They come by many names, flashing arrow boards, sequential arrow boards, arrow trailers or even illuminated trailer mounted sequential flashing arrow systems. In RapidPlan they are referred to as Arrow Boards. They are simple to place and use and come with various configurations for the required site setting.
They come by many names, flashing arrow boards, sequential arrow boards, arrow trailers or even illuminated trailer mounted sequential flashing arrow systems. In RapidPlan Online they are referred to as Arrow Boards. They are simple to place and use and come with various configurations for the required site setting.
Frequently, you will need to draw attention to items on the plan, but will not want to use a callout box. RapidPlan provides two arrow tools for this purpose:
The Callout box is a great way to draw attention to important items on your plan that need to be noticed. They look great and are simple to use. You can change their color, shape, fill style and text type to make your message clearly stand out.
The Chainage Marker tool creates chainage references along a line, spline, or Bezier path.
There are four distance markers used for indicating spatial information on your plan, the Distance Marker, the Combined Distance Marker, the Offset Distance Marker and the Angle Marker.
Traditionally, one of the most difficult things to do when creating a traffic plan was run out lines of bollards, cones, barrels, etc. The RapidPlan Delineator tool allows you to drag out lines of devices in seconds.
There are six distance markers used for indicating spatial information on your plan, the Distance Marker, the Combined Distance Marker, the Offset Distance Marker, the Angle Marker, the Area Marker and the Combined Offset Distance Marker.
This tool allows you to quickly and easily place lane status arrows or objects on you plan. A Lane Status Wizard box will open once this tool is selected where you can edit markers and add, flip, or remove lanes.
The Legend and Manifest tools are used as object references for your plan.
This tool enables you to place a legend box on your plan. There is a Legend & Manifest tab in every item's properties allowing you to select to show the item on the legend. Legend Box can be used to trace entries back to the actual on-plan objects they represent.
The Location Marker is an annotion tool in the form of a small labelled pin that can be used to indicate the location of particular points of interests on a plan.
This tool helps you create a Lanes Use Management System (LUMS) across a roadway on your plan. There are 10 different LUMS styles available for your plan.
The Manifest Box works similarly to the Legend Box. The difference is, when you set an item to appear in the manifest box, if it has the relevant dimension, you can set the Manifest Value to either the dimensions or the number count (considered the default). And like Legend Box, Manifest Box can be used to trace entries back to the actual on-plan objects they represent.
When this tool is selected, the Multi-Message Sign Creator window appears (shown below). Here you can add the panels of the sign and make all the necessary adjustments. You will have many different signs to choose from and can select up to three signs for the message board.
This marker operates very similar to the Lane Status marker in that it allows for the creation of one message board which displays multiple signs. The main difference between the two markers is that the Multi-message marker displays actual signs with messages as the marker implies, as opposed to only allowing for Lane Status signs to be used when working with the Lane Status marker.
A North pointer Arrow or Star can be placed on your plan and rotated accordingly to allow viewers to see which way is North.
Use the number stamper to quickly annotate objects on your traffic control plan.
This tool is handy for advising viewers of the plan that there is a scale set. You are able to set the plan distance in Imperial and Metric system.
The Title Box is an essential item on your plan - it captures a lot of important information about you and your works in one convenient location.
The Train Tracks tool allows you to quickly add train or tram (light rail) lines to your plan.
Traditionally, one of the most difficult things to do when creating a traffic plan was run out lines of bollards, cones, barrels, etc. The RapidPlan Online Delineator tool allows you to drag out lines of devices in seconds.
Like the Arrow Board, Variable Message System (or VMS) boards have many different names. We describe a VMS board as any electronic sign capable of cycling through multiple frames in order to display a textual message.
The Work Area and Safety Zone tools are designed to show where the site works and associated safety areas are on your plan. Their appearance can be customized, but are typically hatched (or gridded) so that they are easily recognized.
There are many reasons why it's important to show exactly where the work is to be performed. Probably the most obvious is that road body scrutineers will likely want to know, and just as importantly, your work staff should also be able to see so that they can adjust their set up accordingly if site conditions are not what is depicted on the plan.
The Zoomed View Box tool allows you to create an inset that presents a detailed view of a specific section in a larger plan.