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New users of HDM-4 should also refer to the seven volumes comprising the suite of
HDM-4 documentation (see Figure 1). This suite of documents was produced for
HDM-4 version 1. These documents are currently being updated for version 2 and
will be available at a later date.
Volume 1
Overview of HDM-4
Volume 2 Volume 3
Applications Guide Software User Guide
Volume 4 Volume 5
Analytical Framework and A Guide to Calibration and
Model Descriptions Adaptation
Volume 6 Volume 7
Modelling Road Deterioration Modelling Road User and
and Works Effects Environmental Effects
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HDM-4 Documentation Suite
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ISOHDM Products
The products of the International Study of Highway Development and Management
Tools (ISOHDM) consist of the HDM-4 suite of software, associated example case
study databases, and the Highway Development and Management Series collection of
guides and reference manuals. This Manual is a member of that document collection.
Customer contact
Should you have any difficulties with the information provided in this suite of
documentation please do not hesitate to report details of the problem you are
experiencing. You may send an E-mail or an annotated copy of the manual page by
fax to the number provided below.
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Change details
This is the first formal edition (Version 1.0) of the Getting Started with HDM-4
Version 2.0.
Related documentation
HDM-4 documents
The Highway Development and Management Series Collection is ISBN: 2-84060-
058-7, and comprises:
Volume 1 – Overview of HDM-4, ISBN: 2-84060-059-5
Volume 2 – Applications Guide, ISBN: 2-84060-060-9
Volume 3 – Software User Guide, ISBN: 2-84060-061-7
Volume 4 – Analytical Framework and Model Descriptions, ISBN: 2-84060-062-5
Volume 5 – A Guide to Calibration and Adaptation Manual, ISBN: 2-84060-063-3
Volume 6 – Modelling Road Deterioration and Works Effects, ISBN: 2-84060-102-8
Volume 7 – Modelling Road User and Environmental Effects, ISBN: 2-84060-103-6
Terminology handbooks
PIARC Lexicon of Road and Traffic Engineering - First edition. Permanent
International Association of Road Congresses (PIARC), Paris 1991. ISBN: 2-84060-
000-5
Technical Dictionary of Road Terms - Seventh edition, English - French. PIARC
Commission on Terminology, Paris 1997. ISBN: 2-84060-053-6
Acknowledgements
The development of HDM-4 has been sponsored by several agencies, primarily:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Department for International Development (DFID) in the United Kingdom
The World Bank
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The study has been co-ordinated by the ISOHDM Technical Secretariat at the
University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. A number of organisations
participated in the research including:
Finnra
Specification of the strategic and programme analysis applications.
FICEM
Development of deterioration and maintenance relationships for Portland cement
concrete roads.
The Highway Research Group, School of Civil Engineering, The University of
Birmingham
Responsible for system design and software development.
Road Research Institute (IKRAM) in Malaysia supported by N.D.Lea International
(NDLI)
Responsible for providing updated relationships for road deterioration and road user
costs.
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) in the United Kingdom
Responsible for review and update of flexible pavement deterioration relationships.
SNRA
Responsible for developing deterioration relationships for cold climates, road safety,
environmental effects, and supporting HRG with system design.
All research organisations received support from local and regional staff, visiting
experts and external advisers, to ensure that a high standard of quality and
international consensus was achieved. A number of other countries and individuals
have supported this work through supplying expert advice and reviewing the products.
Copyright statement
These HDM-4 products have been produced by the International Study of Highway
Development and Management Tools (ISOHDM), sponsored by The World Bank, the
Asian Development Bank, the Department for International Development (UK), and
other sponsors. The HDM-4 products are jointly published by The World Road
Association (PIARC), Paris and The World Bank, Washington, DC.
Copyright © 2005 The World Road Association (PIARC) on behalf of the ISOHDM
sponsors. All rights reserved.
This copyright covers all documents and document components, computer software
and data delivered as components of the HDM-4 product, in any physical or electronic
forms.
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Contents
1 Improvements in HDM-4 Version 2.0 7
1.1 Improved Analysis Models 8
1.1.1 Sensitivity Analysis 8
1.1.2 Budget Scenario Analysis 8
1.1.3 Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) 8
1.1.4 Estimation of Social Benefits 8
1.1.5 Asset Valuation 8
1.2 Improved Connectivity 9
1.2.1 Run-data in Microsoft Access format 9
1.2.2 Import/Export in Microsoft Access format 9
1.2.3 Import Validation 9
1.3 Improved Data Handling & Organisation 9
1.3.1 Updated Database Technology 9
1.3.2 Redesign of New Section Facilities 9
1.3.3 Traffic Re-design 10
1.3.4 Report Management 10
1.4 Improved Technical Models 10
1.4.1 Bituminous Road Deterioration and Works Effects 10
1.4.2 Unsealed Road Deterioration and Works Effects 10
1.4.3 Road User Effects 11
1.5 Improved Usability & Configuration 11
1.5.1 Intervention Editor & Work Item Triggering Logic 11
1.5.2 Alternatives User-Interface 11
1.5.3 The model DLL architecture 11
1.5.4 Post-Improvement Maintenance Standards 12
1.5.5 Temporary Exclusion of Sections from Study 12
1.5.6 Calibration Sets 12
1.5.7 Improved Configuration - Accident Classes 12
1.5.8 Improved Configuration - Speed Flow Types 12
1.5.9 Improved Configuration - Traffic Flow Patterns 13
1.5.10 Improvement Effects 13
2 Using Existing Data with Version 2.0 14
2.1 Overview 14
2.2 Running the HDM-4 Data Migration Tool 14
2.3 Migrating Existing Data to HDM-4 Version 2.0 15
2.4 Limitations of the HDM-4 Data Migration Tool 18
2.4.1 Traffic Data 18
2.4.2 Road Deterioration Calibration Data 19
2.4.3 Works Effects Triggering and Operations 19
3 User Guide to the Improvements in HDM-4 Version 2.0 24
3.1 Sensitivity Analysis 24
3.2 Budget Scenario Analysis 25
3.3 Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) 28
3.4 Estimation of Social Benefits 32
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Improvements that are included in the Version 2.0 release of HDM-4 are categorised
and listed below. A brief description of the improvements follows this list.
Improved Analysis Models
❏ Sensitivity Analysis
❏ Budget Scenario Analysis
❏ Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)
❏ Estimation of Social Benefits
❏ Asset Valuation
Improved Connectivity
❏ Run-data in MS Access format
❏ Import/Export in MS Access
❏ Import Validation
Improved Data Handling & Organisation
❏ Updated Database Technology
❏ Redesign of New Section Facilities
❏ Traffic Redesign
❏ Report Management
Improved Technical Models
❏ Bituminous Road Deterioration
❏ Bituminous Work Effects
❏ Unsealed Road Deterioration
❏ Unsealed Work Effects
❏ Road User Effects
Improved Usability & Configuration
❏ Intervention Editor & Work Item Triggering Logic
❏ Alternatives User-Interface
❏ The model DLL architecture
❏ Post-Improvement Maintenance Standards
❏ Temporary Exclusion of Sections from Study
❏ Calibration Sets
❏ Improved Configuration - Accident Classes
❏ Improved Configuration - Speed Flow Types
❏ Improved Configuration - Traffic Flow Patterns
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This optional component of HDM-4 Version 2.0 allows a user to estimate the asset
value of a network being analysed during the time period of the analysis.
For the purposes of users who wish to view the run-data but do not have a HDM-4
licence, a free tool, HDM-4 Version 2.0 Report Viewer, will be available.
Previously no validation of the imported data was preformed and values that were
outside the allowable range could produce numerical errors when an analysis was
subsequently performed. HDM-4 version 2.0 introduces the optional validation of
vehicle fleet and road network data for incorrect values as the data are being imported.
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The traffic data for a section are now defined for each section within the road network.
To enable this to take place a road network is associated with a vehicle fleet. A user
can enter multiple years of traffic data which are now defined in terms of absolute
vehicle AADT values.
A traffic growth set defines how the traffic grows over time and is defined within the
vehicle fleet and assigned to a section within an analysis. The user interface for traffic
growth sets is similar to that used in version 1.x for the definition of normal traffic.
As growths sets may be used to define the traffic growth characteristics of multiple
studies, the periods are defined as relative years rather than absolute years.
These improvements allow traffic data for a section to be common in each analysis in
which the section is included, and for the typical traffic growths to be reused in each
analysis. When creating a new analysis a user now only selects the road network to be
used, as the vehicle fleet is associated with it. The user then selects the sections to be
included in the study and assigns traffic growth sets to each section, using the growth
sets defined in the road network’s associated vehicle fleet.
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Calibration sets are stored under the Configuration folder in the workspace view.
When a new road network is created a calibration set for that network is selected, and
all sections within the network must be assigned a calibration item defined in that
calibration set. To facilitate the new concept of calibration items, a section’s
attributes have been reorganized.
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The HDM-4 Data Migration Tool aims to take an existing HDM-4 Version 1.3
workspace and re-organise and reformat the data to conform to that required by HDM-
4 Version 2.0. After running the HDM-4 Data Migration Tool the user should review
the data to ensure its integrity prior to running an analysis and publishing the results.
Due to the model changes that are included in HDM-4 Version 2.0 the user should pay
particular attention to the calibration of the deterioration models and the works trigger
conditions and effects.
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Use the windows navigation controls to select the required workspace’s object.dat file.
Click on Select.
The selected workspace must not be open in HDM-4 Version 1.3 otherwise the HDM-
4 Migration Tool will not be able to open the files to migrate the data.
6 Define the location of the HDM-4 Version 2.0 workspace. Do one of the following:
❏ Type the required folder name of the HDM-4 Version 2.0 workspace
Or
❏ Click on the Browse button. The Selection window is displayed.
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Use the windows navigation controls to select or create the required workspace location.
Click on Select.
7 Click on Convert to start the process.
If a workspace or previous data created as part of this process exists in the selected
directory the user will be asked whether they wish to overwrite the existing data.
The Specify association with road network and analysis window will be displayed
along with explanatory text.
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For each of the listed Road Networks the user should select the source of the traffic
data for HDM-4 Version 2.0. This is required because in HDM-4 Version 2.0 the
traffic data are associated with a section and therefore the migration tool gives the user
the choice of obtaining the default traffic data from an existing analysis.
If the user selects an analysis that does not include all of the road network’s sections
selected, then the HDM-4 Data Migration Tool will not be able to define default
traffic for the unselected sections, and the AADT for those sections will default to 0.
The road network will be associated with the selected vehicle fleet for the associated
analysis. If the traffic data source selected is a Vehicle Fleet, all the road network’s
sections will not inherit any pre-defined traffic data and their AADTs will be 0.
When the associations have been made click on OK to start the process. The
following display will be seen with the list of items being processed and their progress
indicated.
When all the items have been successfully processed, the window will automatically
close, the HDM-4 Version 2.0 application will start, and the HDM-4 Automated Import
will be displayed. This window displays the process of taking the files created by the
migration tool and importing them into a HDM-4 Version 2.0 workspace.
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When the process of importing the data has been completed the HDM-4 Version 2.0
application will automatically start and open the newly created workspace, as shown
below.
It is possible for a Road Network to be used in more than one analysis, and therefore it
is possible for a section’s traffic to be defined more than once. To overcome this
potential problem the Data Migration Tool prompts the user to select the source of the
traffic volume definitions for a road network. The traffic defined for the sections
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selected will be initialised to the volumes defined in the analysis selected. If the
selected analysis has unselected sections then these sections will not have any traffic
defined in the analysis. Therefore these sections will have uninitialised traffic
volumes and the user will need to enter these manually. Therefore the choice of
which analysis to obtain the traffic data from should be made carefully as this will
determine how much of the traffic data is automatically obtained.
For each of the Vehicle Fleets present in the Version 1.3 workspace, the migration
tool determines in which analyses it is used, and automatically creates a growth item
within the Vehicle Fleet. The traffic growth items are named according to the
following convention:
When viewing the traffic growth sets from within a Vehicle Fleet it is therefore
possible to see from where the data have been obtained.
There have been some changes to the Works Effects models of Bituminous and
Unsealed pavements.
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The choices have been modified in HDM-4 Version 2.0, and some of the options
require further data to be defined. The HDM-4 Version 2.0 screen is shown below. It
can be seen that the option to patch “Severely damaged area” has been removed, and
that the option to patch “Transverse thermal cracking only” has been added.
The definition of patching “Potholing only” has changed such that the user must also
define the time lapse to patching. In HDM-4 Version 1.3 this attribute was defined for
each section, and has been moved to improve the relation to the work item it is
associated with. As Maintenance Standards can be re-used with many sections, it will
be necessary to review the time lapse to patching attribute to ensure it is desirable for
each of the section alternatives the containing Maintenance Standard is assigned to.
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The list of currently defined budget scenarios is displayed in the spreadsheet. The
user can add, edit, copy, or delete these budget scenarios.
2 Enter a unique name to identify the Budget Scenario in reports, and a description if
required.
3 Using the Insert period (to insert a period at the current highlighted position in the list of
budget details) and Append period (to add a period to the end of the list) buttons, define
the budget periods required.
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The Start of year and End of year values are entered as relative years with respect to
the start year of the analysis. Therefore if you change the start year of the analysis
you do not have to update the budget periods as well.
Budget periods must be defined to cover the whole of the analysis period.
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By clicking on the Budget Scenario dropdown list the user can select to view the
results of each of the analysed budget scenarios, as well as the unconstrained
programme.
The results spreadsheet is colour coded to highlight the works that are programmed
for the same year. A change of colour indicated that the works are programmed for a
different year.
4 Click on Generate Reports and expand the reports section Programme & Strategy
Analysis
5 Select the Programme & Strategy Analysis report you wish to display and click on
Generate Report.
If appropriate, the report will be generated and will show the results of the analysis
sorted by budget scenario.
If a sensitivity analysis has also been performed, the MCA will only be performed on
the base sensitivity scenario.
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• Comfort
• Congestion
• Air Pollution
• Energy Efficiency
• Social Benefits, and
• Political
The user must select one of these to be the base criterion against which the relative
importance of the other selected criteria are judged. The base criterion must be the
least favoured criterion to be used in the MCA. The relative importance of each of the
selected criteria is stated using one of the following ranked options:
• 1 – Equally preferred
• 2 – Equally to moderately preferred
• 3 – Moderately preferred
• 4 – Moderately to strongly preferred
• 5 – Strongly preferred
• 6 – Strongly to very strongly preferred
If Social Benefits or Political criteria are selected, it is also necessary to delineate the
relative performance for each section alternative defined according to the following
scale:
• 1 – Major dissatisfaction
• 2 – Minor dissatisfaction
• 3 – Indifference
• 4 – Minor satisfaction
• 5 – Major satisfaction
If the Air Pollution criterion is selected, it is necessary to define the limiting values for
the environmental emissions modelled in HDM-4 Version 2.0
Performing MCA will rank the project alternatives or section alternatives, depending
upon the mode of analysis selected for the project, according to the selected criteria,
relative importance, and performance index. The performance indices for the criterion
are obtained from the results of the analysis except in the case of Social Benefits and
Political criteria, where the performance of each section alternative is ranked
manually. The highest rank, or score, indicated the most favoured alternative, given
the input data.
You can only go to the Multi Criteria Analysis screen after you have performed a
project analysis run successfully.
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The Air Pollution criterion can only be selected if the project analysis was performed
with the Emissions model included (see Setup Run screen).
The button will only be enabled if the user has selected Air Pollution, Social Benefits,
or Political indices.
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For each of the section alternatives used, select from the drop down list a performance
index or accept the defaults.
Define a limiting value for each of the listed environmental factors or accept the
defaults.
For each section alternative, select from the drop down list a performance index or
accept the defaults.
5 Click on the Start button to begin the analysis.
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The progress of the analysis will be indicated on the progress bar, and when complete
the following screen will be displayed:
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2 To edit or view the benefits and costs click on the Edit button.
The following screen will be displayed.
3 Enter a description and the relative year the benefit and costs begin.
4 Click on Append Benefit to add a benefit, or Append Cost to add a cost associated with
the improvement. The Type field identifies if it is a cost or a benefit when viewed.
Enter a description to identify the social benefit/cost (or other exogenous benefit/cost).
Enter an initial benefit/cost which will be used in the analysis for the first year they are
applied.
5 Click on Add Period to define how the benefit/cost will progress over time.
The following screen will be displayed.
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Enter the relative start year for the benefit/cost, and the type of growth that will be
applied. Click on OK when finished.
There must be a period defined for year two to define how the benefit/cost grows after
the initial amount.
There must be at least one period defined in the following year in which an Actual
amount growth type is specified.
6 Click on OK when all of the benefits/costs and periods have been defined.
HDM-4 Version 2.0 supports two methods for determining the depreciation of the
asset value of the pavement layers over time:
Condition based: This method is based on the estimated terminal roughness and the
current year condition of the asset.
Production based: This method is based on the usage of the asset. For paved roads, this
uses the cumulative annual equivalent standard axle loads at the year of analysis
compared to the design equivalent axle loads. For gravel roads, the cumulative annual
gravel loss compared to the initial gravel thickness is used.
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A straight-line depreciation method is used for the valuation of bridges and structures;
footways, footpaths and cycle-ways; and traffic facilities, signs and road furniture.
The following sections provide a guide to initialising the required data to perform an
Asset Valuation as part of an analysis.
The dialog contains a section with the title Asset valuation that contains the relevant
attributes for asset valuation.
Select the Currency which will be used to define the value of the assets within the Road
Network.
Define the terminal roughness for each of the surface classes.
Click OK to accept the changes.
2 For each section to be included in the analysis, select the section and click Edit or
double-click on the selection. The section details will be displayed in the form editor.
Click on the Asset Valuation tab button. The following dialog will be displayed:
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❏ Enter the Replacement cost in the currency defined for the Road Network (also
displayed towards the bottom of the dialog).
❏ Select the method to be used for the valuation of the road pavement layers:
(a) If Condition based is selected the initial roughness and terminal roughness must be
defined.
(b) If Production based is selected the road pavement layer useful life and the age
must be defined in the spreadsheet.
❏ Enter the absolute year which is to be used to define the age of the assets.
❏ Enter the replacement cost percentage for each asset component.
❏ Enter the residual value as a percentage of the replacement cost for each asset
component.
❏ Enter the useful life in years for each asset component.
❏ Enter the age of each asset component in the year specified.
Click OK when the changes have been made.
3 For all of the Reseals, Overlays, and Pavement Reconstruction work items that may be
triggered during the analysis, open the work item and click on the Asset Valuation tab
button.
The following dialog will be displayed.
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❏ Enter the percentage residual value of the new work, and the useful life in years and
ESALs.
Click OK when the changes have been made.
4 For all of the improvement standards that may be triggered during the analysis, open the
standard and click on the Asset Valuation tab button.
The following dialog will be displayed.
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❏ Enter the cost of the asset components as a percentage of the new work.
❏ Enter the residual value of the new work as a percentage of the cost.
❏ Enter the useful life of the new work in years and ESALs where appropriate.
❏ Enter the percentage of the existing assets belonging to the section which will be
decommissioned as a result of having the improvement work applied.
5 Open the required analysis by selecting it from the workspace. Click on the Define
Project Details work flow button, and click on the General tab button to display the
general details.
6 To enable the inclusion of the Asset Valuation in the analysis do one of the following to
display the run setup options:
❏ In Project Analysis click on Analyse Projects workflow button and then click on
the Setup Run tab button.
Or
❏ In Programme Analysis click on the Generate Programme workflow button and
then click on the Run Setup button.
Or
❏ In Strategy Analysis click on the Generate Strategy workflow button and then click
on the Run Setup button.
The run setup options will be displayed. Click on the Perform run with asset valuation
checkbox.
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7 Run the analysis to perform the asset valuation. View the asset valuation reports by
clicking on Generate Reports and expand the reports section Asset Valuation
8 Select the Asset Valuation report you wish to display and click on Generate Report.
The following section provides details of using the Import Wizard for validating Road
Network and Vehicle Fleet data.
Importing HDM-4 Road Network and Vehicle Fleets with Data Validation
1 On the Workspace window click on the Import button.
The Import Wizard dialog will open as shown below.
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❏ Enter the name and location of the HDM-4 Version 2.0 formatted mdb file into the
edit slot.
or
❏ Click on Browse button to select the file using the following dialog:
Highlight the required file and click on Open to select the file.
On the Import Wizard click on the Next button to continue. The Import Wizard will
attempt to open the file, and determine if it is a HDM-4 Version 2.0 formatted file,
and what HDM-4 data items the file contains. If successful the next dialog in the
Import Wizard will be displayed as shown below.
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The dialog shows the File Type and the HDM-4 item type identified in the file. It also
displays a default name for that item that will be used to create the item within the
current HDM-4 workspace.
The name of the item must be unique within the current workspace otherwise the
Import Wizard will prompt you to enter another name.
To perform data validation on the supported data items click on the Perform data
validation checkbox.
Click on Next to perform the validation of data (if selected) and importing of the data.
If validation is to be performed the Import Wizard will display the progress and status
of the data validation. If no errors where encountered during the validation the
importing of the data item will commence automatically and the Import Wizard will
report if the import was successful. If errors are discovered during the validation the
Import Wizard will display a summary of the errors, together with the list of errors in
the status area of the dialog as shown in the dialog below.
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Use the Next Error and Prev Error buttons to cycle through the errors found.
To save the validation report click on Save Report button.
When the errors have been corrected the Import Wizard can be run again to complete
the importing of data.
To backup the data the two files (objects.dat & objects.idx) should be copied, together
with the contents of the two directories eventlog and recovery.
When the files are placed on another PC, or the backup retrieved, the same directory
structure should be preserved.
After coping or retrieving the database files the read-only flag should not be set
otherwise HDM-4 will be unable to open the database.
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Click on OK
The New Construction Section dialog will be displayed. Enter the name for the new
construction section and select the Vehicle Fleet and Calibration Set the new section
will use.
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You can only use the new construction with a Road Network that uses the same
Vehicle Fleet as the one selected.
Click OK when the text and selections have been made. A dialog will be displayed
allowing you to create the new construction based on aggregate parameters.
Enter the required data and click Next when complete. The new construction section’s
detailed data will now be displayed. This should be reviewed and modified as required.
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Click on OK to accept the changes and store the New Construction Section in the
workspace.
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A list of New Construction Sections that are compatible with the current Project Analysis
will be displayed.
Select the required New Construction Section, enter the construction year, and select the
traffic growth set for this section.
Click on OK when complete. The New Construction Section Option will be added to the
Project Alternative. Assignments of Improvements and Maintenance Standards can be
performed in the same way as normal sections.
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Select the New Section in the right-hand display and click on the right mouse button to
display the context sensitive popup menu. Click on Remove New Section to remove the
new section.
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There is a small slider at the bottom of the dialog which has a pointer. This pointer
can be dragged left and right to adjust the relative size of the navigation and details
views.
The user-interface makes use of buttons and pop-up menus that are context sensitive,
that is, they change depending upon the selection the user has made in the navigation
view. By using pop-up menus as well as buttons the interface is able to present more
data without a large number of buttons. To access a context sensitive pop-up menu
move the mouse over the details view and click on the right-hand mouse button.
The first screenshot shows the interface with the root of the navigation view selected.
In the case of Analysis By Section this shows the list of sections selected for the
analysis. It also shows the number of alternatives defined for each of these sections.
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The following screenshot shows the user-interface state when the user has selected an
individual section. The list of alternatives defined for the section is displayed,
together with a summary of the maintenance and improvements that have been
assigned to them.
To add a new alternative to the section, click on the Add alternative button.
From this view, copies of maintenance and improvement assignments that have been
made to a section alternative can be pasted to one or more other section alternatives
defined for this section.
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The following screenshot shows the user-interface state when a section alternative has
been selected. The details view is split into two, one displaying the maintenance
standards assigned, and the other showing the improvement standards assigned. The
user can use the buttons within this view to edit the assignments.
The following screenshot shows the state of the user-interface when the user has
selected a maintenance standard assignment. The work items defined in the
maintenance standard are listed in the details view.
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This is a read-only view for information purposes only. If the user needs to edit any
of the work items or make any other additions to the maintenance standard, they must
do so by using the Workspace options. This is to reinforce the idea that the
maintenance standards are shared with all analyses defined in the workspace and are
not unique to the analysis being edited.
This option is enabled in Project Analysis only, and is shown in the window shown
below. To exclude the section, click in the Include in Analysis column for the
appropriate section.
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To add a new calibration set to the workspace click on Add. Select Calibration Set
from the options and click on OK. A new calibration set will be created and
displayed in a window. Initially the calibration set will not have any calibration items
for any of the surface classes, and it is the user’s responsibility to add those that are
required.
To add a new calibration item, first select the surface class desired by clicking on the
appropriate tab along the top, Bituminous, Concrete, or Unsealed. Finally click on
New Item.
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A new calibration item with a default name and default parameters will be added to
the grid. The user should modify the name to something appropriate, and review the
calibration item’s attributes as required.
To add a new Accident Class click on Add. In the window that is displayed select
Accident Class from the list of options and click on OK. A new accident class will
be created. The user should enter a unique name for the accident class and enter
appropriate values for the attributes. Click on OK to save the accident class to the
workspace.
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Clicking on About will display details about the components that are installed along
with HDM-4 Version 2.0 as shown in the window below.
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To change one of the default directories, either enter the new directory path into the
appropriate edit slot, or click on the required Browse button. This will display the
window that will allow the user to navigate through the available windows directories
and select the required path. Click on OK once the correct selection has been made.
Update the database: This option will be used to update the database from
previous versions. (Note – support for previous acceptance test workspaces is
NOT supported in the final release version of HDM-4 Version 2.0).
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Reorganise the database: This option recovers unused storage space in the
workspace and can help to reduce the storage space required for the
workspace.
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4 Nomenclature
A nomenclature explaining any special numbering, markings, etc., that are associated
with the HDM-4 suite of documents is included in Part H of the Analytical
Framework and Model Descriptions - Volume 4.
5 References
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