Setting Display Preferences

Before running a simulation, you can specify certain preferences to ensure that it contains the visual elements you want to display. You can also set default display preferences in Tools > Options > Display Preferences.

Use the following icons to set display preferences.

Icon	Name	Use
	Model Scope	Show or hide the border of your model
	Accessible Space	Show or hide the space accessible to Entities (shaded grey)
	Vehicles	Show or hide Aimsun vehicles, if part of the simulation
	Entities	Show or hide Entities
	Filled Entities	Fill the Entities with solid colour (easier to see but may slow down the simulation)
	Preferred Direction	Show or hide indicators of Entities’ previous position and preferred direction from that position (see the next topic Last Step: Preferred Direction)
	Clones	Show or hide cloned Entities (see "Showing Clones" in "Level Exits and Level Entrances" topic in Model Builder. )

Last Step: Preferred Direction

When you choose to display the Last Step: Preferred Direction of Entities, the following elements are displayed.

The cross marks the Entity’s position at the last time-step.
The arrow to the centre of the Entity indicates the direction it would have preferred to take at the last step.
A yellow line joins the cross and the arrow (the longer the yellow line, the higher the walking speed of the Entity).