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Traffic sign design with Buchanan Computing

20 September 2017

SignPlot v3.45 now available

An interim update to the UK’s most popular traffic sign software adds advanced editing facilities, more file formats and a new set of symbols for Scotland.

Edit any part of a sign on the Workbench, with guidelines for accurate positioning

This interim update is packed with useful new features and more symbols. In particular, the Workbench has been made more powerful by allowing you to change any part of the sign on display - even elements in sub blocks - with the complete sign still showing for reference. And guidelines appear when moving blocks to enable accurate positioning and alignment.

We have also extended the range of image formats supported, and SignPlot can interpret transparent and translucent areas in PNG and GIF files. For those designing signs for Scotland a new library file adds all the symbols we have been notified of by Transport Scotland that are authorised there but not in TSRGD.

The corresponding upgrade to SignLoad Professional adds the new support sections in SignPlot 3.45, notably Optimast 400, and 219 mm diameter straight posts with door from Signpost Solutions

SignPlot 3.45 and SignLoad Professional 3.41 are now ready to be downloaded from our website user area by those with current support contracts. The free Sign Illumination Tool has also been updated and can be found on our downloads page.