This feature is not available in GuideSIGN SIGMA.

Display Mode Section

GuideSIGN Plus objects can be viewed and printed as outlines, black and white, or color solid fills by setting the Display Mode:

• Click Color to display all elements in color. Use this mode for most design work and for printing in full color.
• Click Black and White to display all elements in a filled black and white mode. Use this mode for printing to a black and white printer or plotter.
• Click Outline to display all elements in an outline mode.

Display Modes

All letters and symbols supplied with the software and objects created using the software (such as sign panels and borders) include components on three different levels/layers. These levels/layers contain outline, black and white, and color versions of each object which can be displayed independently by the software.

Setting Display Mode to Color, for example, turns on the color level/layer and turns off the outline and black and white levels/layers.

Normally, Display Mode should be set to Color for viewing a sign in color on the screen while designing, and later set to Black and White for printing to most printers and plotters.

The default levels/layers used by the software for the three display modes are listed in the table below.

Display Mode	MicroStation Version 8 Level / AutoCAD/BricsCAD Layer
Outline	GSOUTLINE
Black and White	GSBWFILL
Color	GSCOLOR

Note: The levels/layers on which GuideSIGN Plus places objects can be specified via Properties' Levels/Layers Category. The levels/layers changes are also saved to the GSLevelProperties.set file in the Settings folder in the User Data folder.

Printing

• The Outline mode can be used to print to any printer.
• The Black and White mode can be used to print to any printer and is the mode normally used for printing.
• The Color mode should normally be used only for printing to a color printer. However, black and white laser printers can produce usable output, as the colors can be represented by different shades of gray.

Do not print to a black and white plotter using the Color display mode. A sign panel displayed in the Color mode consists of solid filled letters superimposed on top of a solid filled sign panel. A black and white plotter will print both the letters and the panel as solid black.

MicroStation Levels and Color Table

MicroStation Version 8: Avoid placing your own objects on GSOUTLINE, GSBWFILL, and GSOUTLINE (or the levels specified in Properties' Levels/Layers Category).

The default MicroStation color table was used to create all symbols provided with the software. It is strongly recommended that you attach the default color table when using the software, and especially when creating symbols such as route shields which may have non-white colors. Failure to use the default color table may result in symbol colors displaying incorrectly.