Technical information and requirements

Current information on the technical requirements for the current Vissim version can be found on our website PTV Vissim FAQs. The following information, e.g., is essential:

Entry (#3): What are the hardware and software requirements for Vissim?
Entry (#6): Which graphics card has the best performance with Vissim 3D?

Criteria for simulation speed

The speed of a Vissim simulation primarily depends on the following criteria:

Number of vehicles and/or pedestrians used simultaneously in the network
Number of signal controls
Type of signal controls
Number of processor cores deployed
Computer performance. On a faster computer, a simulation will run faster with the same network file.
With the 64-bit editions of Vissim and Viswalk, you can use a larger main memory of more than 3 GB RAM

The memory requirements may be considerably higher for the following use cases:

Networks with many dynamically assigned paths
Large applications with many pedestrian areas

Graphics card requirements

For simulation in the 3D mode, Vissim uses OpenGL. A graphics card is required that supports at least OpenGL 2.0.

Ensure that the latest driver update has been installed for your graphics card. This way, you will avoid visualization problems when using the 3D mode. For many graphics adapters, you can download update drivers from the Internet.

Note: Should any problems arise with the 3D display in Vissim, first install the latest driver update for your graphics card before you contact PTV Vision Support.

Interfaces

Not all add-on modules are standard components of every Vissim license (Add-on modules programming interfaces (API)). Add-on modules and their documentation are saved in the folder ..\Vissim<Version>\API.

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