveSparseArrayToCSV”
Select the created module and rename it to “Save Work Generation”
Expand the module and select Data.
Set the module type of Data to “ResourceLookup”
Change the parameter “Resource Name” to “WorkGeneration”
Select the module “Output To”
Set the module type of “Output To” to “FilePathFromOuputDirectory”.
Change the value of the parameter “File From Output Directory” to “WorkGeneration.csv”
Create Zone System
Select the module named “Zone System”
Set the module type to “ZoneRetriever”