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CITILABS UPDATE

Outline

Cube

• Release Roadmap
• Release Notes
• Cube 7 Highlights
• Cube 7 Beta Testing

Program

Anticipated Release Schedule

Cube 6.4.5 – Spring 2019 Cube 6.4.6 - Summer 2019 Cube 7 Beta - Summer 2019 Cube 6.5/7 - Winter 2019/2020 Cube 6.5.1/7.0.1 – Summer 2020

Cube Roadmap

Cube 7 will be a big change from Cube 6

• To help ease in the transition to Cube 7 new

releases of the Cube 6 branch will continue to be made alongside Cube 7 until it is determined that the Cube 6 branch is ready to be closed.

• A Cube 7 beta testing program will be launched to

give customers under maintenance early access.

• Migration Tools for converting updated file formats

from 6 to 7 will be made available.

Cube 6 to 7 Transition

Cube 6.4.5

Minor release anticipated Spring 2019

Cube Dynasim Update

• Cube 6.4.5 will include the latest version of Cube

Dynasim.

• Includes new rail features in addition to standard

maintenance updates.

Cube Voyager Speed Enhancements

• The latest edition of Cube Voyager features a

new roadway path building option which has shown multiple factor speedup in certain applications.

Maintenance and Feature Updates

• Standard maintenance updates along with small

feature enhancements to programs such as PT (Cube Voyager) and Cube Analyst Drive.

Cube 6.4.6

Minor release anticipated Summer 2019

Cube Land Update

• Cube 6.4.6 will include a new 64 bit version of

Cube Land.

Cube Voyager Speed Enhancements

• The next edition of Cube Voyager

will bring additional speed increases in different aspects of the software.

Cube 6.5

Minor release anticipated Winter 2019

All Cube Modules

• Features of Cube 7 that are suitable for inclusion in

the Cube 6 branch will be identified and made available in Cube 6.5 which will be co-released with Cube 7.

Cube 7

Major release anticipated Winter 2019/2020 (Beta Release Summer 2019)

Big changes are coming! New Interface

• Windows 10 interface with a modern look and feel

New Network Editor

• Network and GIS windows combined for better

functionality and user experience. Voyager Improvements Application Manager, Task Monitor, and Cube Cluster completely new

Cube 7: Next Generation Interface

• Updated look and feel.
• Allows the user to

customize many aspects of the look and organization of the system.

• The user will be able

to have themes and even tie basemaps to those themes (i.e. a dark basemap along with a dark menu theme, etc).

Cube 7: Next Generation Interface

• Users can view

multiple tabs at

• nce.
• Multiple

windows can be

• pened

simultaneously and dragged to different screens.

Cube 7: Cluster

• Much greater usability and manageability
• Based on a robust client-server protocol system rather

than file based inter-process communication

• Consolidated and centralized cluster node

management

• Compute resources (individual computers)

registered into the system initially

• Cluster runs able to be started from one central

machine and managed within one interface (no longer will you have dozens of cluster voyager windows)

• Automatic determination of nodes to assign for a

particular Multistep or Intrastep

• Ability to manage multiple Cube Cluster compute

pools from one interface / client (i.e., multiple model runs could be started and monitored from one user interface even if each run is occurring on a different set of computers)

• Natively use of GIS formats and relational

databases throughout the system

• 32K zone limit increased to "virtually

unlimited"

• Improved data formats and I/O performance
• Full Unicode support throughout Cube 7; this

will allow for seamless uses of international character sets for purposes of filenames, strings, comments, etc

• Further Speed Enhancements for Highway, PT

and other Voyager modules

Voyager

Cube 7: New Network Editor and Spatial Analysis

• High performance visualizations

with support for huge datasets

• A single interface for Network /

GIS data

• Native support for a wide variety
• f modern GIS data sources,

OpenGIS Simple Features or SQL/MM, such as Spatialite, PostGIS, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and more!

• Full support for true relational

database management systems bringing concurrent use within Cube/multiple users.

Cube 7: New Network Editor and GIS Tool

• Powerful query capability

allowing vector data layers to be dynamically updated using standard spatial queries

• Allows for very powerful

geoprocessing tasks through a standard SQL interface and templates

• More robust and better data

validation of network datasets

• Dynamically related multi-

modal networks ensuring consistency across all services and modes.

Cube 7: New Network Editor and GIS Tool

• Support for multiple basemap

sources, ArcGIS Online, Open Street Map data, etc

• Full support for WMS/WMTS
• Foundation for much more

complex visualizations and animations to be added over time (GPS path animations, 2.5D desire line visualization, etc.)

• Greater flexibility and quicker

implementation of future capabilities

Cube 7: Application Manager

• Application Manager will have a new look and

have more powerful visual capabilities such as:

• Zooming / scaling,
• An overhead mini-view of the current

flowchart,

• Hover over group box displays preview of

that group's flowchart

• Ability to view the entire application group

tree hierarchy and navigation

• Users may specify how far up a group hierarchy

that an input file may be "public"

• Model run mode; AM will allow running of an

application and all of its subgroups in a read-

• nly view that highlights the currently running

program and various statistics about the current run (similar to Task Monitor but more detailed)

• In Cube 7, we are committed to creating an

experience that works very well with industry standard version control systems

• Full support for relative paths throughout

Cube (Scenario Manager, Application Manager, Voyager, etc) and relative paths will be the default behavior for file paths when possible, which will mean that no updates are needed when the root directory

• f a model is moved
• Updated configuration file formats, such as

the catalog file, so that version control systems may easily track modifications to scenarios and keys

• Guidance on how best to use Cube with

version control systems

Version Control

Cube 7: Other Anticipated Features

• Planned Python integration

with Voyager and other Cube functions

• GPS Processing Tools
• New Database and Matrix

Editors

• A powerful data format API

for integration with various processes and workflows

• Migration tools for moving

from Cube 6 to 7

• Improved Cube reports
• New tools and functions

for Mobility Services modeling

• Citilabs’ Engineering Team will begin

soliciting users under maintenance for participation in a Cube 7 beta testing program in early 2019.

• Beta testers will receive early access to Cube

7 and will be encouraged to provide feedback on the new software and migration tools via online forms.

• Users interested in the program can email

cube7@citilabs.com and ask to be placed on the Cube 7 beta testers mailing list.

Beta Testing Program

Cube 7 Gallery

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