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VT Planner Standard Traffic Profiles Guide
Guide to choosing and verifying VT Planner built-in traffic profiles or Custom percentage-based elevator demand.
A Standard profile applies one demand mix unchanged for the full analysis. Demand is shown as a percentage of the saved building's population per five minutes, divided into Incoming, Outgoing, and Interfloor.
Always check Demand used before launch. It shows the resolved total and directional components for the selected building and profile.
Profiles by Building Type
The Traffic profile menu is filtered by the saved Building type.
| Building | Profile | Incoming / Outgoing / Interfloor |
|---|---|---|
| Office | Office classic up-peak |
14% / 0% / 0% |
| Office | Office classic down-peak |
0% / 14% / 0% |
| Office | Office mixed up-peak |
10.2% / 1.2% / 0.6% |
| Office | Office lunch / two-way |
5.85% / 5.85% / 1.3% |
| Residential | Residential classic up-peak |
7.5% / 0% / 0% |
| Residential | Residential classic down-peak |
0% / 7.5% / 0% |
| Residential | Residential morning two-way |
1.1% / 5.9% / 0% |
| Hotel | Hotel classic up-peak |
13% / 0% / 0% |
| Hotel | Hotel classic down-peak |
0% / 13% / 0% |
| Hotel | Hotel morning two-way |
4.2% / 7.8% / 0% |
| Hotel | Hotel evening two-way |
6% / 6% / 0% |
| Hospital | Hospital classic up-peak |
12% / 0% / 0% |
| Hospital | Hospital classic down-peak |
0% / 12% / 0% |
Depending on the building type, the default is Office classic up-peak, Residential classic up-peak, Hotel morning two-way, or Custom for a hospital. A default is only a starting point; select the profile that represents the study period.
Choose the Scenario
- use an up-peak profile for entrance-to-occupied-floor pressure;
- use a down-peak profile for occupied-floor-to-exit pressure;
- use a two-way or mixed profile when both directions are active;
- use
Customwhen the project-specific percentage demand differs from the catalog; - use Advanced Custom Demand when demand must change over time or needs an explicit origin-destination matrix.
Choose the controlling scenario from actual building use. Parking entrances, amenities, restaurants, shift changes, meeting areas, and mixed uses may favor a two-way or time-varying study.
Custom Standard Demand
Custom exposes:
Incoming (% / 5 min);Outgoing (% / 5 min);Interfloor (% / 5 min);- the calculated
Total demand.
These are intensities, not shares. With values of 8 incoming, 3 outgoing, and 1 interfloor, VT Planner generates a total demand intensity of 12% of population per five minutes.
Each component accepts 0% or greater, and the combined total must be greater than 0% and up to 100% of population per five minutes.
Calculation and Simulation
The same catalog is available for Calculation and Standard Simulation:
- Calculation uses the selected profile for a fast analytical study and also applies
Losses (%). - Simulation generates passengers over time using the selected profile, entrances, floor population, and operating controls.
The Custom values use the same % population / 5 min units in both modes. Advanced custom demand is available only for Simulation and Multi-run simulation.
Before Comparing Results
Confirm that both runs use:
- the same saved building version and entrance assumptions;
- equivalent demand profiles;
- the same duration for simulations;
- the same dispatcher and operating controls unless one is the comparison variable;
- the same seed for a direct single-run A/B comparison, or the same multi-run policy.
Before attributing a difference to the elevator setup, compare the frozen scenario in each result as well as the profile name.