... :15 from: Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: I tried to do it with an 18' page length and got a blank page, but it works as two 9' pages, but the files are huge 64 MB. Hope this helps. I'm sure Martin will give you the definitive answer. Hi Tony, Gordon, The blank page is because you are viewing it in Adobe Reader. If you view the same file in Foxit Reader or Nitro Reader it's probably not blank. With these large track plans it is important to group only the templates needed on the page, and then output the selected group only. Otherwise the file sizes will be massive. Likewise try to have only one page in each file. I will write a proper reply when I've had a meal. regards, Martin. posted: 11 Nov 2011 04:41 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, I'm sorry I didn't get a proper reply to your PDF question written. It doesn't make sense to write it all here, and then again in the Companion, ...

... topic: 3310 Wrap a picture to a curve posted: 24 Jul 2018 13:49 from: Steve Lovett Hi there. Simply put I'm struggling to achieve any outcome when trying to wrap a picture to a curve. I'm following the excellent companion guide but might just be missing something. I've a png file of a scale drawing which has a straight running line through it. I've imported this file and saved it as required and have overlaid a control template on it; positioning the peg accordingly. Now I'm assuming that given the circumstances so far described I do not need to undertake the 'Straighten along the control template option....' and subsequently the need for banding is not required. I then believe I've saved the 'modified' file correctly as described. Next step I've created a new file which has a curved alignment over which I would want to wrap my picture file. It's here where things appear to go awry: I select my png file, modify shape& wrap along control template.... Except now I get ...

... and get the back to back correct the rolling stock really does not care about the quarter of millimeter difference in in the track gauge. Glen posted: 29 Jul 2011 15:35 from: Nigel Brown Martin Wynne wrote: But 1/4" scale on 1.25" track gauge is significantly overscale in gauge. This must make it very difficult to build accurate scale models. Remember reading somewhere that it arose out of the notion that an overscale gauge would give more reliable running for toy trains. Having things work was more important than appearance. Nigel posted: 5 Aug 2014 06:45 from: Peter Wright Does anyone in the 'States (or UK) make track gauges for P48? I've been looking for the last couple of years.... Best, Pete. posted: 5 Aug 2014 08:27 from: Matt M. Hi Peter, Your request rang a bell. During research on model track standards I visited the 'Proto48 Modeler' website. http://www.proto48.org/p48_suppliers.htm On the suppliers page there are two listed ...

... 3 Feb 2018 17:13 from: Hayfield Martin Thank you very much, an educated guess is the track bed is much the same, also I am modelling it very loosley on how it is today. So the track plan will be similar, but altered to my requirements. Sightly compressed in length. Using commercially available building kits altered to give the flavour of the station, perhaps keeping the goods shed. Sort of how it might have developed, rather than a slavish representation I wish I knew not only how to import these maps into Templot, but also how to get it to the correct size. As far as I am concerned a total black art. When ever I try with scanned maps the enlargements tend to be out of focus etc Thanks again, much appreciated posted: 3 Feb 2018 17:32 from: Tony W Martin Wynne wrote: The turnouts turned out to be 1:8 as usual, but will have moved since then (for a longer loco clearance at the end). cheers, Martin. The GWR ...

... , Peter posted: 1 Mar 2008 02:37 from: Martin Wynne Peter Ayre wrote: Is there a group version of the F6 and/or F10 functions? Hi Peter, It's a nice idea but unfortunately it's not feasible. Or at least not feasible without a massively more complex program than Templot. The problem is that as you curve an assembly of templates the alignments between them would change, and Templot would need the intelligence to know what must remain fixed, and what can be changed. There are also some important design considerations. For example if you curved a whole crossover at some point as the radius reduced the track spacing would need to increase to maintain clearances. Or if you curved an entire slip, you might want to change the switch sizes to avoid a too severe deflection. I sometimes find that after I have drawn a nice piece of straight trackwork that it needs either to be on a long curve or just curved at the end in order to flow and fit a space I have available. If you have a string ...

... coverage of electrified track, point rodding and buffer stops, all with plenty of photographs. The chapter on planning and design covers the basic planning techniques that you can use from paper and pencil through to Templot. However, it also has plenty to say about curves and buffer locking and includes illustrations that show the effects of unduly small radius curves. As you might expect the actual construction section is based on current 2mm scale components, but many of the procedures are common to other scales. There is a strong emphasis on the importance of the check gauge in pointwork and the need to ensure accurate alignment of the crossing together with guidance on how to achieve this. The chapters on common techniques and tools start with a section on soldering technique followed by the procedures for building crossing and switches including a number of simple tools that you can make to help. The technique for filing rail for switches and crossing that has been described on Templot Club is included but with a simple and important improvement that avoids the risk of filing away the guide block. The final ...

... quote] ...the purpose being to allow recipients to decide for themselves how the sig will be treated.[/quote][/i] I did find the following that might help how signatures will appear on your computer, but there's nothing you can do about how they appear on other people's:- you need to change the "userContent.css" file that can be found in your profile folder. eg. the following will make the text black .moz-txt-sig, .moz-signature{ color: black !important;} Talking of signatures, I wonder if there's a way to have a signature when posting on this forum? (Goes off to read the Help pages...) Paul posted: 13 Jun 2007 19:12 from: Templot User -- --- from Brian Lewis -- --- Paul Boyd wrote: === === I have removed the em-dash, but still cannot get the signature in anything other than a pale grey...=== The pale ...

... : 10 Mar 2018 17:41 from: Martin Wynne Godfrey Earnshaw wrote: I like to change the orientation of my trackwork, when modifying it, so that the track is horizontal rather than vertical. However, I would like my background shapes, such as; baseboard and room outlines to rotate with it (i.e. synchronized rotation). Hi Godders, It has dun me head in, but this is now at long last available in Templot update 219a. There are some ifs and buts, and it will be important to read the dialogs which come up. Start from the group> rotate group functions. It works for any angle, but if there are picture shapes (e.g. maps), rotations for other than for multiples of 90 degrees will get messy if they overlap. And if there are picture shapes it is extremely s l o w..., Templot isn't a graphics editor. The price to be paid for this is that all rectangles are broken into 4 separate lines before rotation. It is just not possible ...

... in the platform is far too short. I finally got set up and down loaded the files that Martin posted, however I get an error message when I try to load them. Do you mean you tried to load the files as .box template files? In which case you would certainly get an error. If you received some other error message, could you please tell me exactly what it said and what you were doing at the time? Have you had any more thoughts about the design problem? Which is the more important -- the length of the platform or the length of the run-round? If you adopt the "two tracks under the bridge" idea, will you still have room in the fiddle yard? It would also mean losing the tandem turnout -- an attractive formation and typical of Iain's designs. On the other hand, not building it makes the trackwork a bit simpler, bearing in mind that you may already have a single slip. My inclination would be to go for my first design -- because if ...

... make sense of it and where I am going wrong. Your advice and guidance would be much appreciated. Kind regards, David Emerton. posted: 22 May 2010 01:18 from: Nigel Brown Hi David Your scanned image is always held as a BMP file. Don't worry about the file having a Microsoft Office Picture Manager logo next to it; that's simply because you have set your system to use Microsoft Office Picture Manager as the default software for displaying such files. When you create a shape file in Templot and "import" the BMP file into it, what you're actually doing is sticking a reference to the BMP file within the shape file, rather than copying the BMP file itself into it. So when using a scanned plans as background you will always have/need both the BMP file itself and the bgs file referring to it. Once you created the shape representing your scanned plan within your current Templot session, you will need to save that shape as a .bgs file which you can then load in future sessions to display the plan ...