Vehicle Preference Designer

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The Vehicle Preference Designer is a tool that lets you easily create custom vehicle rules. It enables you to set more complex and tailor-made preferences to suit your operational needs. It also lets you set all those preferences in one place instead of multiple separate categories.

To access the Vehicle Preference Designer, follow these steps:

Like other preferences, the Vehicle Preference Designer lets you create multiple instances, each built from the components described below.

Context is an aspect of the schedule your preference will affect. For example, if you want to set a desired minimal layover, you should choose Layover as your context.

Contexts can be filtered. This way your preference will only affect the elements of the schedule that meet certain criteria. For instance, you can make the preference apply only to certain routes carried out by a certain vehicle type.

Each context offers a specific set of properties. For example, if your context is Layover, you can manage properties such as duration, DurationBothTripsPercentage etc.

Each context property supports only specific types of values. For example, if you are setting a max/min layover duration, the value must be defined as a time range.

Finally, you can set a penalty in case your preference is violated. The types of penalties you set depend on previous components. For example, in max layover, you can set a fixed penalty amount per violation. You can also set linear or exponential penalties as a factor of the layover violation.

To make your preference restrictive instead, you can choose the Restrict (None) option. This option is available regardless of the other components you've configured.

The Vehicle Preference Designer allows for numerous combinations of components, filters, and values. This allows you to create preferences tailored to your operational needs. Below are some examples of the preferences you can set up using this tool.