Set up analysis layouts
Create, load, edit, duplicate, and delete reusable telemetry layouts for 4ACE Detailed Analysis.
Analysis layouts define how Detailed Analysis displays telemetry. Use them to keep a repeatable view for race engineering work such as speed traces, driver inputs, delta time, tire behavior, and vehicle response channels.
A layout can contain multiple panels. Each panel contains one or more charts and channels. Layout changes save automatically after you edit panels, channels, names, colors, or chart settings.
Before you start
- Select the correct team.
- Open a completed simulation in Detailed Analysis.
- Decide whether the layout should be private to you or available as a team layout.
- If you want Detailed Analysis to open with a preferred layout, set it in User preferences.
Create a layout
- Open Analysis > Detailed Analysis.
- Import or open a simulation.
- In No Layout Loaded, select Create Layout.
- Choose a starting point:
- Blank creates an empty layout.
- From Default duplicates the team's default layout when one exists.
- Duplicate copies an existing layout.
- For a blank layout, enter Layout Name.
- Turn on Private layout if only you should be able to use it.
- Select Create Layout.
Blank layouts are added to the layout list. If the blank layout does not load immediately, select Load Layout and choose it before adding panels.
Load a layout
- Open Detailed Analysis with a simulation loaded.
- Select Load Layout.
- Search by layout name when needed.
- Select the layout.
The layout list shows layout name, creator, last updated time, and a DEFAULT badge when the layout is marked as default.
Add panels and channels
- Load a layout.
- Select Add Panel.
- Enter a panel name.
- Select Add Panel.
- Open Channel Configuration from the gear button or by right-clicking the chart area.
- Select Add channel.
- Choose one or more telemetry channels.
- For a single channel, adjust display name, Y-axis min and max, decimals, and color when needed.
- Select Add or Add Channels.
- Select Save Changes.
A new panel starts with a Speed chart. Channel picker categories include timing and distance, driver inputs, vehicle dynamics, powertrain, brakes, suspension, aerodynamics, tires, and track channels.
Configure chart behavior
Use Channel Configuration to control how the active panel is displayed.
| Setting | What it controls | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Layout Mode | Stacked or Overlay panel display. | Stacked shows swim lanes. Overlay draws channels in one chart area. |
| X-Axis Reference | Time or Distance. | Saved as a browser view setting. |
| Color Mode | Lap or Channel. | Saved as a browser view setting. |
| Channel Name | Display name shown in the channel list and chart. | Can differ from the channel ID. |
| Unit | Channel unit shown in labels and cursor data. | Uses channel defaults unless edited. |
| Decimals | Number of decimals shown for channel values. | 0 to 9 in the control. |
| Y-Max / Y-Min | Visible Y-axis range. | Leave blank for automatic range. |
| Hi % / Lo % | Overlay placement for a channel. | Appears only in Overlay mode. |
| Lap color palette | Colors available for selected laps. | Stored with the layout. |
Organize panels and channels
- Drag panel tabs to reorder panels.
- Double-click a panel tab to rename it.
- Use the panel tab close button to delete a panel.
- Drag channels or channel groups in the channel list to reorder them.
- Right-click a channel to hide or show it, change thickness, opacity, line style, point markers, move it to another graph, split it to a new swim lane, or rename it.
- Right-click a channel group to rename it.
- Use Reset Lane Heights when stacked swim lanes need to return to automatic heights.
Manage layouts
| Action | How to use it | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Rename layout | Open the layout name menu and rename the layout. | The new name saves automatically. |
| Duplicate layout | Use the duplicate layout action. | 4ACE creates a copied layout and loads it. |
| Delete layout | Use the delete layout action and confirm. | The layout is removed from the active team. |
| Private layout | Turn on Private layout while creating a blank layout. | Other users cannot open it from a shared link unless they are the creator. |
Troubleshooting
| Problem | What to check |
|---|---|
| No Layout Loaded appears | Select Load Layout or Create Layout. |
| Blank layout has no charts | Add a panel first. New blank layouts do not include panels. |
| Channel is missing from Add Channels | The channel may already be used in the active panel. |
| Layout not found or no longer available appears | Load another layout or confirm the layout still exists for the active team. |
| This layout is private and cannot be accessed appears | Use a layout you created or ask the creator for a shared team layout. |
| Changes not saved. Please try again. appears | Retry after the connection recovers. 4ACE retries a failed layout save once before showing this message. |