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Implements structural and passive safety standards |
With Eurocode EN 12899 and new passive safety requirements, it has become increasingly complicated for traffic sign designers to specify safe, but economical, post sizes and other structural elements.
SignLoad greatly simplifies the process and produces a more economical design than any other software.
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Sign stiffening for any substrates
Structural details and drawing printed for each sign |
Implements the wind actions Eurocode to produce a more economical design than using EN 12899 alone
Ensures compliance with both EN 12899-1 and EN 12767 for any part of UK or ROI
Identifies the most economical design, or checks your choice
Simple to use, quick and accurate
Includes economical planted foundations
Designs steel and passively-safe sign supports, including asymmetrical arrangements
Designs sign face stiffening (channel section spacing) for all major suppliers and substrates, including composites and GRP
Checks for Passive Safety compliance to BS EN 12767:2007
Covers the full range of sign sizes, and types of post
Generates sign schedules in Excel
Designs spread or planted foundations
Uses accurate wind data for any country in the UK or Ireland
Signs on slopes
Wide base posts
Circular and triangular signs
Sign Support designSignLoad is a stand-alone version of the traffic sign structural calculation module from SignPlot the UK's most widely used system for traffic sign design. It is very easy to use just enter the sign dimensions, its mounting height and click the Suggest section button. Then click the Print button if you are happy with the result. If the supports are not symmetrically placed, click the Arrangement button, and just drag the supports where you want them.
Built-in calculationsThe program checks for design load and temporary deflection (bending, torsion and their combined effect). It considers both wind load and a point load in accordance with the current recommendations for implementing EN 12899-1 in the UK and Ireland. It offers the options of selecting a wind loading class, entering a pressure or deriving more accurate data for the locality concerned from BS EN 1991-1-4. Using the EN 1991 method (very time consuming to do manually) generally results in a much lower pressure, and therefore a more economical and safer design, than using EN 12899 alone. |
SignLoad DesignerThe free Designer version of SignLoad includes:
Wind load determination using BS EN 12899 National Annex Sign support design using circular and rectangular steel sections. Asymmetrical support positions Signs on slopes Detailed printout with dimensioned drawing Passive safety check
SignLoad ProfessionalThe Professional version adds the following features: Accurate wind data from EN 1991 to give a more economical design Support design for Lattix, Jerol, FSP, or HiMAST passively-safe sections, wide base posts or U-beams Foundation design made simple for spread or planted foundations Create a sign schedule in Excel Channel spacing using sections supplied by SignPost Solutions, Rennicks, Blackburns or ASD, and aluminium, steel, GRP and composite sign substrates Signs made in vertical modules Configure printout and change the choice of sections and products Approved by BSi for CE marking |
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LINKS TO SIGNPLOT SignPlot contains an integrated copy of SignLoad. Using these two systems together, the sign face and its dimensions are automatically included in the SignLoad calculations and dimensioned drawing, and the results can be included on the standard printed drawing. The structural details are stored in the SignPlot file. |
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS SignLoad runs under all recent and current versions of Microsoft Windows, including Vista, sending output to any connected printer or to a PDF driver. |
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