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... topic: 2386 Printing out a Track Plan posted: 22 Jan 2014 17:33 from: Paul Scott Now that I have completed my track plan for a large layout some 14.5 x 4.5 metres in size I would like to get it printed out full size on rolls of paper using a local printer. I took the whole computer down to the printer and showed him the program and plan to print. He decided to make a PDF so he could export it to his large format Ink Jet Printer using the OUTPUT- EXPORT A FILE (PDF DXF etc.)- Export a File box and Create PDF He followed the instructions but was unable to get Templot to produce a PDF it said it was doing it and put the PDF Ikon on the desktop as requested but when we opened the file it was a blank page. Could anyone give us some guidance on what we are doing wrong or if we are going about it in the right way. posted: 22 Jan 2014 18:04 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, I seem to ...
... webs between the sleepers is narrower than the rails to ensure they will be invisible once ballasted. This stage takes between 10mins and an hour or so depending on the size of the formation. I usually have to check the plan hasn't got any overlapping sleepers etc. 1509_251504_110000000.jpg I then split the formation up into track panels to fit my wood and ensuring the grain is running vertically with the sleepers as much as possible. 1509_251505_330000000.png A track panel fresh off the laser. 1509_251509_560000000.jpg The formation with panels removed. Ideally laid over the templot print to help with the positioning of the track etc. Expert track builders tell me they can pick it up from here and know how to lay the track without the need of the print out. Each to their own. 1509_251507_180000000.jpg I plan to supply chairs with moulded in positioning pins that will fit in to lasercut holes correctly added to the sleepers. This will reduce significantly the need for track gauges. I hope you like. Attachment: attach_3103_3709_Templot_DXF.jpeg 81 Last edited on 25 Jun 2020 20:51 by PHP posted: 25 ...
... dia EMGS rivets, and the idea was that you create a solder fillet on the outside to represent the chair jaws. For use with cosmetic plastic chairs the rivets need to be exactly under the rail centre, so you may find that you need to take the corners off the rivets with a Dremel disc to get the chairs to fit snug. But the best solution is to drill or punch your own holes in the right place. There is a trick you can use in Templot to help. If Templot is set to print the rail centre-lines instead of the rail edges, you get the rivet positions for riveted plywood construction, where the rail centres cross the timber centres, like this: rivet_centres.png This shows a crossover in EM. One turnout has the more usual style of rail detail for comparison. Click the generator> generator settings> rails> rail centre-lines only menu option, then rebuild the required templates as a group (or all of them), before printing them. Print on tracing paper (which works fine in ...
204. Amington
... topic: 3268 Amington posted: 7 May 2018 18:25 from: Malcolm Sayer Just thought I would post my effort, had a go a with trail and error (mostly error) I managed this.I know it is probably in probable but not being a railway man or engineer I did my best. I also managed to print it all out, the only problem being the double slip page h6 is wrong in that it is two templates, I have corrected it in templot but as yet not worked out how to print just that page.. The NG is for bringing hops act which then head for the brewery.3509_071324_300000000.png posted: 9 May 2018 13:56 from: Martin Wynne Malcolm Sayer wrote: the only problem being the double slip page h6 is wrong in that it is two templates, I have corrected it in templot but as yet not worked out how to print just that page. Hi Malcolm, Thanks for sharing your plan. You didn't say what is actually wrong with the double-slip? To create a double-slip ...
205. Custom paper sizes
... large formations can now fit on a single sheet of paper, and a B8 turnout in S7 just fits onto one sheet of paper. I say paper, but I actually use 250gsm card- look for "250gsm Silky Smooth Thick White Card" on eBay (no connection to the seller, "activepaper"). This stuff is much cheaper than A2 Bristol Board (if you can actually find it in stock anywhere in that size) but has a shiny surface. This means that the ink smudges quite easily even when printed in draft mode and left for 24hrs, but to solve that I varnished it with a polyurethane varnish which both protects the ink and the paper when liquids start being sloshed all over it in the frenzy of track building! Anyway, this might give someone food for thought posted: 29 May 2012 11:26 from: Glen Suckling Paul Boyd wrote: Whilst pottering about with my printer the other day, it occurred to me that I've never seen mention here of using custom paper sizes- I bet most of us are ...
206. Printing
... topic: 3264 Printing posted: 2 May 2018 08:00 from: Malcolm Sayer Hi, I made my first print of a curved slip( from the heel it curved to the right), problem was it printed it more to the right of the page so after it had finished the last four sleepers water chipped, I printed both portrait and landscape on A3.Any ideas? Malc posted: 2 May 2018 12:09 from: Martin Wynne Hi Malcolm, Use this mouse action: 2_020706_170000000.png move page origin (SHIFT+ CTRL+ F10). You will see the outlines of the printed pages and be able to move them to best fit your templates. Make sure you have set your printer to the paper size first. n.b. if you have been exporting PDF files, make sure the page outlines have been reset for the printer: 2_020727_520000000.png cheers, Martin. posted: 2 May 2018 12:35 from: Malcolm Sayer Thanks Martin. posted: 3 May 2018 05:49 from: Malcolm Sayer Hi Martin I got it to ...
207. Videos
... just run the Video to do with Overlaying tracks on a rough sketch, a few things puzzled me which I am sure have simple answers. The drawing pad starts with a small straight in the bottom corner. I assume this pad has been called up from a stored Template. Correct? If so I will no doubt come across how this is done as I dive deeper into Templot. Early into the video a mouse action is used described as F3/F4 plain-track length. The Templot Function Key Chart I have printed out makes no mention of multiple mouse actions of this nature. Is this from a later version of Templot? A little later a mouse action described as F10 swell curving straight mm is used. On the Templot Function Key Chart I have printed out F10 is described as preview current. Now that I have looked closer I realise that the menu bar is very different. I know Martin recommends that beginners like me should stick with 0.74b but if the videos have been created using a later version wouldn't I be better off also ...
208. Printers
... :37 from: richard_t I have an Epson R3000- which I'm generally happy with, but it's expensive to run in terms of ink. I use it for photography stuff as well as output from Templot. It can output to a little larger than A3- SuperA3. Richard. posted: 11 Jul 2013 12:26 from: Jim Guthrie Raymond, I got a A3 Canon Pixma IX7000 a year or two ago to replace my previous Epson LQ A2 printer. It has worked well and has given me very good quality prints but I have a couple of cons. 1. It is very large compared to your average home printer and is obviously intended for office use. I should maybe have gone for one of the smaller Canon A3 printers 2. It is quite slow to operate- not to print, which is does quite quickly- but to set up before printing. When you press "Print" it normally takes several seconds before it actually starts to print so it can be quite annoying when you want to print off a quick report ...
... topic: 2437 Query on printing dxf file posted: 4 Apr 2014 14:57 from: Ian Spalding Hi, I exported my plan to a dxf file and then viewed it using eDrawings to see what it looked like and noticed that both my double slips do not have the slip part output. I cross checked by printing a slip to a printer and that was OK. Am I doing something wrong? I'm still using an old version of Templot (0.91c). Regards, Ian Spalding posted: 4 Apr 2014 18:53 from: Martin Wynne Ian Spalding wrote: I exported my plan to a dxf file and then viewed it using eDrawings to see what it looked like and noticed that both my double slips do not have the slip part output. I cross checked by printing a slip to a printer and that was OK. Am I doing something wrong? I'm still using an old version of Templot (0.91c). Hi Ian, That seems very odd. I just tested exporting a slip to DXF without any problems. Please ...
210. Rail Width
... topic: 445 Rail Width posted: 27 May 2008 11:19 from: NGT_Models Rail Width..., I'm trying to set the rail head width to 1.5", so the rail centre will print at 34mm, to aid in drilling for pegged chairs. I've done this before..., but I can't seem to remember what to do. I've set the rail head to 1.5", rebuilt the background, but it still prints with a 2.75 head and a 36mm centre line..., what have I forgotten? HELP, please. Zoë posted: 27 May 2008 11:35 from: Martin Wynne NGT_Models wrote: Rail Width..., I'm trying to set the rail head width to 1.5", so the rail centre will print at 34mm, to aid in drilling for pegged chairs. I've done this before..., but I can't seem to remember what to do. I've set the rail head to 1.5", rebuilt the background, but it still prints with a 2.75 head and ...
... topic: 428 Problem with colour printing posted: 8 May 2008 07:38 from: David Leaver I aploogise if this has been raised before. I am using version 0.82.d. I have printed a group. One page shows the crossing of a P4 REA semi-curved B8 RH trunout. The plain track continuation of the main track is printed correctly but the rails of the branch did not print although the sleepers are correctly shown. On the adjoining page, below the above one, both tracks appear correctly. On another page, showing only a single plain track, which was the last of the group to be printed, one rail was printed but not the other. This was with an HP colour laser printer. David Leaver Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> I found a flaw> Problem with colour printing about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new ...
... topic: 2282 Templot fails to detect printer driver posted: 10 Aug 2013 01:23 from: John Palmer This is potentially quite a show stopper, though I can work round it by exporting a dxf file which I can print. Still, I'd like to be able to print from within Templot so I can get the benefit of its calibration facility. 2129_092005_170000000.png Templot is here running on Windows 7 Pro (64 bit O/S) with SP1 installed. I've tried to eliminate possible sources of interference by re-booting and invoking Templot as the only running application, and with as few background processes as I can manage. Templot version is 2.07.a Other applications are printing perfectly satisfactorily to my Samsung CLP-320 laser via the LAN connection to the computer to which it is attached. I even tried re-adding it as a new printer, as per the dialog's recommendation. That resulted in a report from the machine on which I am running Templot that the printer had been added with its related driver, but Templot still couldn't see it ...
... topic: 2120 problem with printer calibration posted: 27 Nov 2012 17:25 from: robin hood Hi All. I have printed out a printer calibration sheet and entered the dimensions and then printed off the proof sheet but before I could confirm that it was ok the pc crashed. A blue screen dump came up. After re-booting I attempted to go through the process again (several times since) but it now crashes as the test sheet emerges stopping just below the buffer beam. I have attempted an uncalibrated full print via the output but this also crashes. It wll print out individual sheets. Any info would be most welcome. Robin posted: 27 Nov 2012 17:47 from: Martin Wynne Hi Robin, Welcome to Templot Club. Is the printer working OK from other programs? Which version of Windows? What make and model of printer? Have you cleared the printer spooler? What print quality setting are you using? Don't use photo-quality for template prints as it demands a massive amount of memory. 300dpi or ...
214. platforms
... 22 May 2011 12:28 from: Martin Wynne Phil O wrote: I have just used this feature and like Paul I can turn of the start and end lines but when I turn off the rear line it still remains in place. Hi Paul, Phil, Glad you like them, but platforms are still on the work-in-progress list. On the workpad, platform edges which are set not to show should appear as dotted outlines. They don't yet in all cases. They disappear entirely only on the printed/sketchboard output, which also then has a solid or hatched platform infill colour. But none of that is yet working properly. If you experiment with printing platforms, do it at a small scale to avoid wasting ink. regards, Martin. posted: 22 May 2011 17:01 from: Paul Boyd Oops- I forgot to re-read the work-in-progress list- sorry! What I have noticed though is that as it stands now, platforms block out timber numbering when printing. Is it ...
... topic: 1037 Printing -- changing the flangeway gap posted: 4 Feb 2010 17:57 from: kenbec Hello Martin, Before I ask the Templot question an administrative one. As I move through the Templot Companion etc. I write myself questions about things that are not clear to me. Most are answered as I progress through the notes and some are answered by searches. So far none appear to be very complex. I notice that you still appear to be carrying the load on your own so, would you prefer me to feed in the questions one at a time or store them up and send down a few at a time in one message. I know your first reaction is don't send any. Now for the Templot question. I experimented with the printer calibration, which came up spot on, and printed the B6 Turnout as a N for UK only. Visually it appears clear to me that it has been printed as a fine scale turnout. My assumption is that I will have to make minor adjustments to the track and ...
... However i don't seem to be able to change the colours of the bonus timbers. Is ther an easy way to day that please. Jamie posted: 16 Apr 2010 15:46 from: Martin Wynne Jamie92208 wrote: However I don't seem to be able to change the colours of the bonus timbers. Is there an easy way to day that please. Hi Jamie, Sorry, you can't set the bonus timbers to be a different colour from all the others. The colour settings for the screen (pad) and for printing are set separately, because some colours which can be used on the screen (e.g. yellow) are not suitable for printing thin lines on white paper. You can change the colour of the timber outlines for each template separately -- see the pad> pad background options> pad background templates colours>? marker and mapping colours help menu item for full details. However, you can have only one colour and one style for the timber infill on background templates -- pad> pad background options> pad background templates ...
... 16.5 HO NMRA), before I start curving. Then I curved the default template to 974.25 and reset the minimum curve to stop it flashing. Then to put the rail feet in I went to:- Real Rails head and foot (flat bottom rails) Rail section data( you have to hit enter before you can move down to the one you want- in my case the foot width of 8.0 inches). timbering 8'6" (102") To save the rail foot width and timbering so that it will print... Main Store and background Save all templates- allows you to rename it. I've put all of that above in, in case it helps to show where I've got myself stuck- again. Here is the Box file of the second template. 2436_311854_310000001.png This is the other hand from the first template. Now, here is the Save box where I entered the names of the Templates as I went along. 2436_311854_310000002.png I've tried to select the LH template so I can print others, but as you can see ...
218. Outside Single Slip
... in EM gauge. Thanks. Michael Last edited on 1 Jan 2014 13:20 by Michael Woolford posted: 1 Jan 2014 13:23 from: Paul Boyd How fortuitous! I happen to have that C&L template for EM gauge, so given that it's not the best of weather today I'll give it a go. Watch this space... posted: 1 Jan 2014 15:10 from: Paul Boyd Right then, here it is There are a few points to note:- My paper template isn't printed with great accuracy, although it's an original from C&L. There's probably a good chance that if you print off the Templot file, it won't overlay exactly your C&L template. However, I chose to keep the diamond crossing angle at 1:4.5 rather than make it fit my copy of the paper template. The centre V-crossings work better at 1:7.5, instead of the 1:6.5 of the paper template, so that's what I've done. It also gives an easier slip road ...
... 226f. This is a bug-fix maintenance release. Thanks to Rob for finding and reporting it. Your copy of Templot should update automatically if you restart it and follow the instructions. If you have the Templot Video Player open, please close it first. If you have any problems with updating, see the download and notes at: http://templot.com/companion/installation.php cheers, Martin. posted: 17 Jun 2020 22:37 from: Tom Allen May have run into a problem already. Trying to print off a couple of short tracks to see how the resin trackwork sticks down. I'm having trouble printing, i don't seem to be able to print groups or print much of anything. and when i create a length of track on it's own it just shows the rail but just prints a blank page. posted: 17 Jun 2020 22:51 from: Tom Allen update. After a reboot of the computer it will now print the full track, but only show rail in the print dialogue box. posted: 17 ...
220. Double outside slip
... topic: 660 Double outside slip posted: 14 Dec 2008 23:53 from: John Preston Hello to all Here is a print screen of my first attempt at a double outside slip. The timber shoving is not the best, so there is some more work to be done. The Templot .box file is attached to the nest message. Any comments and/or feedback is welcome. Regards John P. Attachment: attach_438_660_OSSLIP.jpg 1263 posted: 14 Dec 2008 23:54 from: John Preston and here is the box file as promised. Attachment: attach_439_660_outside_slip_final .box 507 posted: 15 Dec 2008 22:04 from: donald peters Made me smile posted: 10 Jan 2009 07:01 from: jadafmak I think that is very well done. You have given me incentive to do more. Thank you very much. posted: 17 Dec 2009 22:04 from: awhite I would love to build a double outside slip like that but in f/s 0 Gauge (32mm). Is there any way of converting your drawing from P4 ...
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