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1. Affected elements checking buildings and un checking people we don t want elements being affected twice e Click Save to save the changes e Click Close and Interaction viewer will close e Move a Building into the Zone of Influence of an Explosion and watch it change Other Interactions menu features e Ifyou decide that you want to delete a user created interaction rule select it and click the Delete button Select another rule to be sure the deleted rule is cleared away e Ifyou want to keep the rule but don t want it to work in a particular depiction check the Interaction Disabled check box and click Save e To share your interaction rule with others select it in the list and click Export Depiction guides you to save it as an XML file which other Depiction users can Import into their depictions There are many possibilities with the relatively simple set of elements interaction rules and behaviors included with Depiction2. Depiction 101 Interaction Rules Outline This session will cover e What interactions are and how they work e How to create use delete and share your own For more information on simulation and interactions see Section 7 4 of the Depiction User Manual Version 1 3 2 Interaction Rules are e Links between elements with behaviors and or data to simulate real world events e Causes and Affects Explosion affects Routes amp Person element Key concepts e Zone of Influence ZOI this is the area surrounding an element that will affect or influence other elements that come in contact with it like the red circle around an Explosion or the line of a Route road network e Behaviors these are defined things that an element will do when affected by another like the red X that appears on a Person when an Explosion intersects it or the way a Route Road network changes to go around a Road barrier Note A Road barrier does not directly affect a Route Road Network it disables the underlying Road Network though the effect is shown on the Route This enables the interaction to be as simple as possible and to affect multiple elements A good example of this is that there is a single interaction that causes a Route to be changed when the Road Network is affected but multiple interactions designating specific elements that can affect the Road Network Road Barrier Explosion and Water Over Roadway for example To view and change Inter
3. action rules e Click Tools on the menu bar e Click Interactions and you will see our default list of interactions e Note This window and its sections are re sizable so you can adjust is as needed to make it easier for you to use e The top pane shows the list of Interaction Rules available o Red text signifies default rules cannot be edited black text signifies a user created rule o Agreen dot next to the rule means it is active a red dot means inactive use the check box in the upper right to change this e Click on a rule to view the details of it in the bottom section o Cause allows you to choose the element that affects others this cannot be changed in the default rules o Affected elements are those that will be affected in alphabetical order including any add on elements and or user created elements Again these cannot be changed in the default rules From the Interactions menu you can create your own rules by using the Copy Interaction button For this demonstration we ll select the Explosion disables all people type elements note explosions do not affect buildings by default e Click Copy interaction to create a new rule e Click the name field and change it to Explosion disables building elements or your desired title e Click the author field and change it to your name so it stands out e Click the Description field and change it so it reflects the name e Leave the Cause as Explosion e Scroll through the list of
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