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... it would be good to have them available in TemplotMec and for it to be updated to Templot2 standard( minus the bits you have to leave out of course) maybe once a year or whatever you can manage without lots of extra work. You may think me odd but I actually have two copies of TemplotMec stored safely off-site in case my house burns down Rob posted: 16 Oct 2019 22:06 from: Bernard Haste Hello Martin, I`m somewhat concerned by your message. Could you look at my tandems before long please? Bernard posted: 17 Oct 2019 00:00 from: Graeme John Clutterbuck wrote: I don't have a strong feeling about JSON, YAML etc.... Absolutely agree! Which one is actually used is the least of the concerns at the moment. (BTW we seem to be of a similar vintage. Best just left at that, perhaps.) Last edited on 17 Oct 2019 00:02 by Graeme posted: 17 Oct 2019 00:06 from: Graeme Rob Manchester wrote: ...
182. Moving pages
... the templates on the grid instead, use the shift group mouse action. The easy way to get to that is just to press the BACKSLASH key (next to Z on the keyboard). You can also use FORWARDSLASH to rotate them to a new angle. cheers, Martin. posted: 31 May 2018 13:43 from: Phil O What I do is to duplicate all the turnouts and move each onto a sheet by itself and then when printing the layout I also get a copy of each individual turnout, for tandem you will probably need to create a small group and duplicate that and move the duplicate group on to a page. Make sure that you have the pages turned on. Phil posted: 31 May 2018 16:17 from: roythebus Thanks for your help. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Baffled beginners> Moving pages about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click ...
... is to provide a neater result when using the thick centre-lines only output option instead of diagram-mode output. But I often used the previous centre-line start as a quick way to identify the hand of a template in track plans when zoomed out. 2. So I have extended the drive slot marker on the switch handing side instead. The marker is purely symbolic, its dimensions do not have any meaning. This will also be a convenient handing marker when switches are used as partial templates in slips and tandems, etc. 3. There is a new guide mark in the turnout-road exit, at a new position called internally THDP. It is always 9ft* from the blunt nose. Its sole purpose is in the make diamond-crossing at intersection function to mark the default diagonal-road exit boundary, so I haven't given it a specific peg position for any other use. I might, if some other use or need comes to mind. If the diagonal-road exit length hasn't been modified, it can ...
... Martin Wynne Raymond wrote: Year ago I tested out various glues. The best was Butatone, if the joint was properly made then when trying to pull them apart the jaws of the chair would fail before the joint to the timber failed and the chair is a tight enough fit to hold the rail. Hi Raymond, Rob is asking about gluing the chairs to the rail, not to the timbers. This is for the slide chairs where there is only one jaw. And other places such as bolted half-chairs in tandems, etc. The convention is to use superglue for that, but the problem is its short shelf life once opened -- just a few days usually for the (cheapo) low viscosity types. The thicker ones and gels last a bit longer. cheers, Martin. posted: 18 Apr 2018 13:09 from: Tony W Using soldered track construction methods, I don't have this issue, although fitting cosmetic chairs later is another issue entirely. However, with superglues, which are Cyanoacrylate, I understand that they ...
... has cleared, and this whole process took till after I'd gone away. A day trip back home to get a few things meant I could also pick up the waiting package which was postmarked 22 July. Today being poor weather I made a start and found the system very satisfactory, enjoyable even. Having made a few turnouts without any chairing it feels a great step up, particularly now having slide chairs built in. Brian thanks for the idea. I've got only 4 turnouts to make, and a slip, and a tandem. I'm happy to do a fully detailed posted: 4 Aug 2020 21:33 from: Paul Boyd Hi Julian It's good to have some feedback. Do I take it that the 2017 price list is still current? I might take the opportunity to stock up a bit! Cheers, Paul posted: 4 Aug 2020 21:35 from: Julian Roberts (continued) fully detailed approach to the trackwork of this layout that is really fairly small. Mind you, time will tell whether I actually get it done. ...
... earth was flat then these issues wouldn't occur! posted: 4 Sep 2020 18:39 from: DerekStuart Thanks Martin. Although I have seen the distortion you describe, I haven't found any in this case. I imported directly into Templot. I have put the templates over the map as usual and after a little 'fettling' what has pleasantly surprised me is how various key trackwork matches up *exactly* between Templot and the reference photos. For example, 7 years after I started this I have now found the Whitby station tandem is a B6.75/C9R- The partial templates together even provides the 'extra' timber that I can see in the photos. Considering the map I am using is no newer than 1914 and has been copied then digitized then imported into Templot, it's quite incredible really. Again, thanks Derek PS just to reiterate the accuracy of the mapping system: There is a straight piece of track containing a 'derail to centre' catch/trap. I put in a straight piece of plan track just as a placeholder- and when ...
... to send to commercial companies for printing. It's a complex subject, and the only way I can develop those files is to play about with a printer and try things. The intention is to create 3D printed track bases to help with track building. That might be any or all of: 1. fully-chaired track bases into which rail is threaded. 2. mostly-chaired track bases which have some chairs missing, to be glued on during construction. That makes construction a lot easier, especially for slips and tandems, etc. 3. track bases which have only the inner half of each chair on them, to align and gauge the rails. The outer half to be glued on after the rail is in place. That avoids threading rail into chairs and makes construction very much easier. My hunch is that could be basis of a workable track-building system. 4. track bases without chairs which have instead a slot or pip or some other means to locate separate chairs. The base could be home-printed (the ...
... the timbers on a Templot printout then positioned every fifth or so railplate on the timbers and stuck them down with Butanone. The rails were then spiked through these railplates and checked for gauge. When all looked well, the other railplates were inserted and glued and the spike holes were drilled and the spikes inserted. Here's a turnout partially constructed. 25_101859_200000000.jpg There's also a difference to UK practice since I'm using self-guarding "frogs", so no check rails. However, I did have to lay my diamond crossing and a tandem turnout with standard crossings and check rails and I used a mix of the plastic railplates as above and also nickel silver plates spiked to the timbers to solder the crossing assemblies to. There were short nickel silver plates between stock rails and check rails. 25_101903_160000000.jpg I found the best tools to put the spikes in were two sets of snipe nosed pliers. The larger set has serated jaws which proved handy when spikes were a bit obstinate, but the other, smaller set was the weapon of choice since the ends of the jaws ...
189. 218a bug
... topic: 3172 218a bug posted: 5 Jan 2018 23:25 from: Martin Wynne Sorry, there is a small bug in 218a. I added these pointwork timbering toggles to reduce the amount of timber shoving needed for the tandem turnouts: 2_051818_330000000.png But I forgot to include them in modify group to match. I'm getting very forgetful these days. Admittedly I can't imagine that there would be much reason to apply them to an entire group in one go, but Templot should work as advertised. I will fix it in the next update. regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> 218a bug about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the files submitted to this web site ...
190. Dual gauge turnouts
... so a standard gauge curve will not align accurately with the Broadgauge curve at the same radius. I have tried adjusting the radius of each curve by half the difference between rails, which results in a much closer curve but not quite close enough. Whilst this is not a problem with plain track, it does present a problem at common crossings. Is there a method for accurately aligning the common curved rail in a turnout? Or, is there a method I could use to create the turnouts in a similar way to a tandem turnout? Secondly. Is there a method to create a common elbow in the template, posted: 15 Sep 2020 16:42 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, Welcome to Templot Club. Overlay the common rail by putting the peg on the rail instead of the centre-line, geometry menu: 2_151140_290000000.png and then use the peg and notch functions directly -- geometry> notch menu items. Explanation of peg and notch in this (very old) page: http://templot.com/martweb/gs_geometry.htm cheers ...
... 85a.co.uk/forum/login.php 2015-10-21-18-54-26-fe01d6.png: A grey lock with an orange triangle indicates that Firefox is not blocking insecure passive content. Attackers may be able to manipulate parts of the page, for example, by displaying misleading or inappropriate content, but they shouldn't be able to steal your personal data from the site. But exactly what sensitive personal data anyone is likely to be posting on here is a mystery to me. My hat size is encrypted and hidden in the tandems code. regards, Martin. posted: 24 Jan 2018 14:23 from: Stephen Freeman True but if you don't go to the login page first it isn't encrypted. posted: 24 Jan 2018 14:37 from: Martin Wynne Borg-Rail wrote: True but if you don't go to the login page first it isn't encrypted. But there is no means to enter personal data on any other page. The forum posts are public. Martin. posted: 24 Jan 2018 14:40 from: Stephen Freeman ...
... JFS Many thanks Martin- I am running a trial even as we speak! Best wishes, Howard posted: 21 Jan 2018 21:40 from: JFS Seems to work perfectly Martin- again many thanks for that and I do hope you did not rush on my account! Best wishes, Howard posted: 21 Jan 2018 21:50 from: Martin Wynne Thanks Howard. Glad to know it is working. Well I did rush a bit, but not specifically because of this. There were some loose ends in the tandems which I wanted to clear up before anyone tripped over them. Also Richard's CSV file. But unless 218c falls over is some way, I really must now leave coding for a while and get on with the docs. I did want to include Godrey's rotated background shapes too, but I have left them until next time. On the face of it, it should be a simple thing. But in practice it is a minefield. Everything already gets rotated 90 degrees between the screen and the printed output of course. ...
193. Printing track plan
... option: 2_051122_570000000.png If you want to set the line thicknesses to some other setting, click this menu item: 2_051126_130000000.png cheers, Martin. posted: 5 Dec 2018 16:41 from: Martin Wynne p.s. Roy, I answered your question about printing track centre-lines, but you may prefer to print a bold coloured plan by clicking this option instead: 2_051140_020000000.png Diagram mode ignores centre-lines and fills solid colour between the rails. But note that it won't fully print partial templates, such as those in slips or tandem turnouts. Martin. posted: 10 Dec 2018 12:05 from: roythebus thanks Martin, I'll give that a try later. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Baffled beginners> Printing track plan about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please ...
... rynd2it Hi, I have created a png output file in diagram mode but it appears incomplete as some templates are not being included. I've attached the box file and the png- can you help me understand what is going on? Thanks David 3070_011203_360000000.png Attachment: attach_2810_3406_faringdon_gwr_rev ised.box 145 posted: 1 Apr 2019 18:16 from: Martin Wynne Hi David, Diagram mode works by filling colour between the stock rails. This means that in the case of partial templates not having both stock rails present, for example the components of a tandem turnout, it is not possible for them to appear in diagram mode. There are several ways of working round this restriction: 1. temporarily overlay plain track templates over the partial templates. These can be kept in a separate .box file, and added to the track plan whenever it is desired to create diagram-mode output. or, 2. change to detail mode instead. The appearance can be changed using the various options in the output menu. 3. in detail mode, use the thick centre-lines ...
... neglected. Sorry Godders. I have been looking at your suggestion and wondering how to reply. It's clearly a sensible idea. And on the face of it, it ought to be a simple thing to do. In fact it isn't, because there isn't any way of rotating the background shapes as a combined entity. It will be a major programming task to implement this. It's something I really ought to make available, but at present I don't feel up to doing it. I'm trying to get the single-sided tandems finished for 218b. And after that I must, just must, spend my time on the Templot Companion. Because the present situation is becoming absurd. Look at this page: http://templot.com/companion/4_where_do_i_start.php and in tiny print at the bottom: "page last revised 27-May-2016" That's more than 18 months, for something which should have been continued within a week. So many thanks for the suggestion. All I can say at present is that I have added it to the ...
... interested and doesn't have Morill? The question is do I still have the Templot box file? The answer is almost certainly yes, I think my design was originally for 0 gauge. I rarely delete anything. But it may be on an old disk drive which I shall have to connect up and search. Did I ever finish it? I don't think so. I know like many of Iain's designs (and CJF's), it was a bit optimistic about space requirements for pointwork. I'm supposed to be working on Bernard's tandem, but I will go and have a look for the file. Templot has changed so much since 2003 that it might be better to start again from scratch. cheers, Martin. posted: 31 Jul 2019 23:41 from: Dave Summers The Morill magazine edition was Vol 1 no. 4 Mar/Apr 1994. Dave posted: 31 Jul 2019 23:52 from: Martin Wynne Thanks Dave. AJC archive extraction has done its work and found this: 2_311850_080000000.jpg 11ft-6in x 7ft-6in. For ...
197. Re: Templot Tuition
... in order to make it easier to construct the track plan in Templot. Sorry for the long explanation...but you did ask! Best wishes, Bob Ellis posted: posted: 16 May 2007 23:16 from: Richard Spratt I for one find Templot not too difficult. I've only owned a copy for 2 months and have produced the track plan for our area group's new (first) layout. Ok it only has 6 turnouts, but they have changed as the design progressed, and at one point there was a tandem in the middle of them. The biggest problem was when I tried to trace some OS maps for my own layout using transition curves. I couldn't get them to match with those on the map. Then Martin pointed out that the curves on the map have a kink, so no wonder I was struggling. Regards Richard Spratt PS Bob we might run a Templot day in the AG sometime. Roger has been muttering about templates for GWR broad and mixed gauge. posted: posted: 17 May 2007 02:21 from ...
198. Radstock S&DJR
... engines and wagons of no greater height could pass through it. The various restricted loading gauge shunting engines employed by the S&D for this work were in due course replaced by Sentinel chain driven shunters, and occasionally by a L&Y Pug when one of the Sentinels was away for repairs. Last edited on 4 Sep 2017 15:18 by John Palmer posted: 5 Sep 2017 12:41 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, Many thanks for posting all that. Looks great. A nice collection of slips and tandems for someone to build. I like the 3-rail incline. p.s. on the irregular slip by the Cattle Market, you have missed a switch opening behind the check rail. By the way, if you use the crop/combine function on the maps, you would have only one .sk8 file to upload. regards, Martin. posted: 5 Sep 2017 17:53 from: John Palmer Thanks, Martin! I failed to adjust the checkrail not only on the slip leading to the Up Siding (near ...
... Eastern Railway Dock interchange sidings layout and would welcome Templot Club members comments on its feasibility. I have set all plain track as SER 21 ft. track panels. Turnouts are based on 9 ft. loose heel switches, but sleeper spacings are at present unconfirmed. The layout will utilise two separate traversers at the LH end of the plan, one serving the goods branch (uppermost of incoming lines), whilst the other traverser will serve the docks branch (lower incoming line). I do hope to include at least one tandem turnout to increase the siding capacity, but am still working on that. 1800_131939_310000000.png .box file attached. Finally, I would say to any new Templot users to persevere, because although it may seem daunting at first, once the penny drops it is so easy to use. Seasons Greetings to one and all. Dave Yates Attachment: attach_951_1307_WLS_Docks_Branch_J unction_v03_11-12-10.box 321 posted: 15 Dec 2010 17:53 from: phileakins Hi David. What period are you modelling? The SER lasted 60 years before the working union ...
... I think you have done a nicely subtle job of compressing and curving the layout. Just in terms of how to upload and link images, in this topic, topic 1172 you will find Martin's response to my query on the same issue- hope it helps. Best Wishes, Howard. posted: 15 Jun 2011 21:57 from: Richard_Jones Ladies& Gentlemen, Please find attached the BOX file for my interpretation of Singleton- I haven't yet properly finished the double slip (just a crossing at the moment), the tandem turnout or any of the catch points, but any views on how it looks/suggestions for alteration would be gratefully recieved many thanks Richard Attachment: attach_1286_1010_curved_version_2 _colour_005.box 396 Last edited on 29 Dec 2011 11:47 by Richard_Jones posted: 15 Jun 2011 21:59 from: Richard_Jones SHAPE file to go with BOX file for Singleton Attachment: attach_1105_1010_curved_version2_c olour.bgs 420 posted: 15 Jun 2011 22:11 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, Thanks for uploading your files. For the background picture shape, you need to send a ...
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