Description
The Main Form is loaded when starting VECTO. Closing this form will close VECTO even if other dialogs are still open.
In this form all global settings can be controlled and all other application dialogs can be opened.
In order to start a calculation the
Calculation Mode must be set and at
least one
Job File (.vecto) must added to the Job List. After
clicking START all checked files in the Job List will be calculated.
The Main Form includes three tabs as described below:
- Job Files Tab
- Driving Cycles Tab (only if Batch Mode is enabled)
- Options Tab
Job Files Tab
Job
Files List
Job files (.vecto) listed
here will be used for calculation. Unchecked files will be ignored!
Doubleclick entries to edit job files with the
VECTO Editor.
All
(Un-)Check all files in
Job List. Only checked files are calculated when clicking START.
Add files to Job List
Remove selected files from List

Move selected files up or down in list
List
Options
- Save/Load List
- Save or load Job List to text file
- Load Autosave-List
- The Autosave-List is saved automatically on application
exit and calculation start
- Clear List
- Remove all files from Job List
- Remove Paths
- Remove paths, i.e. only file names remain using the
Working Directory as source path.
START Button
Start VECTO in the
selected mode (see
Options).
Driving Cycles Tab
Driving Cycle List
The Driving Cycles List is only used in
Batch Mode. The same controls are used as in the Job Files List.
Options Tab
In this tab the global calculation settings can be changed.
Declaration Mode
Batch Mode
If Declaration Mode is disabled VECTO can be run in
Batch Mode.
Cycle Distance Correction
Toggle Cycle Distance Correction. Always ON in Declaration Mode.
Cycle Distance Correction monitors the driven distance in each time step and,
if necessary, adds or removes time steps in order to keep the original
distance given in the driving cycle.
- If enabled the vehicle drives the same distance as given in the driving cycle
- If disabled the vehicle travels the same time as given in the driving cycle (Note that distance-based cycles (see here) are always converted to time-based cycles internally)
Use gears/rpm's form
driving cycle
If activated VECTO will use gear and/or engine speed defintions included in the driving cycle (see
here).
Write modal results
Toggle output of modal results (.vmod files). Summary files (.vsum, .vres) are always created.
Shutdown system after
last job
If activated VECTO will
shutdown the system after the last job was
completed. (Can be aborted during 100 seconds before shutdown.)
Output
Path (BATCH Mode only)
Select target directory
for result files (.vmod, .vres, .vsum)
Create Subdirectories for
modal results (BATCH Mode only)
If activated a
subdirectory for each job file will be created inside Output Path for
modal output.
Controls
New Job File
Open
existing Job or Input File
Open an existing input
file (Job, Engine, etc.)
Tools
Help
- User Manual
- Release Notes
- Open the Release Notes (pdf)
- Report Bug via CITnet / JIRA
- Opens the CITnet/JIRA website for reporting bugs
- Create Activation File
- Create an Activation File used
for Licensing
- About VECTO
- Information about the software, license and support
contact
Message
List
All messages, warnings and
errors are displayed here and written to the log file LOG.txt in the VECTO
application folder.
Depending on the colour the following message types are displayed:
- Status Messages
- Warnings
- Errors
- Links - click to open file/user manual/etc.
Note that the
message log can be opened in the

Tools menu with
Open Log.
Statusbar
Displays current status
and progress of running calculations. When no calculation is running
the current mode is displayed (Standard, Batch or Declaration Mode).