How to plot, animate and customise a Long Section of 1D urban results

In the Results tab, click the Long Section button.

The Long Section (Urban Results) window will open.

Note: This window can also be accessed by right-clicking on one of your selected nodes (in the map view or in the 1D Urban Network panel), then selecting Long Section from the menu.

The window will automatically display a Long Section plot. You can make adjustments to all plot settings as listed below.

Confirm results files (or use none to view underlying elevations!)

The Results field displays results being plotted in the chart. If results for the simulation associated to the urban network are available, these will automatically populate this field. If no results are shown within this field, the chart will plot the underlying elevation data only.

Click the button to the right of the Results field to open a standard Windows file explorer window and browse to results (.out) files. When a new results file is selected, the Results field will be automatically updated.

Select nodes

A Long Section plot displays the shortest route between the specified Start Node and End Node. By default, these fields will be automatically filled based on selected nodes (in the map view or in the 1D Urban Network panel), or the first and last node of your network if no nodes were selected when the plot was opened.

Click on the arrow to the right of the field to access a dropdown of all nodes in the network that are available for plotting, then select the required node. Click the Plot button below the fields to refresh the plot displayed.

A list in the bottom left corner of the window shows the links included in the route of the plot. This is especially helpful for more intricate systems where there may be several routes available between nodes.

Note: It is also possible to click in the Start Node (or End Node) field itself and type a node label. The value typed must match a node label exactly.

Select the plot time

By default, the Long Section plot will be shown at the Elapsed Time of 0 (the start of the simulation). This can be adjusted by dragging the scrollbars beneath the Date and/or Time of Day fields, or using the dropdowns provided to the right of each of the fields. Alternatively, arrows to the right of the Elapsed Time field allow you to step through each saved timestep of the data.

When you initially click the Long Section button (in 1D Urban selection mode), the plot displayed will automatically be at the start time of the simulation. Your chart can be animated using the controls provided. From the left-hand-side, click these to Rewind to Start, Play backwards, Pause and Play the animation.The bar below the buttons controls the animation speed.

When you initially click the Long Section button (in 1D Urban selection mode), the plot will have a title added automatically. The chart can be fully customised using the Quick-Edit button located on the chart Toolbar.

Additional functionality is also available via other buttons in the chart Toolbar. Please see the technical reference for details on Quick-Edit functionality, Toolbar functionality and Right-click menu functionality.