Case Study: Arrow Sign Company achieves seamless design-to-installation workflow with Canvas GFX

Technical Illustration From Design to Installation

Arrow Sign Company, led by Charlie Stroud in Oakland, designs and fabricates large, complex outdoor signs (some up to 19 feet tall) and needed an end-to-end solution to take projects from artistic concept through structural engineering, fabrication and installation. To manage detailed shop drawings, wiring diagrams and manufacturable cut files compatible with CAD/CAM machinery and AutoCAD, Arrow Sign Company uses Canvas GFX's Canvas software.

Canvas GFX delivered a single integrated workflow: sales drawings for estimates, fully detailed shop drawings with mounting and electrical information, and EPS/DXF exports that feed CAD/CAM routers and integrate into AutoCAD for approvals. With support for over 100 file formats, multi-page documents and precision dimensioning, Canvas GFX enabled Arrow Sign Company to centralize design, engineering and production documents, streamline fabrication of full‑scale components, and consolidate technical manuals and marketing materials.

Arrow Sign Company

Charlie Stroud

Founder