Knowledge Base

Database Backup and Transfer

Usually when you install CIRCLY 6.0 the default data folder will be C:UsersPublicDocumentsMincad SystemsCIRCLY6data.

You can switch CIRCLY to a different data directory/folder.

Lets say you want to create a data folder called C:UsersPublicDocumentsMincad SystemsCIRCLY6dataProject XYZ.

There are two things you must do before using this data folder:

(1) You need to create the folder first if it does not already exist.

(2) You must copy the database files (LOADS6.CMDB and LAYERS6.CMDB) to this folder, along with any .CLS files for previous jobs that you may wish to reuse from this folder.

You switch to the new folder by selecting the directory path using the Options menu (or the  Icon_Options    icon on the toolbar). This can be done using the Browse button, or can be pasted from the Windows clipboard.

Note that if you use multiple data folders, the databases that you will generate cannot be automatically merged into single databases again.

This is how it works (​You need to be running CIRCLY 7.0 (19 April 2020) or later):

Click on the Menu item, File, then Import CIRCLY 6.0 data.

There are 3 options to import data from your CIRCLY 6.0 database:

  1. Only import your Materials
  2. Import your Materials and Layered Systems 
  3. Import the following items:
    • Materials
    • Layered Systems
    • Full details of non-Austroads Design Method jobs (General Analysis; General Design and Haul Roads)

Important – Resolving data clashes

If you have records for Materials etc. that have the same IDs in both CIRCLY 6.0 and CIRCLY 7.0,  the CIRCLY 7.0 values will not be overwritten.

Important – Austroads Design Method

There is no way to automatically transfer all job data from CIRCLY 6.0 to CIRCLY 7.0 due to the differences in the CIRCLY 6.0 and CIRCLY 7.0 Austroads Design Methods.

This is because the CIRCLY 6.0 job files only have values for DESA and SAR/ESA (Traffic Multipliers) for each material.

There is no automatic way to replace these properties with a Traffic Load Distribution (TLD) and Design Traffic (NDT) as required by CIRCLY 7.0.

To find out what data folder is currently being used (for either PC):

Click ToolOptions.

The data folder will be shown in the “Data Path” field.

By default this will be “C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mincad Systems\CIRCLY5\data”.

To transfer your CIRCLY 5.1 files to another PC:

Make sure all instances of CIRCLY are closed.

Copy all the files.

Of course, if the destination PC has important CIRCLY data you should back up those files first.

To find out what data folder is currently being used (for either PC):

Click ToolOptions.

The data folder will be shown in the “Data Path” field.

By default this will be “C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mincad Systems\CIRCLY6\data”.

To transfer your CIRCLY 6.0 files to another PC:

Make sure all instances of CIRCLY are closed.

Copy all the files.

Of course, if the destination PC has important CIRCLY data you should back up those files first.

To find out what data folder is currently being used (for either PC):
Click ToolOptions.

The data folder will be shown in the “Data Path” field.

By default this will be “C:UsersPublicPublic DocumentsMincad SystemsHIPAVE5data”.

To transfer your HIPAVE 5.0 files to another PC:

Make sure all instances of HIPAVE are closed.

Copy all the files.

Of course, if the destination PC has important HIPAVE data you should back up those files first.

To find out what data folder is currently being used:

Click ToolOptions.

The data folder will be shown in the “Data Path” field.

By default this will be “C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mincad Systems\APSDS5\data”.

To backup your data:

At the very minimum you only need to back-up all the *.sds files and the database files LAYERS.MDB and LOADS.MDB.

There is only one possible catch.

APSDS is designed to use the latest (and only the latest) versions of the relevant data from the databases when you run an analysis. If you change ANY of the data that was used by previously run jobs, if you run those jobs again they will use the latest data, not the historical data. This is by design.

To ensure that you can check the actual data that was used in any given analysis you should back-up all the *.cli files too.

To find out what data folder is currently being used:

Click ToolOptions.

The data folder will be shown in the “Data Path” field.

By default this will be “C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mincad Systems\CIRCLY5\data”.

To backup your data:

At the very minimum you only need to back-up all the *.cls files and the database files LAYERS.MDBand LOADS.MDB.

There is only one possible catch.

CIRCLY is designed to use the latest (and only the latest) versions of the relevant data from the databases when you run an analysis. If you change ANY of the data that was used by previously run jobs, if you run those jobs again they will use the latest data, not the historical data. This is by design.

To ensure that you can check the actual data that was used in any given analysis you should back-up all the *.cli files too.

To find out what data folder is currently being used:

Click ToolOptions.

The data folder will be shown in the “Data Path” field.

By default this will be “C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mincad Systems\CIRCLY6\data”.

To backup your data:

At the very minimum you only need to back-up all the *.cls files and the database files LAYERS6.CMDB and LOADS6.CMDB.

There is only one possible catch.

CIRCLY is designed to use the latest (and only the latest) versions of the relevant data from the databases when you run an analysis. If you change ANY of the data that was used by previously run jobs, if you run those jobs again they will use the latest data, not the historical data. This is by design.

To ensure that you can check the actual data that was used in any given analysis you should back-up all the *.cli files too.

To find out what data folder is currently being used:

Click ToolOptions.

The data folder will be shown in the “Data Path” field.

By default this will be “C:UsersPublicPublic DocumentsMincad SystemsHIPAVE5data”.

To backup your data:

At the very minimum you only need to back-up all the *.cls files and the database files LAYERS.MDB and LOADS.MDB.

There is only one possible catch.

HIPAVE is designed to use the latest (and only the latest) versions of the relevant data from the databases when you run an analysis. If you change ANY of the data that was used by previously run jobs, if you run those jobs again they will use the latest data, not the historical data. This is by design.

To ensure that you can check the actual data that was used in any given analysis you should back-up all the *.cli files too.

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