Below is a list of known HDM-4 Version 2 software issues and common problems. The software versions that are affected are indicated with an 'X'. It is recommended that you always upgrade to the latest version of the software that is available.
| KB Number |
Article Title |
HDM-4 Versions |
v2.00 |
v2.03 |
| KB200001 |
WORKSPACE: Using the 'Recent Workspaces' menu item to select a
previously opened workspace caused a system error. |
X |
Fixed(2.02) |
| KB Number |
Article Title |
HDM-4 Versions |
v2.00 |
v2.03 |
| KB200014 |
VEHICLE FLEET: If no text is defined for a vehicle type's description an error is received when importing or exporting the vehicle fleet. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB Number |
Article Title |
HDM-4 Versions |
v2.00 |
v2.03 |
| KB200002 |
ROAD NETWORK: Only an integer number could be entered for the section's vehicle AADTs on systems that had a regional setting
using a comma for a decimal separator. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200003 |
ROAD NETWORK: In certain circumstances, changing a sections surface class would cause HDM-4 to crash. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200004 |
ROAD NETWORK: After changing a section's surface class no condition data was present. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200005 |
ROAD NETWORK: For a bituminous section, after selecting method [2] to calculate SNP the results were not shown and method [1] remained selected. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200019 |
ASSET VALUATION: Some input values were limited to 99.99%. |
X |
Fixed(2.02) |
| KB200020 |
ASSET VALUATION: The component age year was not set to a default value when a new section was created. This resulted in an error message when the user moved away from the screen even if they made no changes. This parameter is now initialised but should be reviewed by the user when entering asset valuation data. |
X |
Fixed(2.02) |
| KB200021 |
ASSET VALUATION: The units for the replacement cost was not indicated. The message has been improved to state that the replacement cost is for the whole section. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB Number |
Article Title |
HDM-4 Versions |
v2.00 |
v2.03 |
| KB200022 |
DEFAULT WORK COSTS: The maximum cost for the work items has been increased to allow a larger default cost to be entered. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200023 |
DEFAULT WORK & ENERGY COSTS: The units for the energy usage could not be changed. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200024 |
DEFAULT WORK & ENERGY COSTS: The classification of the operations has been improved by clearly identifying the maintenance and improvement items. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200025 |
IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS: The operation types NMT Lane Addition, and NMT Lane Upgrading do not require the user to define a traffic flow period. However, the analysis input validation states that one must be defined. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB Number |
Article Title |
HDM-4 Versions |
v2.00 |
v2.03 |
| KB200006 |
ALTERNATIVES: Editing the name of a Section Alternative in the grid view may cause a system crash. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200007 |
ALTERNATIVES: It was not possible to deselect the inclusion of generated traffic and benefits and costs associated with an improvement standard. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200008 |
ALTERNATIVES: After changing the start year for a New Section, its name was incorrectly displayed in the alternatives navigation pane. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200021 |
ALTERNATIVES INTERFACE: Double-clicking on an improvement standard assignments name to display the details could result in the system crashing in some situations. |
X |
Fixed(2.02) |
| KB200009 |
BUDGET OPTIMISATION: Analyses that exceeded the limits for performing budget optimisation using the EBM-32 method (see HDM-4
documentation for more details) did not produce the desired optimisation results. This error has now been fixed. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200034 |
BUDGET OPTIMISATION: The unconstrained and optimised work programmes do not take account of differences in the works and output currencys if the conversion factor between then is not equal to 1. This can lead to incorrect optimisation or incorrect interpretation of the result. A work around to this problem is available. <read more> |
X |
X |
| KB200010 |
MULTI-YEAR FORWARD PROGRAMMING: The salvage value was not being calculated and included in the analysis. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200011 |
MULTI-YEAR FORWARD PROGRAMMING returns the same Vehicle Operating Costs for Programmed and Delayed work alternatives. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200016 |
WORK ITEMS: The preparatory work quantities and costs were incorrectly calculated for resealing, overlay, and inlay operation types. This resulted in the preparatory costs being many times higher than expected, therefore effecting the results of the economic analysis of studies. These errors have now been corrected and it is recommended that studies are re-run to determine the impact of the corrected calculations. |
X |
Fixed(2.02) |
| KB200015 |
ASSET VALUATION: An omission was found in the Asset Valuation specification which resulted in the asset value of a pavement being incorrectly computed following an improvement standard. The specification has been amended and the software implementation updated accordingly. |
X |
Fixed(2.02) |
| KB200026 |
ENERGY CONSUMPTION: The calculation of the energy consumption of work items did not correctly use the energy units in which the usage was defined. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200027 |
ENERGY CONSUMPTION: The Energy Usage defined for an improvement reconstruction was used to calculate the energy usage for a maintenance reconstruction work item. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200028 |
MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS: The data used in MCA if the "Comfort" criterion was selected, and the mode of analysis was "analysis by section" was not correct. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200029 |
MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS: The multi-criteria analysis did not take account of which criterion was selected as the base criterion. This could lead to incorrect results. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200030 |
RUNDATA: The average IRI for a section over the analysis period is not calculated correctly. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200031 |
WORK ITEMS: The works quantity for the maintenance reconstruction work item was being reported as 0 m^2. This has been corrected and the correct area of reconstruction is now reported. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200032 |
MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS: The results dialog for Multi-criteria Analysis (MCA) did not display the project alternative/section alternative name so it was difficult to interpret the results. The display of the results has been improved to display the name of the alternative in the column header and as a tool-tip. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB200033 |
PROGRAMME ANALYSIS: The scrollbar in the grid displaying the sections within a group was not adjusted for the number of selected/available sections. This has been corrected. |
X |
Fixed |
| KB Number |
Article Title |
HDM-4 Versions |
v2.00 |
v2.03 |
| KB200017 |
WORK STANDARDS : For unsealed work items the final gravel thickness and initial roughness parameters were not being imported/exported correctly. |
X |
Fixed(2.02) |
| KB200018 |
WORK STANDARDS : When importing work standards the option to overwite all New Construction Section was displaying an incorrect message prompt, and did not operate correctly. |
X |
Fixed(2.02) |
| KB Number |
Article Title |
HDM-4 Versions |
v2.00 |
v2.03 |
| KB200012 |
DATA MIGRATION TOOL: The conversion of new Roughness calibration factors are not treated consistently in calibration and work items. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
| KB200013 |
DATA MIGRATION TOOL: If the original workspace had a vehicle fleet in which a vehicle type does not have any text defined in its description field an error is generated during the migration process, and the vehicle fleet and associated data are not migrated correctly. |
X |
Fixed(2.01) |
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