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Overview of LEGION Simulator

LEGION software comprises three applications:

  • LEGION Model Builder
  • LEGION Simulator
  • LEGION Simulator API

In combination, these applications enable you to simulate pedestrian movement within a defined space, such as a railway station, sports stadium, airport, tall building, piazza, transport node or any place where people gather.

LEGION Simulator API enables allows you to create LEGION pedestrian simulations in C++ code. The API installation bundle comprises two components:
  1. The API "SDK" - headers, DLLs and libraries needed to work with LEGION simulation types and functions.
  2. A "Test Bench" offering various examples demonstrating using the API to code simulations.

The movement of pedestrians is simulated in a quantitatively verifiable manner, taking into account how individuals interact with each other and with the physical obstacles in their environment.

You can perform virtual experiments on the design or operation of a site and assess the impact of different physical designs or levels of pedestrian demand.

You can study the impact of chance events, such as the closure of an exit or late arrival of a train and test evacuation routes for speed and safety. The visual nature of simulations, maps, graphs and videos make it a highly persuasive decision-making tool.

Designers, operators and owners of sites can use LEGION software to optimise the performance of spaces with regard to:

  • Capital planning
  • Venue design
  • Construction phasing
  • Operations and operations planning
  • Safety and evacuation
  • Space utilisation
  • Pedestrian experience

LEGION Simulator

Use this application to run a simulation of how pedestrians move or circulate within the space defined in LEGION Model Builder, and then run a series of analyses on your simulated space. In LEGION Simulator, you can:
  • Import LEGION Model Files, LEGION Simulator Files and LEGION Simulation Results Files
  • Play back and view the simulation
  • Record appropriate parts of the simulation in a LEGION Simulation Results file to be viewed and interrogated during analysis
  • Record all or appropriate parts of the simulation as a video file for presentations
  • Play back selected parts of a recorded simulation, or run a new simulation
  • Visualise key metrics in the form of maps
  • Run detailed, specific, analyses and display the results as time series, stacked bars or histograms
  • Export the analysis session as graphs, results files, video, pictures or tables for inclusion in presentations, reports and spreadsheets
Parent topic: Introduction to LEGION Simulator