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... be able to advise. cheers, Martin. posted: 22 Mar 2018 19:23 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Good idea, I have just sent a message to Colin Craig enquiring about rail availability. I will post details if I have any further information. He sells gauges for skinny and 'scale' head widths for use on plain track giving 1in20 tilt to the rails and S&C gauges that just use the gauge face so are universal in terms of head width. Thanks Rob posted: 23 Mar 2018 07:28 from: Paul Willis Rob Manchester wrote: One other thing that came from the thread was that Peco have discontinued IL-115 Code 82 FB rail. That is a bit of a sod as it is the only FB rail with proper head width for UK 1:76 layouts. Takes us back to the various postings over the years on rail section, telephone conversations with Brian Lewis etc etc. If you know any other sources for rail with correct head width please let me know. The IL-115 ...
222. Changes in 219b
... 'open' as the sleepers haven't turned green which normally indicates a 'non-active' template. David posted: 16 Mar 2018 14:39 from: David Long In fact you can't create a blank track pad. Previously, 'clear all' would clear all saved templates, now the last saved template stays on the screen and, as I previously mentioned, only disappears when you create a new template. Not a disaster but just a bit confusing when you first come across it. David posted: 16 Mar 2018 15:07 from: Martin Wynne Hi David, Nothing has changed in 219b, and I can't find anything not working correctly. clear all (CTRL+ DEL) is working fine to delete all stored templates. There is no means to delete the control template, and never has been. You can only hide it, temporarily. I recently created this page to clarify the basic working methods: http://templot.com/companion/basics.php That page is still a work-in-progress. Not all the screenshots show the ...
... topic: 3231 Allow a limited number of start ups with no web access posted: 27 Feb 2018 07:59 from: FraserSmith Hi Martin After posting recently that you should ignore requests for improvements to Templot I very tentatively put forward the following. I have twice recently been wanting to show off your wonderful program to others via my laptop but on both of those occasions I had shut down Templot the previous time I had used it. As I was in a webless location I was unable to do so. I use DesignSpark for PCB design and that requires web access at startup but if there is no web it will allow starts for up to 30 days from the last web access. Is it possible that something similar could be included in Templot either limited to a number of days or number of restarts? Thanks and thanks for allowing us access to this wonderful program. Fraser posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:32 from: Martin Wynne Hi Fraser, I'm reluctant to do that because it is easily defeated by changing the clock on the system ...
... and precise templot. Regards, Adam posted: 26 Feb 2018 18:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi Adam, Welcome to Templot Club. Details of how to import a DXF file from XTrackCAD into Templot as a background guide are at: topic 3049 Which is probably the best way for an XTrackCAD user to get a custom turnout design. It could then be exported from Templot as a DXF file and imported back into XTrackCAD, or inserted as a bitmap image. regards, Martin. posted: 27 Feb 2018 15:07 from: Adam Richards Martin,Well, your proposal would involve at least one enhancement to XTrackCAD over its current state which is that we don't have an image capability for an object yet- all our objects are drawn vectors today. It is something that I have been working towards adding once we have migrated to a recent level of GTK (as a cross-platform program we have to make sure portability is maintained as job #1). That said, it is probably the only way to have an accurate representation ...
... topic: 332 Military Railways book, 1917 posted: 11 Feb 2008 15:07 from: rodney_hills Hello, Just came across an interesting pointer on RMweb by 'pacific231k': http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f =7 &t =17566 "Someone who has a copy of the 1917 US Army Corps of Engineers manual on building and operating military railways has done the world the great service of scanning the entire 194 pages as a pdf. This is fascinating stuff and includes both the operation of permanent railways- mostly civilian railways taken into military use- and so called "combat railways" and "supply railways" of the type used on the Western Front. What is particularly interesting is that the manual is drawing on lessons from the Boer and American Civil Wars (which was closer in time to WW1 than WW2 is to us now) rather than on what had already by then been learned by the French and British during WW1.": http://www.trainweb.org/girr/military_railways/military_railways.html The book includes a ...
226. Templot program code
... , Mark Twain is reputed to have averaged 1800 words a day, lots of your lines aren't even full ones and some of your words are repeated a lot On the other hand he didn't have to write while consulting a slide rule calculator and a copy of British Railway Track! Shame about the big tree, take some pics if you get out. Rob P.S. I hope Templot is available on cassette tape, wouldn't want to type 383,427 lines of code in from a magazine article. posted: 22 Feb 2018 07:57 from: Jim Guthrie Martin Wynne wrote: Jim Guthrie wrote: What coders might want to see is your code that generates the rail and sleeper lines. Hi Jim, Yes, but that's thousands of lines of code. I thought I would start with something simpler. I've just done a fresh build. Compiler says total 383,427 lines. I don't know how that is calculated, but it works out at 52 lines per day for 20 years. cheers, Martin. I can't remember how many lines ...
... the ends of your original elements. That may reduce 2 sections to 1. If you have 2 adjacent sections of the same radius which are for some reason split, then just extend one to the end of the other and delete the 'other'. To move a group of sections of track together, use the 'Group' functions. Beyond that, all sections will be individual and have to be due to the number of parameters involved. I'm happy to be corrected or clarified! Andy posted: 20 Feb 2008 18:07 from: Peter Salathiel Best not to create too many templates in the first place. When I first started using Templot I created an inordinate number of templates because I continued to think in terms of straights, curves and set geometry points, a carryover from the way I used to plan trackwork. Martin's advice: "if you are building your own 00 track please forget everything you know about Peco (or any other)ready-made commercial turnouts. I confess I thought this a little strange at the time but I'm ...
228. Map and baseboard
... topic: 3209 Map and baseboard posted: 7 Feb 2018 07:36 from: Malcolm Sayer hi, this is a second stab at posting so hopefully this one does.How "if it's possible" would you create an "L" shape baseboard, I want one roughly 14'x8' 2' wide, also I manage to do the map thing but could not get it to load on to temploits self? posted: 7 Feb 2018 11:10 from: Malcolm Sayer Any help on the above subjects would be welcome posted: 7 Feb 2018 12:30 from: Jim Guthrie Malcolm, I haven't had much experience with maps and suchlike but for drawing outlines of baseboards you should use the "background/shapes" menu option. There you get options to draw various basic shapes and the one you would probably want is rectangle. When you have selected that you can then choose to enter the dimensions or draw it graphically with the mouse. For exact measurements, it is probably better using the measurement entry option where you are asked to enter the ...
229. Evercreech Junction
... although not so noticeable. If for both of those turnouts you put the peg on FP (CTRL-4, press once only) and then change them to curviform, you should be able to orbit or snake one or other of the turnouts into better alignment with the other. If you temporarily extend the length of the turnout roads you will be able to see what you are doing. You may find that only the lower turnout of the two needs changing. cheers, Martin. posted: 4 Feb 2018 17:07 from: John Palmer 53' X 26' just to get in the layout as plotted! No, no hangar; this was purely a fun exercise. Many thanks for the suggestions, which I've tried to implement and which I hope have improved matters. One of the tricky aspects of this is fitting in the spur connecting to the turntable and to the Up Main (running north eastwards). This was equipped with an inspection pit and must, I think, have been of a length sufficient to accommodate a 7F ...
... topic: 3202 ctrl-Z and the control behaviour posted: 29 Jan 2018 19:07 from: madscientist Martin, maybe this is the designed behaviour Say I "make the control" on a given background template, then elsewhere I select a background template, hit "D",( I'm usually doing this because I have created or suspect I have created two background templates on the same spot) I may hit "D" a few times, typically until I see the template clear from the screen, at that point, I know I have no duplicates on the screen Then I hit Ctrl-Z to restore the last deleted template, thats fine, it reappears BUT, the control template that is elsewhere disappears and is gone ??? dave Last edited on 29 Jan 2018 19:30 by madscientist posted: 29 Jan 2018 19:33 from: madscientist as an aside, A great option in Templot would be to have a double click to turn a selected background template into a control while at the same time returning the ...
... life track work into model form. As Martin says, it's the subject of a book, one he'd be uniquely qualified to publish, by the way. For example. He mentioned the advantages of using a B12 in a scissors crossing, now that of info is not apparent to the likes of me and will not easily be found by googling either. So Martin, I'm sorry, but being a guru comes with responsibilities Dave Last edited on 19 Jan 2018 01:37 by madscientist posted: 19 Jan 2018 02:07 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: So Martin, I'm sorry, but being a guru comes with responsibilities Hi Dave, a. what are you sorry about? b. I'm not a guru. c. I accept no responsibilities whatsoever. That's why Templot is FREE. cheers, Martin. posted: 19 Jan 2018 13:41 from: Nigel Brown Trevor Walling wrote: Hello Martin, I agree with the members previously that learning and research about prototypical permanent way is a given when one decides to use Templot. ...
... posted: 19 Jan 2018 19:00 from: Rob Manchester Hello Brian, You should be able to 'whitelist' or 'mark as safe' any web pages you trust on Norton. I haven't used it for many years so can't be specific. A number of users of Templot( and the rest of the world) are happy to run Windows with the Microsoft anti-virus etc rather than 3rd party add-ons. Buyer/user beware- works both ways of course. Rob posted: 19 Jan 2018 19:07 from: Martin Wynne polybear wrote: Is there any fix to this please Hi Brian, The fix is not to use Norton. Why folks install at great expense these objectionable programs which prevent them using their own computer any way they choose is a mystery to me. I suggest using the free security programs from Microsoft: For Windows7: Microsoft Security Essentials. For Windows10: Windows Defender (pre-installed). Alternatively, an email to Norton asking them to explain exactly what they think is a threat on that page ...
... topic: 3184 Colour Printing issue posted: 15 Jan 2018 07:32 from: JFS I recent bought (at huge expense!) a Xerox Versa Link C405 colour laser printer. But, selecting the "Print in Colour" menu item brings up an "INVALID REQUEST- Printer is not a colour printer or is not set for printing in colour" message. But actually it is, and it is. (and it prints fine from other applications.) My previous printer was an HP colour laser and that worked alright. Is there another setting somewhere which I am missing? Just on minor note, I have to smile when the printer dialogue asks me if it is a "Dot matrix printer"- the last time I even saw one of those is at least 25 years ago! Many thanks and best wishes, Howard posted: 15 Jan 2018 15:29 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: I recent bought (at huge expense!) a Xerox Versa Link C405 colour laser printer. But, selecting the "Print ...
234. White chair screws
... 25 Feb 2008 21:19 from: Phil O Hi John In this photo of Allhallows-on-Sea, the chair bolts appear to be painted white: photo of Allhallows-on-Sea station Why? Is it a trick of the light, or did they really have nothing better to do there? John Further to the other replies on this brand new chair screws are galvanised (zinc plated) which means they may look white in a black& white photo. Cheers Phil posted: 26 Feb 2008 02:07 from: John Lewis Martin Wynne wrote: Having said all that, the track and ballast in the picture doesn't look very new. But the timbers seem to be in good condition with no splits or broken edges -- perhaps ash ballast doesn't look new even when it is? Or maybe only the chair screws and/or ferrules have been replaced, for some reason. Certainly the platform and the rear fencing along it appear to be new. Apparently the photo was taken in 1931 when the line was new. John ...
235. Sketchboard problem
... Thanks Phil posted: 11 Nov 2017 12:09 from: Martin Wynne Phil O wrote: In Sketchboard I have just tried to draw a rectangle with rounded corners and I am getting an ellipse, I have also tried the ellipse button in case the two items had got transposed, but both are making ellipses. Hi Phil, Probably you have the corner radius set too large. Select the rounded rectangle, click the modify tab, and change the corner dimensions. regards, Martin. posted: 11 Nov 2017 14:07 from: Phil O Hi Martin Here is a screen shot of what I have. 38_110905_540000000.png I am using a win 7 PC Thanks Phil Last edited on 11 Nov 2017 14:08 by Phil O posted: 11 Nov 2017 15:51 from: Martin Wynne Hi Phil, That's an "edited" round rectangle. You appear to have been editing the outline. If you click the undo edits button repeatedly you may get back to the original. But it would probably be easier to delete it and add a fresh ...
... topic: 3171 wrong gauge shown on info posted: 4 Jan 2018 20:07 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I have a Start.box file which gets loaded each time I start Templot and it puts me into EM gauge as that is what I most commonly use. However I noticed when trying out the new tandem coding( brilliant!) that the info panel reports EM gauge at the top and then further down it says "Nominal Gauge T-55 1.000" 5.5mm:ft". Should that be in there? Info panel attached. Rob Attachment: attach_2609_3171_Info_Panel_2.pdf 249 posted: 4 Jan 2018 20:28 from: Rob Manchester ps Martin, I wasn't suggesting any connection with the Tandem function! Rob posted: 4 Jan 2018 22:49 from: Martin Wynne Hi Rob, Thanks for reporting that. It is obviously a bug, so I have moved this topic to the "I found a flaw" section. After loading this file, which menu item is showing a bullet mark on the gauge menu? Which gauge is ...
... be in 218a update shortly. It's not perfect, but hopefully will be helpful for those struggling with them. A scruff video clip: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=KA3AFzb5P7AEkiMqzNa_LA2 I'm leaving the single-sided tandems (trickier to do) until I see how this goes and any issues which crop up. It's more or less ready, but I can't release 218a until I have done something about this page: http://templot.com/companion/3_way_tandem_turnouts.php regards, Martin. posted: 3 Jan 2018 07:01 from: Dave Summers This looks like another very useful feature which will only enhance the flexibility of Templot for those of us that struggle to achieve and maintain a degree of proficiency! Thanks Martin posted: 3 Jan 2018 11:21 from: Judi R Martin, that looks brilliant! Judi posted: 3 Jan 2018 13:42 from: Rob Manchester Martin, Another stunning job as usual. Well done, look forward to it. Rob posted: 3 Jan 2018 16:39 from: Martin Wynne Thanks ...
238. Longest and shortest
... same in a 1:50 crossing as in a 1:5 crossing, or any angle. The longest conventional turnout which can be created using the pre-sets in Templot is 1:80, for which you need the 30ft straight switch. It looks like this, its 1700mm long (5ft-6in): 2_311950_190000000.png The 1:80 V-crossing: 2_311950_190000001.png For which the vee nose would need to be filed much sharper than most switch blades. Happy New Year. Martin. posted: 1 Jan 2018 07:55 from: roythebus Thanks for that info Martin. Would such long switches be prototypical should have been the next question! There's some pretty long switches at Ashford on the HS1 line set out for 300km/h running. I was half-tempted to make a 1:50 to see what it would look like. I doubt if it would look right in bullhead rail though. No doubt the prototype would use cast vees. posted: 1 Jan 2018 11:42 from: Martin Wynne Hi Roy, The ...
... cutting accurate 45 degree cuts- especially useful for making a 90 degree crossing: http://www.tool-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Table_Top_Tools.html I haven't tried it for making vees- I use the Portsdown filing jigs for that. Peter posted: 28 Apr 2008 01:45 from: davelong Would a simple bench grinder be good enough for pointwork do you think, such as this? http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cbg6rz-6in-bench-grinder Dave posted: 28 Apr 2008 15:07 from: GeoffJones davelong wrote: Would a simple bench grinder be good enough for pointwork do you think, such as this? Hi Dave It is not a good idea to grind soft metals on normal grinding wheels which are intended for steel. The softer metals can melt and build up in the wheel clogging it. Bits of this can sometimes fly of which is not good, or possibly even break the wheel which could be very nasty indeed. Regards Geoff posted: 28 Apr 2008 23:28 from: John Lewis ...
240. sketchboard menu
... but it was not as prominent as it was, hence my first use of the other menu option. Thanks Phil posted: 13 Dec 2017 14:04 from: Martin Wynne Phil O wrote: I usually use the other Sketchboard menu, but it was not as prominent as it was Hi Phil, Sorry about that. Something had to give, to get the 1-line toolbar within the common 1920 screen width (at the default medium program size). cheers, Martin. posted: 13 Dec 2017 18:07 from: Phil O Martin, No need to be sorry, we are very grateful for what you have given us, most of this is icing on the cake, the most important part of your brilliant programme is being able too produce flowing trackwork with custom switches and crossings inline with prototype practice anything above and beyond that is a bonus. Many thanks Phil. 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 ...
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