A vehicle profile in Transpas is a collection of settings that describe the physical and technical characteristics of a vehicle, such as:
Dimensions: length, width, height
Weight: total weight and axle load
Maximum speed
Emission class
These settings are used to determine whether a route is suitable and permitted for the specific vehicle. They influence, among other things, road accessibility, possible restrictions (such as environmental zones or bridge heights), and costs (e.g., tolls).
Transpas uses the default vehicle profile from PTV, as described in the official documentation:
👉 PTV Data API - Profile Concepts
This profile is suitable for standard vehicles. Deviating vehicle profiles are only used for exceptions, such as vehicles with non-standard dimensions or special requirements.
With the route planner in Transpas Enterprise, routes and trips can be manually entered, edited, and calculated. Distances, travel times, toll costs, and route order are determined based on the entered addresses and the used profile.
Transpas determines the vehicle profile to be used through the waterfall principle, where the settings at the lowest level take precedence:
Vehicle level (trip-specific)
If the vehicle linked to the trip has a profile, that profile is used.
Found via: Vehicles -> vehicle tab -> field vehicle profile
Planning group level
If the vehicle has no profile, the profile from the planning group is used.
Found via: Planning groups -> extra parameters tab -> section route calculation -> field default vehicle profile
Company level
If no profile is set at the planning group level either, the company profile is used.
Found via: Companies -> Planning tab -> field Default vehicle profile
Please note! The vehicle profile information is the first thing Transpas look at!
For example: for vehicle X, your vehicle profile is set to electric, but the vehicle itself is set to Euro 5 for emission class and diesel for fuel. In that case, the toll price in km is calculated based on the vehicle's information, not the vehicle profile information.
This logic applies to both automatic and manual route planning.