OpenRoads SignCAD CONNECT Edition

File and Back Stage View

Last updated: June 07, 2023

The File tab opens the backstage view where you can perform different operations such as managing your document and settings, importing, and exporting files, accessing help, and so on.

File and Backstage View

Settings Description
New Create and open an OpenRoads SignCAD (sgn) .
Open Open an existing design OpenRoads Sign CAD File (*.sgn).
Save Saves design changes to the active SGN file.
Save As Used to save a copy of the SGN file with a different name, in a different directory, on a different disk, SignCAD Files (*.sgn) is the only file format available when saving files. If just a different name is chosen, the copy becomes the active file.
Close Closes the active file and opens the File Open dialog.

File > Settings

Settings Description
User Allows you to set Paths, View, Drawing, and Auto Save settings.
Application Allows you to set Paths, Object Preferences, Text Preferences, and Dimension Texts.
Print Allows you to select the Color Set, Color Name, SignCAD Color, and Opacity for EPS printing.
Export Allows you to select the Imperial and Metric seed files to use with the .dgn export.
File Allows you to return from Backstage view to your view window.

File > Print

Settings Description
Print 		Print to a printer or to a file.
Print Selected 		Print the selected element to a printer or to a file.
Print Setup 		Show the printer setup dialog.

File > Import

Settings Description
Import DGN 		Import a DGN file.
Import SGN 		Import a SGN file.
Import Street Names 		Import a TXT file with Street Names.
Import BMP 		Import a BMP file.

File > Export

Settings Description
Export 		Export to a DGN file.
Export Selected 		Export selected elements to a DGN file.
CMYK EPS 		Export to CMYK EPS.
Selected CMYK EPS 		Export selected elements to CMYK EPS.

File > Help

Settings Description
Help Contents 		Opens the OpenRoads SignCAD Web help in your default Web browser.
Bentley Institute 		Opens link to the Bentley Institute Training.
OpenRoads SignCAD Community 		Opens link to the OpenRoads SignCAD area on Bentley Communities.
Product Support 		Opens Bentley Product Support.
RSS Reader 		Opens the RSS Reader.
Readme 		Opens the product Readme.
About OpenRoads SignCAD 		Used to show information about the product including version and licensing information.

File > Exit

Allows you to exit the product.