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181. Templot 009 Template
... topic: 2180 Templot 009 Template posted: 16 Mar 2013 21:24 from: chrisveitch I've just started using Templot again after toying with it a few years ago. Can anyone tell me if there's a suitable 009 or HOe (i.e. 9mm narrow gauge) track template around? I seem to recall seeing one when I first tried out Templot but can't find one on the forum. Apologies if it's already there and I overlooked it. Regards, Chris Veitch posted: 21 Mar 2013 10:30 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Try starting with with message 11832 Stephen chrisveitch wrote: I've just started using Templot again after toying with it a few years ago. Can anyone tell me if there's a suitable 009 or HOe (i.e. 9mm narrow gauge) track template around? I seem to recall seeing one when I first tried out Templot but can't find one on the forum. Apologies if it's already there and I overlooked it. Regards, Chris Veitch Last edited on 21 Mar 2013 10:47 by Martin Wynne posted: 5 Apr ...
... would be very interested also if there is an answer to the following. Point motors are Tortoise. I did decide recently to try servos and ordered some kit from The Bouncer, but haven't had anything back; anyone any experiences in this direction? Thank you for your input, I am learning more with every answer. ken posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:01 from: Jim Guthrie Ken, Here's another method which might interest you- with the tiebar underneath the track base. This method is quite popular with a good few people. 25_120244_240000000.jpg 25_120245_420000000.jpg 25_120245_030000000.jpg Three views of a test turnout I built in FS160 (finescale N) using 2mm society Code 40 wire rails and PCB timbering. Brass wire is soldered to the switch blades (which are sprung) and extend through the track base to the turnout operating unit. In this case I've soldered short pieces of brass strip to the underside of the blades and these strips extend under the stock rails to keep the switch blades vertically aligned to the stock rails. The wires are soldered into holes drilled in ...
183. Template name labels
... the ID numbers from scratch if they get out of hand. Of course, you may have a track plan with more than 999 templates? regards, Martin. Martin So far the biggest layout I've drawn has 183 templates, but that hasn't got the fiddle yard drawn or the tandems correctly drawn, so there could be a lot more templates. I like the regenerate ID numbers, but would have to remember not to use it after people have started to build track. The problem arose on Skinningrove that I printed out a few templates for the track builder, spotted an error on one, corrected the error, printed it out again and we had two templates numbered 50. Both are right hand on a right hand curve. Plus they are next to each other on the layout. Anyway the template IDs will sort that out. Thanks Richard posted: 2 May 2013 20:39 from: dave turner Hi Martin, A definite improvement particularly for more complex constructions. Perhaps also the columns in the storage box i.e. name& fixed id could ...
184. newbie
... tony polman Hi all. after a 30year pause, i`m now looking to get back into modelling railways. attached is my first attempt at a simple branch line terminus. any comments regarding operational problems, un-prototypical track plan, or just your thoughts on how to improve it would be most welcome. i`m hoping to keep within a 10ft by 2ft ish, area. cheers. Attachment: attach_747_1064_drophill_road.box 358 posted: 8 Mar 2010 17:52 from: Alan McMillan Hi Tony I noticed you had a few doglegs and a slightly "sectional track" approach. I've smoothed things out a bit and hopefully it'll be useful to you. Regards Alan McMillan Attachment: attach_748_1064_Drophill_Amended.b ox 328 posted: 8 Mar 2010 18:28 from: Paul Boyd Hi Tony I've looked at Alan's modified version as he's tidied up some of the obvious "quirks", but I'm having trouble visualising the plan as a finished layout! Could you perhaps explain a bit more about your thinking behind this? For instance, I think the fiddle yard exit is ...
... , it's too much of a coincidence that the only significant change between 091a and 091b is the support for multiple monitors. All the reports refer to Bootcamp, I don't know if the same problem exists with Parallels. Dave, I sent you a lock-release code for your Parallels installation. Have you tried it? It's in a PM because Comcast is refusing to accept my emails to you. It seems you may be able to solve the problem by upgrading the graphics card driver. Alternatively, if you give me a few hours I will get a Templot version out with a bypass for the multiple monitor initialization, for you to try on your Macs. regards, Martin. posted: 29 Aug 2007 00:10 from: Cynric Williams Martin I'm not sure if it is the dual monitor support because of the XP problems i have had, I don't think XP likes the virtual machine it keeps requesting a new activation, I am thoroughly hacked of with Windows and WGA, I only install it for Templot and Turbocad I will wipe the lot ...
... . This way the rail never gets too hot. If you work your way along soldering each sleeper the rail does get quite hot and although it may not cause you any problems as you work it will have expanded slightly and as it cools all those joints will be under stress. If you are soldering single lengths on the bench it shouldn't make any difference. Geoff posted: 25 Jul 2013 15:08 from: Paul Boyd Charles asked: By the way, are we both in Leicestershire? I moved up here a few years ago, to the Loughborough area. posted: 25 Jul 2013 15:13 from: Paul Boyd Hi Geoff Thanks for the info. Although I tend to work "on the bench", in practise this is a temporary bench (a slab of Contiboard) that may be 6ft long and slid across the dining table as I progress, so probably not much different to working on the layout. I've just ordered another batch of chairs from Masokits so I'll try your method when they eventually arrive! Cheers posted: ...
187. Printer not found ?
... dial-up modem installed, to send it) (black&white). 4. your own actual printer(s). Which means Templot should be able to see at least 3 printers when it starts up, even on a brand new system. regards, Martin. posted: 19 Jan 2016 11:57 from: TPP Hi Martin Thanks for the quick reply. Well I could see all the printers and print from them too. I did a reboot, left the system to do its thing for a few minutes and tried again- now all is fine. I can now see the printers in Templot and print from Templot Weird but sorted so I am happy- Thanks posted: 21 Nov 2018 14:33 from: John Palmer I think this may be the appropriate thread on which to make this posting because I am receiving the identical error message (" Templot is unable to locate a printer driver on this system"), and this after a reboot of the computer and allowance of a few minutes for the system to ...
... the videos do need is far more synchronised written notes on the screen, explaining what's happening. I have decided to swap to Flash format so that I can do that, although I just know some folks will end up in a tangle with browser plug-ins and so forth. I wrote a custom video player for the Templot videos based on Windows Media Player, but there seems to be a problem in Vista with that, and users with ATI graphics cards had problems with it too. Also there are now quite a few Mac users running Templot, and a change to the Flash format will allow the videos to be watched in native Mac mode. regards, Martin. posted: 21 Aug 2008 22:32 from: Hayfield Martin that works fine except that when I try and print, after loading printer data I get a fatal code 24 and Templot shuts down, I have just loaded the 91 plug posted: 21 Aug 2008 22:40 from: Hayfield Martin found the problem, template was off the page, sorry John Ps 4'6 ...
189. Happy Christmas
... Happy New Year to you too. Thank you for all your excellent work with Templot support. Rob posted: 24 Dec 2015 09:12 from: Phil O Merry Christmas Martin, I am in Stourport so will nip into Kidder later to see if they still have the book. Thanks for the info Phil posted: 24 Dec 2015 10:28 from: Martin Wynne Phil O wrote: I am in Stourport so will nip into Kidder later to see if they still have the book. Hi Phil, They have a few copies in WHS in Stourport. regards, Martin. posted: 24 Dec 2015 10:44 from: Roger Henry It is Christmas Eve here -Brisbane- and a balmy 24C with a hint of rain for the morning. Sp wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Roger posted: 24 Dec 2015 11:56 from: Ian Allen Martin Wynne wrote: After buying presents for everyone else, how about one for yourself? The Times coffee-table book "Mapping the Railways", originally ...
... to sign up to Western Thunder to get the pictures at full size. He used baulks under the crossing rather than timbering. Phil posted: 2 Apr 2019 08:02 from: Stephen Freeman The Southern certainly seemed to have a penchant for this type of arrangement, usually brought about be the lack/cost of available land (I assume). One thing I'd like to see in Templot is the ability to alter the actual angle of the end of rails (check or wing). At the moment there are a few things I have had to fudge on the latest project. Doesn't affect ability to build it but it would be nice rather than essential. One other problem is that the maps are scanned and sometimes folds distort the image. Last edited on 2 Apr 2019 11:18 by Stephen Freeman posted: 2 Apr 2019 12:21 from: Martin Wynne Stephen Freeman wrote: One thing I'd like to see in Templot is the ability to alter the actual angle of the end of rails (check or wing). At the ...
... topic: 1813 Single slip and diamond crossing help posted: 29 Jan 2012 15:34 from: AndyJ Hi there... I'm pretty new to Templot and been playing around with it for a while but i'm still struggling with a few bits.. Having taken the plungle in building my own track and just started a new exhibition layout i'm having a bit of a job setting out some point work. Mainly an outside slip with a diamond attatched to it. Could someone point me in the right direction to making this possible... Hopefully the file will be attatched to this post so you can see what i mean. Many thanks Andy Attachment: attach_1337_1813_Herstmonceux.box 318 posted: 29 Jan 2012 20:41 from: Alan McMillan Hi Andy I've run something up for you. An outside slip was never going to work in that tight space, so I took the liberty of replacing it with a single turnout and a double switched diamond slip. I also eased the curve to make it less like it hand been built using Peco Setrack. ...
... topic: 1299 Copying omitted timbers from template to template posted: 4 Dec 2010 12:38 from: Richard Spratt I want to show only a few timbers on each of the fiddle yard templates. Those I've chosen are J2, S1, S2, S6, S9, X1, X3, X4, X5& X9. I've tried copying these by rebuilding a group with 'modify on rebuild> timbering+ lengths as current' but the omitted timbers are not omitted on the rebuilt timbers. Is there an easy way to do it without shoving timbers in 50+ templates? thanks, posted: 4 Dec 2010 13:32 from: Martin Wynne Richard Spratt wrote: I want to show only a few timbers on each of the fiddle yard templates. Those I've chosen are J2, S1, S2, S6, S9, X1, X3, X4, X5& X9. I've tried copying these by rebuilding a group with 'modify on rebuild> timbering+ lengths as current' but the omitted timbers are not omitted on the rebuilt timbers. Is ...
... ) two copies of which are then printed- one to make a "rail forming and sub assembly pre-fabrication jig" and the second to stick to the base board so that the track can be built directly upon it. It is important that the prefabrication jig is perfectly level so I make mine by spray-mounting the Template to a piece of 10mm thick laminate flooring which is flat, hard and rigid. If you have not just redone your flooring, go to you local flooring shop- they usually have a few bits to give away as samples. The pics show the first stage of building the trackwork- to build ACCURATE pre-fabricated assemblies for the crossing work on the "rail forming and sub assembly jig"- this is how they did it on the Real Thing- building the important bits as assemblies in the workshop before taking them to site in lumps. The Template is the guide for positioning the rails along with the Crossing Flangeway gauge. For me, the secret in this stage is to build the assemblies with the ...
... the thin film of oil which is on most steel sections as supplied. This leaves the area around the joint fully exposed to rusting caused by atmospheric moisture. The usual answer is to protect soldered joints on steel with a good dollop of grease, or a thick coat of paint. That's not very practical for trackwork, of course. So you have to rely on keeping it in a warm dry atmosphere for the lifetime of the layout. That means, for example, that if you are unexpectedly away from home for a few weeks, there has to be someone to keep the heating on in the railway room, and know that it needs to be kept on. I know steel should look like steel, but model steel rail has a dull grey colour which doesn't to my eyes look any more like real railway track than nickel-silver. Real rail is subject to high contact pressures and rolling wear which tends to burnish the surface. Our models don't do that. Which means that steel rail comes with all the worries about rusting, and ...
... switch for 1:7 slip> (or if you wish another ratio select that) and click OK. Problem is I use custom american turnouts (dont ask me the exact measurements, I just used some old ones I found in a box file here on the forum) Do you have any tips for what I should do when I want to make a #12 double slip with a custom turnout as a base? Hi Leo, I have just managed to have a quick look at your message, and tried a few things. You can use any custom turnout you like to make the slip. 1. First follow the instructions in the guide and put in your two guide curves as described in the sections 10001 through 10005. 2. Then make the diamond crossing as described in sections 20001 through 20006. 3. Now load your custom turnout and make it the control template, ensure that this template is a short distance away from your diamond crossing and not overlapping it. 4. Next, you need to isolate the switch blades from ...
196. Making crossing vees
... topic: 3220 Making crossing vees posted: 19 Feb 2018 08:46 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: just that your excellent answers to user enquiries may be missed by people like me who don't monitor several different forums. Hi Rob, Here is a re-hash of some stuff I have posted here and elsewhere a few times. I will get all this into the Templot Companion eventually. It is much easier to file a vee after assembling it. Even easier if you use a disc sander. Below shows how a vee can be constructed to any angle matching the template, without needing filing jigs, and finishing with solid metal at the nose. I have greatly exaggerated the crossing angle for clarity. The rails are shown in cross-section along the rail -- yellow shows the rail head and foot, orange shows the web of the rail: 2_060749_540000000.png Make sure you have both rails the right way up. Bullhead rail has the thicker part at the top. A is a prepared piece of rail with the end bent ...
197. Templot program code
... datum (see diagram above). This function is called often, not only to generate the line, but also for the peg calculations for the various tools functions. turnroad_cl is called from the generator to create a series of co-ordinates along the turnout-road centre-line, and put them in an array ready for the actual screen drawing function, or printing, or whatever. This routine calls aq25offset to create each co-ordinate pair. Note that it doesn't need the angle k for this purpose. A few notes about the code. function aq25offset(xs:extended; var k:extended):extended; That's a funny way of doing it. The offset is returned as a normal function result, but the angle is put in a var parameter supplied by the calling routine. After all these years I honestly can't remember why I did it that way. It would be more usual to return a record type containing both values, or else use var parameters for both. But it works fine, and I tend to ...
198. Check Rail Chairs
... 2 CCR and 2 CCL chairs (a.k.a. S1C, S1CR and S1CL). These are shown on the 2nd image in the original posting. It's almost impossible to photograph the transparent acrylic so I had to make up a short section of track and apply some paint. 100_211351_270000000.jpg The S1 chairs are C&L 3-bolt; the ballast is Slaters "Fine" (the bag is priced 84p so it may have been in my box for a while!); the ash is by C&L with a few bits of greenery by Woodland Scenics. 100_211351_510000000.jpg From left-to-right: CCR chair and 3 CC chairs. The CCL chair was out of focus so had to be cropped from this view. 100_211352_260000000.jpg From left-to-right: CC chair and CCL chair. You can just see some banding from the 3D-printing process in this enlarged image but the chairs are only approx 11 mm by 4 mm so this is not visible to the unaided eye. There are also some buffer stops which are suitable for ...
... at the nose before shaping and joining, but with FB the foot will get in the way of the wing rail foot. I will check that the foot on the crossing nose doesn't clash with the wing rails anyway before I fix things down- thanks for that warning. I'm very familiar with making BH track, but FB is all new to me! I've previously seen advice about filing a notch in the foot at bends, and that feels wrong to me- I might well change my mind once I've accidentally twisted a few rails trying to bend them! I'm still unsure as to whether or not it was generally accepted practice on the prototype to cut either the stock rail or check rail foot back to allow the correct gap. I'd rather use code 70 FB (Peco IL-70) but as it stands the foot is too wide for my purposes. I was hoping to go to North Wales this year and take a few more detailed photos of FR track, but that plan has been well and truly scuppered! Cheers, Paul posted ...
... something and nothing after my battery faux pas, but this has happened several times now. I'm working away and the Templot screen reverts to this. My home page plus a blank square in the middle. Moving the mouse takes me back to where I was working. Using Windows 7 with all updates current. Any ideas? Hi Gordon, I think that may be the Windows "Show Desktop" function. There is a small icon at the far bottom right of the screen which does that. It has caught me a few times. cheers, Martin. posted: 15 Dec 2017 14:05 from: John Shelley Martin Wynne wrote: Gordon S wrote: Could be something and nothing after my battery faux pas, but this has happened several times now. I'm working away and the Templot screen reverts to this. My home page plus a blank square in the middle. Moving the mouse takes me back to where I was working. Using Windows 7 with all updates current. Any ideas? Hi Gordon, I think that may be the ...
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