Link Editor

The Link Editor access level grants access to the Link Editor menu and all functions contained by it.

Import from Exchange table

Concerning older TMC versions:

The format in TMC Studio is different from former versions. Therefore you will not be able to open the database created with TMC Editor in TMC Studio.

You have to create a new database from the exported tables as Exchange Format. TMC Studio is able to import from Exchange Format ANSI and UTF-8.

Start TMC Studio

→ Welcome Screen & Data Requirements for First Time Use

Define Network database for attributing map liks

To be able to link TMC Paths and Map, you will require the additional license for these functions. Once you have these licences go through the following steps:

Menu → Link Editor → Import Network Database form Shapefile

Configuration of the Link Editor

Menu → Tools → Options → Link Editor

Layer Properties

Submenu of 'Link Editor'

Configuration for Routing

Menu → Tools → Options → Link Editor → Routing

Define a cost factor for the various road types. It depends on the structure of your network what makes most sense and gives the best results. As soon as you use the routing function you will see if the results make sense.

Creating and clearing Cache Files

Menu → Link Editor → Routing → Create Cache File

This function MUST be performed after the creation of a network database. Without this the performance of Routing will be very poor. Depending on the number of segments in your database this function will take several hours.

Menu → Link Editor → Routing → Clear Cache File

Use this function if you import new data into your network database. After this is done start 'Create Cache File'.

Importing Network Links

Menu → Link Editor → Import XML

If you had already defined TMC Links in the TMC Editor that information must be transferres to TMC Studio with Export XML. This will create an XML File containing all the information.

Source File: Double click. Click on folder and select the file you want to export. The program will look for ZIP files by default, so change it to XML.

Clear Existing Links: Check this box if you want to delete links that have already been created in the database. If you don't check the box the link information in the database will be kept if it doen't already exist in the XML file. !!! To be able to click the OK button you will be required to click the field, even if you don't check the box.

Depending on the number of TMC paths defined in the XML file this function can take several hours.

Importing Network Links

Menu → Link Editor → Reorganize → Update Geometry / Attributes of network links from Network Database

The program will go through the defined network segments in the TMC path and will search for these segments in the network database. If the segment is found, the program will store the geometry and direction of the segment. Segments that are not found will be shown in the TMC path in red. At the end of this process a summary will show the results of the update.

Now you will be able to start working with the Link Editor.