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Update the Minnesota M1-6M, M1-6a and M1-X4 county shields for 3-digits

MnDOT wants to start using wider 3-digit sizes (22.5"x18", 30"x24" & 45"x36") for some of the county shields within the Minnesota standard in OpenRoads SignCAD. The wider 3-digit sizes are needed for the M1-6M and M1-6a blue pentagon county sh...
5 days ago in OpenRoads SignCAD / Workspace 0 Planned

Circle registration marks needed for Zund cutter

The older 10.02.00.11 version had both circular and rectangular registration mark options. FDOT's Zund cutter does not work with the rectangular registration marks, and they need the circular registration mark option for cutting signs. Workflow in...
19 days ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

OpenRoads SignCAD Export to DGN - Customizable Settings

Currently, the OpenRoads SignCAD Export to DGN tool lacks the granular control over import settings (e.g., Sign Panel level, Sign Scale, Dimension Font, etc.) available in the SignCAD to DGN application that operates within an active session of Mi...
6 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

Preview Sign Designs in ProjectWise

With the integration of ProjectWise, I would like to see if the preview window in the document properties can display a view of the sign design as it does with OpenRoads Designer and the last view.
10 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

Improve warning message display when file contains more than 10 panels.

If you check the "Do not Show Again" box and press OK to the warning message in OpenRoads SignCAD 2023, then you can add additional panels to the file without the warning message displaying. However, closing and reopening the file will cause the m...
12 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

Add an automated slider button for the object spacing box.

For newer users a quick design option in the (Object Spacing box) for simpler signs would be great. We typically space lines of text using 1/2 to 3/4 of the text height used. If the program could do this automatically with a slider button that sho...
over 1 year ago in OpenRoads SignCAD / User Interface 0 Future consideration

*.sgn file preview before opening the file

The old versions allowed you to see a preview of the file prior to opening it. The current version takes you to Explorer that can't preview them. I have thousands of files and have to view them in the old program, to know which one to open in the ...
over 1 year ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Planned

Provide feedback if annotation changes AFTER QC has been performed

While the rules-based annotation is nice, it also introduces some concerns. Some of our designers are frustrated because they don't know if an element (and thus it's child annotation) has been changed AFTER the annotation has been reviewed. Would ...
about 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads SignCAD / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Open .sgn files in multiple windows

In the older version of SignCAD (32-bit) the .sgn files can be opened in multiple windows, but the newer 64-bit versions do not allow it anymore, by design. If you have to create multiple signs with similar specs it is more convenient to have thes...
2 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD / Signs 0 Future consideration

Add option to specify two radii for the Standard Sign Panel: Equilateral Triangle

The Standard Sign Panel: Equilateral Triangle does not have an option to specify separate radius values for the inside and outside of the panel which is needed for creating signs.
3 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration