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Discover Cube Cargo

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Contents
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Chapter 1 Introduction to Cube Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What is Cube Cargo?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Cube software suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cube Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cube Voyager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cube Dynasim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cube Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Demonstration users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Licensed users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3 Exploring Cube Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cubetown cargo model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Forecasting demand for proposed rail service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Developing a scenario for proposed rail service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Evaluating results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Forecasting impact of rail pricing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 4 Learning More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
User support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
User forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Consulting and assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Chapter 5 Acquiring Cube Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Licensing options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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About This Document
Welcome to Cube Cargo!
Discover Cube Cargo Tutorial will introduce you to the features and
capabilities of Cube Cargo. Though this document is not a
comprehensive user’s guide and does not replace training courses,
this document includes information and exercises that can help
you understand how Cube Cargo works, what Cube Cargo can do,
and how you might start using Cube Cargo to support your
transportation analyses.
This document contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, “Introduction to Cube Cargo” — Introduces you to
Cube Cargo and to the features and architecture of the Cube
software suite.
• Chapter 2, “Getting Started” — Includes installation
instructions for the Cube demonstration software and exercise
data.
• Chapter 3, “Exploring Cube Cargo” — Guides you through a
series of exercises that demonstrate how you can use Cube
Cargo to analyze freight traffic.
• Chapter 4, “Learning More” — Discusses the additional
resources available for learning more about Cube Cargo.
• Chapter 5, “Acquiring Cube Cargo” — Provides more
information on how you can acquire Cube Cargo.
Discover Cube Cargo Tutorial v

About This Document
vi Discover Cube Cargo Tutorial

1 Introduction to Cube
Cargo
This chapter introduces you to Cube Cargo and to the features and
architecture of the Cube software suite. Topics include:
• What is Cube Cargo?
• The Cube software suite
• Architecture
Discover Cube Cargo Tutorial 1

Introduction to Cube Cargo
1 What is Cube Cargo?
What is Cube Cargo?

Cube Cargo forecasts freight movement. Cube Cargo uses a
commodity-based approach to study freight demand. Therefore,
Cube Cargo can forecast both commodity demand and truck flows.
You can use Cube Cargo to test a wide variety of policies and
infrastructure improvements, such as alternative pricing strategies
or freight-specific facilities.
Cube Cargo works seamlessly with other Cube components,

including Cube Voyager and Cube Analyst. Cube Cargo also works
with TP+ and TRIPS. With Cube Cargo, you can leverage your
existing passenger data and existing models to add freight
forecasting.
With Cube Cargo, you can forecast:

• Tons of goods by commodity type and by transport mode,
which you can use to analyze flow of goods
• Number of trucks by truck type, which you can use to analyze
truck vehicle flows
2 Discover Cube Cargo Tutorial

The Cube software suite 1
The Cube software suite
Cube Cargo is part of the Cube software suite, a comprehensive set
of modules that support transportation planning. With Cube, you
can generate decision-making information quickly using powerful
modeling and GIS techniques, statistics and comparisons,
high-quality graphical output, and a variety of reporting methods.
To help you complete transportation planning and engineering

tasks, Cube offers:
• Two unique working modes:
Developer mode — Allows you to design and develop
transportation models
Applier mode — Allows you to quickly and easily apply
models for building, testing, and evaluating scenarios
• A set of modules and extensions that work within the single,
integrated Cube software environment, using one data source.
The modules support:
Passenger forecasting (Cube Voyager)
Freight forecasting (Cube Cargo)
Traffic microsimulation (Cube Dynasim)

Trip matrix optimization (Cube Analyst)
The extensions support:
Dynamic traffic assignment (Cube Avenue)
Reporting and charting (Cube Reports)
Running models across multiple processors (Cube Cluster)
• An intuitive model and application workspace that allows you
to easily manipulate data
• Direct access to and from ArcGIS, the industry standard for GIS
systems
• Tools for developing and sharing high quality 2D and 3D
animations

1 Architecture
Architecture
Cube is a modular system. You can supplement the main
component, Cube Base, with one or more Cube modules, which
support specific planning techniques. Several modules offer
extensions, which enhance a module’s feature set. You only need to
acquire the modules and extensions required for your tasks.
This section discusses the Cube modules that complement and

support Cube Cargo:
• Cube Base
• Cube Voyager
• Cube Dynasim
• Cube Analyst

Architecture 1
Cube Base
Cube Base is the core module of the Cube software suite. Cube Base
provides the user interface that supports all Cube modules. Cube
Base offers tools for:
• Developing, editing, manipulating, mapping, and graphing
data, using geographic information system (GIS) techniques
and other functions
• Designing and applying the modeling and microsimulation
process
• Creating, managing, comparing, and analyzing scenarios
You can integrate Cube Base with ESRI’s ArcGIS to use advanced GIS
functions.
You can also use Cube Base to update and apply models developed
in Citilabs’ other travel forecasting systems, TP+, TRIPS, and
Tranplan.
Optional extensions available for Cube Base include:

• Cube Reports — Adds advanced, high-quality reporting and
charting
• Cube Cluster — Adds functions that enable model processes to
run across multiple computer processors, either within one or
on multiple personal computers
• Cube Web (available soon) — Allows users to access their
model system through a standard Web browser
Cube Voyager
Cube Voyager combines Citilabs’ latest technologies to forecast
personal travel. Cube Voyager uses a modular, script-based
structure. This structure allows you to incorporate any modeling
methodology in your forecast, including standard four-step
models, discrete-choice models, and activity-based models.
Advanced methodologies allow you to model junction-based

1 Architecture
capacity restraints for highway analysis, and discrete-choice

pathbuilding for multiroute transit assignment. Cube Voyager
includes highly flexible network and matrix calculators to calculate
travel demand and to compare scenarios in detail.
Cube Voyager uses an open and user-friendly framework to model

a wide variety of planning policies and improvements at the urban,
regional, and long-distance levels. You can create a comprehensive
library of planning functions under the general Cube framework,
and use that library to model various policies and improvements.
With a well-defined library, you can easily manage data and code
complex methodologies with a simple step-by-step approach.
An optional extension is available for Cube Voyager:
• Cube Avenue — Adds advanced dynamic traffic assignment, or
“mesoscopic assignment,” to Cube Voyager
Cube Dynasim
Cube Dynasim simulates multimodal traffic at a microscopic level.
Cube Dynasim helps planners and engineers design and analyze
the interaction between alternative infrastructure designs,
operating characteristics, and travel demand forecasts. With Cube
Dynasim, you can simulate any sized system, and easily share data
with other Cube functional libraries.
Cube Dynasim captures all the dynamics of time-dependent traffic

phenomena using sophisticated driver-behavior models. Cube
Dynasim performs detailed operational analysis of complex traffic
on roads while realistically representing the flow of automobiles,
trucks, buses, rail, and pedestrians.
Cube Dynasim provides stunning 2D and 3D animations and

graphics for clear evaluation.

Architecture 1
Cube Analyst
Cube Analyst (formerly called Cube ME) estimates and updates
statistically optimized trip matrices for base-year automobile, truck,
and public transit trips. An accurate origin-destination matrix of
existing travel is one of the most valuable pieces of data for
transportation planning. This matrix is the basis for forecasting and
for almost all important comparative analyses. Cube Analyst
enables planners to manipulate the extensive data set used for
updating and developing the matrix.
Cube Analyst uses mathematical techniques to find trip matrices

consistent with observed transport demand and counted data.
Cube Analyst reproduces hand-based methods more accurately
and efficiently.

1 Architecture

2 Getting Started
Discover Cube Cargo Tutorial is accompanied by a CD that contains

Cube software along with the Cubetown data that the exercises
use. Install the software and data before proceeding to the
exercises. If you already installed the software and exercises for
another tutorial, then you can proceed directly to the exercises.
This chapter describes installation steps for:

• Demonstration users
• Licensed users

Getting Started
2 Demonstration users
Demonstration users
Demonstration users are those who have not yet purchased Cube
but are evaluating the software. Demonstration users can install
the demonstration version of the software along with Cubetown
data.
To install demonstration software
1. Insert the CD into your computer.
The Welcome window opens.
2. Click install demonstration version and follow the wizard’s

instructions.
Some important notes:
On the Select Products dialog, select:
• Cube Base (with Cube Reports)
• Cube Voyager (with Cube Analyst)
• Cube Cargo

Getting Started
Demonstration users 2
• Cubetown (Demo Model)
On the Choose Destination Location dialog, you can alter

the directory where the wizard installs Cubetown data files.
NOTE: The file paths given in the tutorial directions assume
you install Cubetown data in the C:\Cubetown directory.

For this installation, you can find the Cube software by
clicking the Start button, pointing to All Programs, and
choosing Citilabs Demo Software.

Getting Started
2 Licensed users
Licensed users
Licensed users are those who have purchased Cube software. To
install your software and license, follow the instructions that
accompanied your license. To use the tutorial, however, you must
install the Cubetown data in addition to the licensed version of the
software. You can install Cubetown data and software from the CD.
To install Cubetown data
1. Insert the CD into your computer.
The Welcome window opens.
2. Click install licensed version and follow the wizard’s

instructions.

Getting Started
Licensed users 2
Some important notes:
On the Select Products dialog, select the Cubetown (Demo
Model) check box.
NOTE: If you have not yet installed your licensed software,

you can select those check boxes and do so now.
On the Choose Destination Location dialog, you can alter
the directory where the wizard installs Cubetown data files.
NOTE: The file paths given in the tutorial directions assume
you install Cubetown data in the C:\Cubetown directory.
For this installation, you can find the Cube software by

clicking the Start button, pointing to All Programs, and
choosing Citilabs Licensed Software.

Getting Started
2 Licensed users

3 Exploring Cube Cargo
This chapter contains a series of exercises that demonstrate how

you can use Cube Cargo to forecast commodity and truck flows.
These exercises use the model in the Discover Cube catalog, found
with the Cubetown data that you installed. These exercises assume
that you are familiar with Cube Base and the interface’s primary
elements, Application Manager and Scenario Manager. For an
introduction to Cube Base, see Discover Cube Base Tutorial.
The exercises in this chapter demonstrate:

• Cubetown cargo model
• Forecasting demand for proposed rail service
• Forecasting impact of rail pricing

Exploring Cube Cargo
3 Cubetown cargo model
Cubetown cargo model

The exercises in this chapter use the Cube Cargo Demonstration
Model, a cargo model for Cubetown. In this section, we will become
familiar with the model, and run the Base scenario to estimate the
commodity levels by mode and the truck matrices for the base
conditions.
To become familiar with the Cubetown cargo model
1. Open the Discover Cube catalog in Cube.

a. Start Cube.
You can:
• Double-click the Cube icon on your desktop.
• Click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to
Citilabs Demo Software, and choose Cube Demo, if you
installed the demonstration version.
• Click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to
Citilabs Licensed Software, and choose Cube, if you
installed the licensed version.
Cube displays the Welcome to Cube dialog box.
b. Click Open Discover Cube.
Cube opens the Discover Cube catalog.
2. Under Applications in Scenario Manager, double-click Cube
Cargo Demonstration Model to open the Cubetown cargo
model.

Cubetown cargo model 3
Application Manager opens the Cube Cargo Demonstration
Model.
The dark blue boxes represent steps in the model, the light blue
boxes show inputs to each step, and the green boxes show the
outputs. Lines represents the links between outputs from one
step and inputs to the next step.
This model has three steps:

Compute network costs and times by mode

Estimate zone-to-zone commodity and truck matrices

Compute peak-hour trucks
3. Open the Base scenario.
Under Scenarios in Scenario Manager, double-click Base.

Cube opens the model menu for the Base scenario.
4. Click Edit next to the field for entering the road network.

Cube opens the graphics window, which shows a diagram of
the highway network and the rail services connecting major
points.
5. On the View menu, point to Restore, and choose 1=Cubetown.
Cube focuses the diagram around Cubetown.

You can use Cube Cargo models to study both long-distance

and local freight movement. Creating a large-scale study area
allows us to properly study the amount of goods passing
through, originating from, or terminating in Cubetown by
various modes.
In addition to rail and highway services, the study area has river
services.
6. Click the Layer Control button .

Cube opens the Layer Control dialog box.
7. Double-click TRN: CARGORAIL.LIN.
Cube opens the Transit Layer Parameters dialog box.

8. Click Browse next to File Name.
9. In the Open TRNLAYER File dialog, select CARGORIVER.LIN and

click Open.
10. In the Transit Layer Parameters dialog box, click All Done.
Cube closes both dialog boxes.
11. Click the Zoom All button .

Cube shows the entire study area, including the river services.
The mode choice for freight is likely to impact the truck flow
passing through the study area of Cubetown.
12. Close the graphics window.
13. At the prompt, click Yes to save the project file.
14. On the model menu window, click Run to run the Base scenario.
The Task Monitor window opens, showing the progress of the

run. When complete, a Task Run Result dialog box opens.
15. Click OK.

3 Forecasting demand for proposed rail service
Forecasting demand for proposed rail service

Cubetown presently serves as the region’s rail hub. Shippers send
freight from all areas for transfer at Cubetown. The rail service
operators want to consider the market for new, direct north-south
rail freight service. We will use the Cube Cargo model to help them
estimate the demand for this proposed service.
There are two parts to this exercise:

• Developing a scenario for proposed rail service
• Evaluating results
Developing a scenario for proposed rail service

To estimate the demand for the proposed rail service, we need a
new scenario with a modified rail input, which represents the
proposed service.
To develop a scenario for proposed rail service
1. Under Scenarios in Scenario Manager, right-click Base and

choose Add Child.
2. In the name space, enter:
New Rail
A Scenario Properties dialog box opens. If desired, enter text

describing the scenario in the Description box.
3. Click OK.
The model menu window opens for the New Rail scenario. By
default, the new scenario uses all the values from its parent
scenario, the Base scenario. We will change the input for the rail
network.
4. Click Browse next to the field for entering rail lines.

Forecasting demand for proposed rail service 3
5. Select CargoFutureRail.lin and click Open.
NOTE: If necessary, navigate to the C:\Cubetown\PT directory.
This rail file introduces a new rail service from the southern
portion of the study area to the northern portion, without
stopping in Cubetown.
6. Click Save to save the scenario’s configuration.
7. Click Run to run the scenario.

run. When complete, the Task Run Result dialog box opens.
8. Click OK.

Evaluating results
Cube Cargo computes a variety of statistics and results, including
detailed matrices of commodity and truck flows. To evaluate the
New Rail scenario, we want to measure the reduction in truck flows
and the increase in rail tons.
The model produces two output files useful for our analysis:
• Truck Change — A matrix showing the reduction in annual
truck flows
• Commodity Change — A matrix showing the change in tons of
commodities transported by mode per year
To evaluate results
1. Under Data in Scenario Manager, expand Outputs and expand

Cargo.
2. Double-click Truck Change.

Forecasting demand for proposed rail service 3
Cube opens the truck change matrix.
Total reduction
in annual truck
flows
3. Double-click Commodity Change.
Cube opens the commodity change matrix.

4. Click the 2 railchange tab to see the results for rail mode.
Total increase in
annual tons
shipped by rail
5. Close the results windows when done.

Forecasting impact of rail pricing 3
Forecasting impact of rail pricing
The Cube Cargo model evaluates changes in costs in addition to
changes in level of service. In this exercise, we will evaluate how
increasing rail costs by 10% impacts truck traffic.
To forecast the impact of increased rail costs
1. Under Scenarios in Scenario Manager, right-click Base and

choose Add Child.
2. In the name space, enter:
Rail Increase
A Scenario Properties dialog box opens. If desired, enter text

describing the scenario in the Description box.
3. Click OK.
The model menu window opens for the Rail Increase scenario.
By default, the new scenario uses all the values from its parent
scenario, the Base scenario. We will change the rail costs.
4. Under Please select the percentage change in rail transport costs,
select 10.
5. Click Save to save the configuration for the Rail Increase

scenario.
6. Click Run to run the scenario.

run. When complete, the Task Run Result dialog box opens.
7. Click OK.
8. Under Data in Scenario Manager, expand Outputs and expand

Cargo.

3 Forecasting impact of rail pricing
9. Double-click Truck Change.
Cube opens the truck change matrix.

Forecasting impact of rail pricing 3
10. Double-click Commodity Change.
Cube opens the commodity change matrix. The 1 truckchange

tab shows the results for truck mode.
11. Click the 2 railchange tab to see the results for rail mode.
The results show that increasing rail costs by 10 percent

decreases rail shipments by more than 31,000 tons and
increases truck shipments by more than 51,000 tons.
12. When done, exit Cube.
a. From the File menu, choose Exit.
b. Click Yes to close all windows.
c. Click Yes when prompted to save the catalog.

3 Forecasting impact of rail pricing

4 Learning More
Citilabs is committed to helping you get the most out of Cube. This
chapter discusses resources available to learn more about Cube:
• User support
• User forum
• Training
• Consulting and assistance

Learning More
4 User support
User support
Citilabs provides free user support for all new product or upgrade
purchases. You can purchase additional user support on an annual
basis through a software maintenance contract. A current
maintenance contract provides you with user support and free
software updates.

Learning More
User forum 4
User forum
Citilabs has an online user forum. Through the user forum, you can
exchange information and ideas with others who use Citilabs
software, drawing on the large wealth of knowledge available from
the Citilabs user community. We encourage you to join at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citilabs

Learning More
4 Training
Training
Citilabs holds training sessions at least two times per year in each of
our offices in San Francisco, London, and Washington, D.C. We also
provide additional training courses in other major cities.
For a listing of currently scheduled courses and locations, visit our

Web site:
http://www.citilabs.com/training
If you have specific training needs not met by our regular course
offerings, please contact us. We would be happy to work with you
to develop training appropriate for your specific needs.

Learning More
Consulting and assistance 4
Consulting and assistance
Citilabs is a full-service multimodal transportation software and
planning firm. We offer a range of consulting services to meet the
needs of small and large public agencies:
• Passenger travel model development for small and
medium-sized communities
• Commodity, freight, and truck traffic forecasting
• Development of specialized planning software applications
and utilities
• Research and implementation of advanced planning methods
To find out more about the range of services offered by Citilabs,

contact our transportation planning services division. Send e-mail
to wwhite@citilabs.com.

Learning More
4 Consulting and assistance

5 Acquiring Cube Cargo
This chapter discusses available licensing options for Cube Cargo

and provides a list of representatives you can contact for more
information about Cube Cargo or to initiate a purchase:
• Licensing options
• Contacts

Acquiring Cube Cargo
5 Licensing options
Licensing options
Citilabs offers standard desktop licenses—licenses that you can
install and use on a single computer at any given time. Citilabs also
offers server licenses—multiple seat licenses that you install on a
central computer, which lends them to authorized users as needed,
subject to seat limitations.
Discounts are available for multiple seats, either multiple desktop

licenses or with server licenses.

Contacts 5
Contacts
Citilabs sells Cube Cargo directly in most parts of the world. In some
countries, Citilabs uses distributors.
To obtain a quote, or for further information about Cube Cargo,

contact the appropriate representative for your part of the world.
USA Pacific Coast

Michael Clarke – mclarke@citilabs.com
USA Central
Matthew Martimo – mmartimo@citilabs.com
USA Atlantic Coast

Wade White – wwhite@citilabs.com
Latin America
Vladimir Majano – vmajano@citilabs.com
UK/Northern Europe/Middle East/Australasia

Tor Vorraa – tvorraa@citilabs.com
Southern Europe/Africa
Alberto Brignone – abrignone@citilabs.com
Asia/Pacific
Matthew Martimo – mmartimo@citilabs.com

5 Contacts

Index
A I
Application Manager 17 installation
demonstration users 10
B licensed users 12
Base scenario
opening 17 L
running 21 layers, river transit 20
C M
Citilabs 35 maintenance contract 32
consulting 35 models, Cube Cargo demonstration 17
costs, evaluating 27 modules, list of 4
Cube
feature summary 3 N
installing 9 New Rail scenario
Cube Analyst 7 creating 22
Cube Avenue 6 outputs 24
Cube Base 5 results 24
Cube Cargo running 23
acquiring 39
demonstration model 17 O
description 2 outputs
estimating demand for service 22 Cube Cargo model 24
evaluating costs 27 Rail Increase scenario 27
exercises 15–29
results 24 R
study area size 20 Rail Increase scenario
Cube Dynasim 6 creating 27
Cube ME. See Cube Analyst outputs 27–29
Cube Voyager 5 running 27
Cubetown rail service
installing data 9 creating scenario 22
using data 15 evaluating results 24
Cubetown cargo model 16 regions, modeling in Cube Cargo 20

Index
running T
Cubetown cargo model, base scenario 21 training 34
New Rail scenario 23
Rail Increase scenario 27 U
user forum 33
user support 32

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About This Document

Welcome to Cube Cargo!

This document contains the following chapters:

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Discover Cube Cargo Tutorial 1

What is Cube Cargo?

Cube Cargo works seamlessly with other Cube components,

With Cube Cargo, you can forecast:

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To help you complete transportation planning and engineering

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This section discusses the Cube modules that complement and

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Optional extensions available for Cube Base include:

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capacity restraints for highway analysis, and discrete-choice

Cube Voyager uses an open and user-friendly framework to model

Cube Dynasim captures all the dynamics of time-dependent traffic

Cube Dynasim provides stunning 2D and 3D animations and

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Cube Analyst uses mathematical techniques to find trip matrices

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Discover Cube Cargo Tutorial is accompanied by a CD that contains

This chapter describes installation steps for:

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 To install demonstration software

1. Insert the CD into your computer.

The Welcome window opens.

2. Click install demonstration version and follow the wizard’s

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 On the Choose Destination Location dialog, you can alter

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 To install Cubetown data

1. Insert the CD into your computer.

The Welcome window opens.

2. Click install licensed version and follow the wizard’s

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NOTE: If you have not yet installed your licensed software,

 For this installation, you can find the Cube software by

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3 Exploring Cube Cargo

This chapter contains a series of exercises that demonstrate how

The exercises in this chapter demonstrate:

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Cubetown cargo model

 To become familiar with the Cubetown cargo model

1. Open the Discover Cube catalog in Cube.

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Under Scenarios in Scenario Manager, double-click Base.

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Cube opens the model menu for the Base scenario.

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5. On the View menu, point to Restore, and choose 1=Cubetown.

To install demonstration software

On the Choose Destination Location dialog, you can alter

To install Cubetown data

For this installation, you can find the Cube software by

To become familiar with the Cubetown cargo model

To develop a scenario for proposed rail service

To forecast the impact of increased rail costs