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Want to try it out before youo buy it ?
Download your free Signs Evolution demo software.
The demo will allow you to discover all the software's functions without a time limit.

With the demo, you will :
- create new plants and hard goods files;
- modify the 44 plants files included in the demo;
- print signs and labels;
- and much more ...


Installation Instructions

Step 1: Download and install Server Part
The software for the server is Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005.

  1. Under the "Installation Files" heading, download the server installation file.
  2. Once it has been downloaded, launch the file and then follow the on screen installation steps. For more information on the server installation, refer to the minimum system requirements and installation instructions PDF document. You may download this document on this page under the "Documentation" heading.
Step 2: Download and install Client Part
The client software is the Signs Evolution software.
  1. Under the "Installation Files" heading download the file for installing the client software.
  2. Once the downloaded file is installed on your computer, decompress it with a utility program such as Winzip, 7zip or Winrar. Among the extracted files, launch the setup.exe file and then follow the on screen installation steps. For more information on the client installation part, refer to the minimum system requirements and installation instructions PDF document. You may download this document on this page under the "Documentation" heading.
Step 3: Importing the Demo data
Once the server and client parts installed, you must create the plant information database on the server.
  1. Open the Signs Evolution software by clicking on the software icon of your desktop or in the Start menu on Programs / Soft 3D / Signs Evolution Demo.
  2. In the connexion screen, according to the server configurations that you have defined, enter the serverís name, as well as the entering data then click on the "Refresh" button. Should you make a regular installation, leave "localhost/SQLEXPRESS" in the "Server" field then enable the "Authentification Windowsª box. Then, click on the "Connect" button located at the lower left corner of the screen.
  3. Answer Yes to the question: "The database does not exist; do you want to create it?"
  4. Follow the different steps in the Importation Wizard screen. Once in the screen which asks you to find the unobtainable package, click on the "Browse" button and navigate through the files that you have extracted to find the Demo.signspak file. Select this file then click on "Open". Continue with the installation steps.
  5. Once the importation of the Demo ís data has been completed, click on the "Finish" button. The software will open by itself and you may then explore the software.

List of downloadable files
The files under the first heading are essential for installing the Demo. The files under the next two headings are optional. You will find in them additional information regarding the software, software to better manage your database and certain components necessary for installing the software should they not be present in your operating system.

> Installation Files

 
Server Part - Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005
Since the Signs Evolution software may be used in a network, it requires the installation of the server software. The plant database will be implanted in it. The server software used is Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005. For more information concerning this software, visit the www.microsoft.com website.
Download Size: 61.8 MB Type: EXE

Client Part - Signs Evolution
The Signs Evolution software will be your client software. You will connect in to the database located on the server through the Signs software.
Download Size: 11 MB Type: ZIP

> Documentation on the software

 
The Signs Evolution plant listing
You will find a listing of the 5750 plants in the software classified by their Latin name in alphabetic order.
Download Size: 271 KB Type: PDF

Novelties and Software Overview
You will find the novelties of the software since the last version and a preview of the functionality of each of the different buttons of the interface.
Download Size: 3.3 MB Type: PDF

Minimum System Requirements and Installation Instructions
You will find the listing of the minimum system requirements for installing the software as well as the complete procedure for installing the server, database and Signs software.
Download Size: 1.7 MB Type: PDF

> Softwares Extra

 
MSXML 6.0 Parser
Necessary component for the functioning of the software. For more information concerning this software, visit the www.microsoft.com website.
Download Size: 1.4 MB Type: MSI

Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 (MDAC)
Necessary component for the functioning of the software and mostly for installation under Windows 2000. For more information concerning this software, visit the www.microsoft.com website.
Download Size: 5.3 MB Type: EXE

Windows Installer 3.1
Necessary component for the installation of the server and client sections. For more information concerning this software, visit the www.microsoft.com website.
Download Size: 2.5 MB Type: EXE

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express 2005 - 32 bits English

Software for managing the access rights on the serverís databases. Files for the 32 bits operating system. For more information concerning this software, visit the www.microsoft.com website.

Download Size: 43.1 MB Type: MSI

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express 2005 - 64 bits English

Software for managing the access rights on the serverís databases. Files for the 64 bits operating system. For more information concerning this software, visit the www.microsoft.com website.

Download Size: 43.6 MB Type: MSI
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