TraSiCAD Vrsion 2.8 Copyright 2002 Qunsland Dpartmnt o Main Roads Inrastructur Managmnt & Dlivry Division Road Systms Oprations Branch Inrastructur Managmnt & Dlivry Division aims to support th sa and icint movmnt o road usrs and road right by achiving maximum traic prormanc rom xisting road inrastructur, and providing spcialist srvics in traic nginring, intllignt transport systms (dvlopmnt and applications), road saty, havy vhicl managmnt and travlr inormation systms. TraSiCAD - Traic Sign Computr Aidd Dsign V2.8 TraSiCAD is a Windows application dvlopd by Transport and Main Roads to intractivly dsign and draw road signs. Th sotwar is vry asy to us. Fully dimnsiond guid signs that conorm with Australian Standard 1743 (Road Signs Spciications) can b cratd using a 'wizard' tool, or altrnativly, non-standard signs can b cratd rom irst principls. Australian Standard arrow typs and rout markr shilds ar providd as wll as a comprhnsiv slction o srvic and tourist symbols. Non-standard imags can also b importd. Wizards nabl th ollowing signs to b quickly cratd: Advanc dirction signs (G1-1, G1-2, G1-4, G1-5 and G1-6) Intrsction dirction signs (G2-1, G2-2 and G3-4) Road nam boards (G2-3/G3-4) Rural road nam ingr boards (G3-5) Rassuranc dirction signs (G4-1) Sign ac tmplats ar providd or kilomtr plats, warning signs, giv way signs, stop signs, pdstrian crossing signs and rout markrs. TraSiCAD is now widly usd by Qunsland Transport and Main Roads and th NSW Transport Roads and Marin Srvics, as wll as sign manuacturrs and dsign consultants. Fdback suggsts dsign productivity improvmnts o up to 500% ar achivabl. V2.8 nhancmnts includ: Mor Wizard applications in TR&MS vrsion Extra symbols in TMR vrsion TraSiCAD can b downloadd rom www.tmr.qld.gov.au - simply typ 'TraSiCAD' in th sarch box in th uppr right cornr. TraSiCAD utiliss sotwar locking tchnology, which nabls it to b installd or a r 30 day trial priod. To activat th ull vrsion (ithr during or atr th trial priod), plas complt th dtails blow (making sur that you provid th srial numbr ound on th TraSiCAD start up scrn) and snd (with a purchas ordr or chqu payabl to 'Transport and Main Roads') to: Snior Tchnical Oicr TMR Enginring & Tchnology Branch Floor 11-313 Adlaid St, Brisban, Qld 4000. PO Box 1412, Spring Hill 4001 Phon: 30668051, E-mail: TraicEnginring.support@mainroads.qld.gov.au An unlock cod or th ull vrsion will b dispatchd via -mail. Th TraSiCAD sotwar will b maild on CD-ROM. Not that in ordr to acilitat ongoing dvlopmnt o th sotwar and r maintnanc rlass/updats, TraSiCAD is licnsd or a 12 month priod only. Also, whil TraSiCAD supports all Windows onts, third party onts that mt Australian Standard 1744 rquirmnts ar ncssary. Qunsland Transport and Main Roads currntly uss th Traic Sign Typ onts (rr attachd lyr). NB. Australian Standard onts ar not supplid with TraSiCAD ORDER / REGISTRATION FORM - TraSiCAD V2.8 Plas snd m copis o th TraSiCAD V2.8 at $750.00 pr copy pr yar $. Plus 10% GST (xcluding TMR Dpt.) (Dpartmnt o Transport and Main Roads ABN: 57836727711) $. Total $. Cost Cntr (MR Dpt. purchasrs only): Snd to: (PLEASE PRINT) Nam: Position: Company/Organisation: Phon No. Strt Addrss: Town/City: Stat: Postcod: Email (unlock cod will b snt to this addrss) : TraSiCAD Srial Numbr: Oicial Us Only Dspatch Dat PTS Inv. # Projct Job C/C 2746 Work Typ Task Clint March 2013
TraSiCAD Installation Instructions Installation: 1. Doubl click th Install_TraSiCAD_V2.8.x il. 2. Follow th prompts during th installation procss. I ncssary, you can slct an altrnativ install dirctory (th dault install dirctory is C:\Program Fils\Main Roads\TraSiCAD). 3. TraSiCAD is protctd with a sotwar locking tool (Sotlox), but can b usd or up to 30 days as a r trial. 4. Th sotwar can b unlockd at any tim (ithr bor or atr th 30 day trial priod) by complting and submitting th TraSiCAD ordr orm. Upon paymnt o th 13 month licnc, usrs will b providd with an unlock cod, which is ntrd via th Tools Licnc Extnd tab. Rinstallation: Onc an unlock cod has bn supplid and TraSiCAD has accptd th cod, thr is no nd to rinstall th sotwar rom any disk. Th CD is or backup purposs only. Licnc Transr: A licnc can b transrrd rom on PC to anothr as ollows: 1. Install TraSiCAD on th dstination PC and rcord th TraSiCAD srial numbr rom th Tools Licnc Rgistr or Extnd tab. 2. Entr th srial numbr rom stp 1 in th Tools Licnc Rgistr or Extnd tab o th sourc PC. 3. Click th Transr button and rcord th displayd unlock cod. 4. Entr this unlock cod in th Rgistr or Extnd tab o th dstination PC as appropriat. Tchnical Support TRASICAD V2.8 tchnical support quris should b dirctd to: TraicEnginring.support@mainroads.qld.gov.au (or xtrnal usrs) TraicEnginring Support/EngSrv/QMR/Au (Main Roads prsonnl using Lotus Nots)
TraSiCAD Exampls
Assssmnt o Spacing (Krning) Accuracy Th Traic Sign TypIBM Typ1 onts hav bn xtnsivly trialld, and can b usd with conidnc whr accuracy is important. Considr th ollowing typical word combinations rom Australian Standard 1743 ( Road Signs Spciications ), which wr plottd to scal. Th rsultant word lngths wr thn compard with thos outlind in th Standard, and th prcntag variation rom th Standard lgnd lngth 0mm 50mm mm 150mm Lgnd Hight Lgnd Spacing Scald Width AS1743/AS1744 Sris Width Error TIME 80mm C Narrow 188 188 0.0% BACK 240mm E Wid 1050 1050 0.0% FREEWAY 160mm E Narrow 1123 1124.09% CLEARANCE 160mm D Narrow 1199 1200.08% GO BACK 240mm E Wid 1779 1794 0.8%* * Marginal rror in width or multipl word lgnd rsults rom th dirnt way in which Adob Typ Managr assigns intr-word spacs, compard with AS1744 rquirmnts. Application Exampls 80CN 240EW 160EN 160DN 240EW 2/02 Highway Fonts & Symbols Pric List (inc GST) Traic Sign Symbols V4.0 Singl machin licnc or AutoCAD LT2000/LT2002 (TruTyp onts with mnu intrac and colour GIF graphics on CDROM)...$495 Singl machin licnc or AutoCAD 2000/2002 (TruTyp onts with mnu intrac and colour GIF graphics on CDROM)...$495 TruTyp ont st - 9 symbol onts (ovr 600 symbols)...$330 Colour imag library in GIF ormat (ovr 400 symbols)...$330 DXF ils (phon or complt list)... $4/symbol GIF ils (phon or complt list)... $4/symbol Postag and handling (anywhr in Australia)... $6 Traic Sign Typ Singl machin licnc (Australian Standard)... $385 Singl machin licnc (Nw Zaland Standard) - xc GST...$350 Postag and handling (anywhr in Australia)... $6 Postag and handling (anywhr in Nw Zaland)...$15 Traic Sign Word Lngth Calculator Singl machin licnc or Excl/Lotus 1-2-3 (Australian Standard)...$110 Singl machin licnc or Excl/Lotus 1-2-3 (Nw Zaland Standard)...$110 Postag and handling (anywhr in Australia)... $6 Postag and handling (anywhr in Nw Zaland)...$15 Signiicant discounts apply or multipl-machin licncs: Pay ull pric or 1st licnc; 40% discount or nxt two licncs; 80% discount or all additional licncs. (.g. 5 Traic Sign Symbols licncs or AutoCAD 2000 = $495 (irst licnc) +2x$297 (nxt 2 licncs) +2x$99(all additional licncs) = $1287) Ordring and Mor Inormation Bradly Jons Studio E 27 Laurl Avnu Wilston BRISBANE QLD 4051 Ph: (07) 3356 2584 Fax: (07) 3356 2257 Traic Sign Typ inally provids dsktop computr usrs with an accurat, low cost implmntation o th onts dind in Australian Standard 1744: Traic sign layout dsign can now b asily achivd in WYSIWYG ( whatyou-s-is-what-you-gt ) applications such as AutoCAD, AutoSKETCH, CorlDRAW and Adob Illustrator. Govrnmnt and consulting nginring dsign agncis will b abl to bnit rom th us o Traic Sign Typ in a drawing or drating nvironmnt which supports ithr PostScript Typ1 (using Adob Typ Managr) or TruTyp ont ormats. Connct any output dvic supportd by Windows or Macintosh (printr, plottr or cuttr) and transr th dsign to hard copy. A product o Highway Fonts & Symbols
Traic Sign Typ Fonts SrisA-inwid, mdium and narrow spacing SrisB-inwid, mdium and narrow spacing SrisC-inwid, mdium and narrow spacing SrisD-inwid, mdium and narrow spacing a d b c a b c d Colour Lgnd A 2300 300 8 24 90 120EN B 3450 450 12 36 135 180EN Black Sign 3 - supplmntary plat or us with TC9656 and TC9657 Rtrorlctiv whit a c g a b c d g h b A 600 400 8 24 57 73DM 33 58 g B 900 600 10 30 85 110DM 50 85 Colour Lgnd d h Black Rtrorlctiv whit Sign 4 - supplmntary plat or us with R6-4 Transport Tchnology Division APPROVED AS OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGN Traic Businss Cntr LOAD LIMIT SIGNS #3 & #4 6/6/94 TC9658 DOHLES ROCKS ROAD Dsignd Chckd Scal MANAGER Dat JD 6/94 MIC 6/94 1:10 Approx. (Traic Enginring & Oprations) A SrisE-inwid, mdium and narrow spacing SrisF-inwid, mdium and narrow spacing Modiid Sris E* abcdghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Lowr Cas Sris abcdghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz * Th Australian Standard Lowr Cas alphabt is also includd with th Modiid Sris E ont. Som Qustions Answrd Australian Standard 1744 was publishd in 1975. Why has a dsktop computr ont not bn producd arlir? Th dsktop computing rvolution has mad availabl a numbr o tools which wr traditionally rstrictd to 'high-nd' publishing agncis. Scalabl typ managmnt utilitis, such as TruTyp and Adob Typ Managr, now provid 'low nd' usrs with th ability to accss a varity o typacs and styls in scalabl outlin ormats. How wr th typacs capturd? Th captur procss was undrtakn in two stags. Firstly, th charactr outlins rom AS1744 wr accuratly digitisd using a high rsolution scannr and outlin tracing utility. Th outlins wr thn savd as charactrs and th Australian Standard krning (spacing) tabls imposd on a charactr by charactr basis. This lattr stag dirntiats th traic sign alphabt rom th mor common onts. Most typacs typically hav 200-300 charactr krning (spacing) combinations. In contrast, th combind Modiid E and Lowr Cas alphabts (or xampl) hav 2648 krning combinations. Hav th typacs bn tstd? Th Qunsland Dpartmnt o Main Roads has bn using Traic Sign Typ or ovr 4 yars. Th onts hav bn usd xtnsivly in th dtaild dsign o traic signs using CorlDRAW and AutoCAD, with a high lvl o accuracy. 1600 28 28 Transport Tchnology Division Traic Businss Cntr Dsignd Chckd Scal BS 12/94 JD 12/94 1:7.5 2 250 1600 250 300 Qunsland Polic Srvic Crst in corporat colours (230 x 300) (spag2) 1550 APPROVED AS OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGN MANAGER (Traic Enginring & Oprations) Main Roads Logo in corporat colours (600 x 150) 13/12/94 Dat 250 R125 131 DM 200DM 150DM 150DM 119 150 50 150 Colour Lgnd Rtrorlctiv blu Rtrorlctiv whit ADVISORY SIGN TC9704 MOBILE RADAR OPERATING Pag1o2 A B C D E