Vehicle profiles for route optimisation

You can specify one of the PTV vehicle profiles on your vehicle types. The vehicle profiles contain default values for e.g. weight, length, height, width and speed. The route optimisation takes these values into account when calculating arrival times and route choices. For example, a vehicle profile with a height of 3.8 metres is not route-optimised on a road crossed by a bridge that is only 3.5 metres high.

The vehicle profile set to the vehicle type is used for all vehicles of that type regardless of the characteristics of the vehicles themselves in Opter. The route optimisation also takes into account speed limits, which are a more decisive factor for arrival times than the vehicle profile.

More information is available on the PTV website.

Note:

It is also possible to select a vehicle profile on the price vehicle types. However, it does not affect the route optimisation, but only the distance calculation on the order, which is the basis for the price.

Choosing a vehicle profile

To set up a vehicle profile, click on Register > Vehicle types > Route optimisation tab and then select a vehicle profile from the drop-down menu. If no vehicle profile is specified, 'truck40t' is used.

Vehicle profiles are taken from the PTV. You can see how the different vehicle profiles are defined in the XML files at https://xserver2-dashboard.cloud.ptvgroup.com/dashboard/Default.htm#Administration/FileViewer.htm. For example, you can see the total weight(totalPermittedWeight), maximum speed(maximumSpeed) and dimensions(height, length, width) used in the route optimisation.

If you enter your own value in any of the fields, that value applies instead of the one taken from the PTV.

Warning!

PTV vehicle profiles do not always contain values for all fields. For example, the default profile "truck_40t" does not contain any height, which means that vehicles can be route optimised on roads with viaducts that they cannot pass under if you do not fill in any height for the vehicle type.

Always check the values of the vehicle profile in the PTV help, and fill in the actual values of the vehicle type in Opter itself.

Customised vehicle profiles

You can enter your own name in the Vehicle profile field if you use your own values for the dimensions instead of the PTVs. This is to make it clearer that no PTV vehicle profile is being used. However, it is not possible to save and reuse the vehicle profile on other vehicle types.

Tip

If PTV renames any of its profiles, you can edit the name of that profile in Opter in the same way.