Allows you to create a sign template based on an existing street name sign.

Before creating and saving custom templates, see Creating Signs for Templates Tips and Template Creation Tips.

For information on the location of user created sign templates, see Customizing GuideSIGN Plus -> Saving User Created Content.

Note:

• If the Road Classification and/or Sign Type category under which you want to save your sign template does not exist, you will have to confirm the creation of a new category.
• Templates can be created only from rectangular shaped signs.

Panel Information Section

Displays the current panel style, the units which the software uses to match the drawing's units, and the M.U.T.C.D. Edition.

Sign Preview

Displays the preview of the street name sign to be used for a new template. The pointer will change shape as you move it over the sign preview to help you select a sign element. As you select an element, the parameters available at the right of Sign Preview will change accordingly. As you modify the template parameters, the preview will update dynamically.

Select each element to display and modify it's settings as required. Ensure that the positioning of the elements in the sign preview is similar to that in the original sign.

General Data Section

Road Classification and Sign Type

To specify the road classification and sign type for the template, click the arrow to the right, and then click the desired category in the list or type a new category name.

Road Classification and Sign Type categories are organized based on the M.U.T.C.D. highway signing classification (see Appendix -> Templates Classification). You can use this structure for storing the sign templates that you create with the Create Template from Sign tool. However, you can add your own Road Classification and Sign Type categories and use them along with the ones that were shipped with the software.

Template Name

Lets you specify a name for the template.

Blank Length

Displays the available value(s) for the length of a street name sign panel.

Add

Allows you to add a new value to the Blank Length list that will be used as you create a street name sign from the template. If you click Add, the Type New Blank Length dialog box will display. Type the desired value in the New Blank Length box, and then click OK. The software will use the new value as the default one for the template.

Delete

Allows you to delete the currently selected value from the Blank Length list.

Horizontally Justified

For street name sign templates, the Horizontally Justified check box is selected by default to align the sign elements evenly along the left and right margins. If you do not need to have the sign elements horizontally justified, clear the Horizontally Justified check box.

Note: For the software to be able to horizontally justify text strings, you must fix the text strings at the same length as you create a sign for a template (see Place Highway Text). It is also important to adjust the word gap minimum width appropriately (see Create Template from Sign -> Word Gap Settings).

Shift Margin

Makes the objects in a sign shift towards the selected margin position (see Place New Panel - Advanced). You can select one of the nine options available to modify the margin shift within the sign.

Note: If you select the Horizontally Justified check box, the left and right side Shift Margin options will be unavailable, and you will be able to shift the margin only to the top center, bottom center, or center position.

Information

Allows you to type the description of the current sign (i.e. the suggested use, the reference source, and the sizes and fonts (letter series) for the major text).