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... quiet on the Templot Club front- I was not aware of the problem with Demon. Demon's filtering has been very good at dealing with "genuine" spam and so until now I have been very pleased with it. I have not encountered any problems recently with direct emails from Yahoo groups. Very occasionally something triggers the bouncing mechanism but I do not see this as a major problem. I will contact Demon and express my concern that legitimate messages are being intercepted by their filtering service but unfortunately I do not think Demon's current customer service is what it used to be. On the very few occasions since the days of the tenner a month dialup when I have needed to contact Demon the service has been very good- until one Sunday earlier this year when a problem was reported and "not" dealt with by the call centre. I suppose that to make some impact on situations like this, everyone concerned has to complain so that Demon (or any other ISP) realises that their service is not satisfactory. Regards Bill Campbell posted: 1 Aug ...
... save a useful .sk9 file from there for re-use. If you need to get back to the original items, select the combined item and then click the edit> split items menu item. regards, Martin. posted: 5 May 2015 13:45 from: Martin Wynne p.s. Phil, For the next program update I have added a few more basic shape items on the sketchboard: square, triangle, arc, ring, segment, are new: 2_011318_400000001.png These provide a bit more flexibility in creating symbols and custom combined items. For example the ring will be useful for goods line signal arms on signal box diagrams. Also I have improved the working of the editor dialog for the formatted text blocks. I'm currently working on some code to make the outline of the freehand lines and patches editable after adding them. Martin. posted: 5 May 2015 14:19 from: Phil O Many Thanks Martin, As soon as I have finished sorting my defective eye out I will give it a go. Thanks again Phil Parts of Templot ...
... The focus of my attention is North British track for a design involving a minimum of 5 chains curvature on the pointwork. Since these have to be fitted to a series of reverse curves, some fairly long leads are required, hence I have rather standardised on 1:10 crossings and 12' straight heel switches, save for the points with contraflexure, for which I combine the standard 12' switch with a 1:7 crossing. This degree of standardisation makes it possible to concentrate on getting just two templates exactly right with custom switch, interleaved sleepering and the pronounced flare on the check rails that was a characteristic of North British crossings. With these saved as library templates, insertion of a new turnout into the scheme, correct in all particulars, is the work of a moment. Timber shoving, which would otherwise take up much time in order to set up the interleaving, is enormously reduced. posted: 24 May 2015 20:08 from: dave turner Thanks Martin. John- Thanks for the idea. Parts of Templot Club may not ...
... an exact match: 2_291324_050000000.png 2. Alternatively you can export a DXF file from 3PI and import this into Templot. This allows you to zoom in over it without losing precision, and link Templot track to individual DXF entities. So a question: are you running a 64-bit version of 3rd PlanIt, or a 32-bit version? The reason for asking is that the DXF export is available only in the 32-bit version (for reasons I don't understand). There is a note about this on Randy's customer page. He doesn't want the URL published, so here I have copied the relevant section from that page: 32-bit-only installation to support AutoCAD import/export on 64-bit Windows The AutoCAD import/export subsystem is only available in 32-bit mode. If you are running a 64-bit version of Windows and need this feature, please install this 32-bit version of 3rd PlanIt. If you already have the 64-bit version of 3rd PlanIt installed on your system, please uninstall ...
... 11 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, I made the decision not to include narrow-gauges in the pre-sets. Partly because there are so many variants that they would completely swamp the list -- it is far too long already. But also because the timbering settings, rail-widths, etc., are not included in the gauge/scale settings. So simply changing the gauge and scale isn't sufficient if you still have 8ft-6in sleepers and 12" wide crossing timbers. The solution is to share customized template files with other users, one of the primary purposes of this Templot Club forum. For 0-16.5 templates there are already some 0-16.5 template files which you can download from here: topic 28 and matching Peco: topic 2526 Just download the files and print the templates. Or starting from those templates, make whatever changes to the size, radius, etc., that you require. regards, Martin. posted: 1 Sep 2015 08:31 from: Hayfield Martin Thank you for the answer and ...
... topic: 466 Excellent Service from Screwfix posted: 26 Jun 2008 19:17 from: phileakins Dear All Following the comments in another thread I ordered a Belt and Disk Sander from the Screwfix web site on the afternoon of Monday 23th June. It arrived at lunchtime on Tuesday 24th. Putting it together yesterday afternoon (25th) I found a part was bent- rang Customer Support on a freephone number and with absolutely no quibbling was offered a replacement machine, which arrived at 12.00 today. The defective machine is being picked up tomorrow. I really can't let that sort of service pass without comment! I'll certainly be using their catalogue again. Very highly recommended. Phil PS What are the flat black plastic parts for- anyone know? Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Off track> Excellent Service from Screwfix about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and ...
... are now in effect the property of C&L Finescale after I handed over the project to them (I enjoyed being able to provide them, but the value of each batch of Gauges I ordered from the machine shop was around a thousand pounds a time; as the popularity of 00-sf gradually increased I was becoming more and more concerned that a commercial source may also decide to manufacture/sell similar Gauges to 00-sf dimensions, with the risk that I may be left with a batch of Gauges and no customers. In fact another source is now also supplying 00-sf Gauges, namely DCC Concepts in Australia). However, I'm sure I can help out with some information that will help you achieve what you want. Check Rail Gauges Critical dimensions are as posted by Martin above; it's worth putting a flat on End "A" (so the cross-section view of "A" appears as a "D -shape" .). This allows easy use of the Gauge in the vicinity of the Crossing Vee ...
... There are two likely reasons for selecting the fixed at... option for the crossing entry straight on regular-type V-crossings instead of the usual auto-fit option: 1. you are shortening this particular turnout to get a better fit to the available space, without wanting to change the switch size or crossing angle. In this case you would leave the boxes unticked, so that the setting reverts to auto-fit on subsequent templates. Or 2. you are matching a specific prototype drawing to produce a custom template. In this case you would probably want to tick the boxes, so that the setting is retained in all your subsequent templates. In the meantime in all existing versions of Templot, without those boxes available, you should know that the effective behaviour is: as if the retain on mint box is unticked -- minting a new template always reverts to auto-fit, and as if the retain on tools:make box is ticked -- the fixed at... option is retained until you change it ...
... turnout functions are not available. For example you can't have a joggled switch -- a prototypical REA semi-curved switch with straight planing it isn't. It represents a typical curved switch of no specific prototype. But as a quick alternative to a full construction using partial templates I think it will be very useful. edit: I have now taken this a bit further, and added an option to replace the K-crossing timbering with the timber spacings and rail joint positions from any switch you choose (or those for a custom switch). This works best if you match the K-crossing angle with the switch deflection angle. For example in this case I selected a GWR 10ft curved switch, and set the K-crossing angle to 1:37 to match: 2_292120_090000000.png This doesn't change any of the rail alignments, so it is still not a proper prototypical switch. But it looks better, with the switch tips correctly overlapping the timber centre, etc. (except for the NER of course). And if you choose a curved ...
... That AJC system sounds good as I am quite often away from the office for several days at a time. Given how much I dislike Windows 10 I can see this computer needing repaired (along with the plaster on the wall) before long. The drive was sent away but one of the heads had impacted the platter badly. BTW If anyone ever needs low level data recovery (ie opening the drive in a clean room Vs in a USB caddy) I can recommend East Anglia Data Recovery. No connection other than a customer. I hope that's OK to mention them there but understand if you need to delete that reference. Derek posted: 18 Jul 2016 20:57 from: Martin Wynne DerekStuart wrote: I hope that's OK to mention them there but understand if you need to delete that reference. Hi Derek, That's fine. In fact it is still fine if you were connected with them. I'm happy with occasional advertising on here provided it is relevant to Templot or trackbuilding and contains useful information for members. i.e. not just price ...
... ring, but I know it works otherwise, as I saw the 'You have a call' pop up on the screen and I can contact David. (If anyone has any thoughts on this, I would be delighted to hear from them). Hi Brian, There are several known problems with Skype and Windows, especially Vista. There was a new beta version for Skype released in the last few days with a long list of bug fixes: skype beta page p.s. Brian, are you aware as a Nildram broadband customer that you can get 500 free minutes of 01 and 02 landline calls every month? Any time of day. See the Nildram site. regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Off track> OT- Any suggestions for a new computer? 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. ...
... horizontal slider available. Regards Tony. Thanks Tony, I'm not broadcasting the full trackpad width. If I do that, it won't fit the Companion web page format for users with 1280-wide screens. If I reduce the trackpad width to fit, the menu bar breaks into two lines, and some of the tool-buttons are cut off -- as you can see now. The easiest solution for now is to crop the trackpad left and right to fit. If this concept takes off, I can produce a customized version of Templot to suit broadcasting better. cheers, Martin. posted: 24 Sep 2020 18:09 from: Phil O Hi Martin, Unfortunately I will miss both the Scaleforum video extravaganza and also your contribution to expanding my Templot knowledge, but me and the girlfriend are having a weekend away, it was originally going to be in Aylesbury, but when the show was cancelled, we/she decided on Gloucester, a place that I used to travel through in the days before the M5, but never actually stopped ...
... keep it for better operation. Thanks for the help. I'll attach what I ended up with, though I haven't done all the timber shoving yet. I want to play with easements on the end of the curves too, but I may do that part back in 3rd planit. I've been able to export in 2D to a DXF file and import that into 3rd planit. I'm also going to see if I can just read the dimensions of the curved turnouts I'm using from templot and enter those directly into 3rd planit as custom turnout definitions instead of messing with the dxf file. Of course when I go to actually build the turnouts I'll print out the templot template and build on that. Thanks for the help, I'll ask my next question in a different thread. Attachment: attach_3155_3777_before-easements.box 28 Last edited on 28 Sep 2020 05:56 by Jerry Goodwin posted: 28 Sep 2020 08:06 from: roythebus Glad you've got it sorted. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in ...
... . There is a new HTML-based viewer for the internal Help notes. At present the content is largely unchanged, but it will now be possible to include diagrams and screenshots in the notes in future. The printed output from the Help viewer is now much improved also. There is a new option to match the template length when using the align functions. tools> align options> menu options. This is now a more convenient alternative to the insert turnout in plain track and obtain functions when you want to insert a customized template into an existing location. New option for the F6 curving mouse action to maintain the swing angle constant by adjusting the template length accordingly (constant-radius templates only, not transition curve templates). There are some Help notes about this at action> F6 curving options> menu options. New mouse action: adjust crossing entry straight for a regular-type V-crossing. action> mouse actions: real> adjust V-crossing entry straight menu item. Increasing the crossing entry straight is a convenient way to ...
... ... Thanks in advance posted: 3 Jan 2016 15:11 from: Raymond Have you tried using a single rail? posted: 3 Jan 2016 15:34 from: Martin Wynne Simon Hartshorne wrote: but is there a way to draw (and then modifiy) point rodding/ cranks, etc? Hi Simon, Welcome to Templot Club. That's exactly the kind of task for which the sketchboard functions are intended. You can create, draw, edit, copy and paste, multiple items. And create combined custom items. For example 6 rods side-by-side could be created as a combined item and then stretched to any length. If you created say a compensator in Visio, you could import it as a metafile or bitmap image. If you create bitmaps and give them a special file name, the sketchboard will scale them automatically for you. See this long topic (4 pages) from 5 years ago for ideas: topic 1224 Track plans on the sketchboard can be shown in diagram mode, or detailed template mode ...
... practice on rodding was not limited to sidings etc. 2999_230913_440000000.jpg 2999_230916_080000000.jpg posted: 23 Oct 2017 14:45 from: Martin Wynne Hi Tim, Interesting that in the first pic there are 2 timbers in the switch front. In the second pic only 1 timber. Something else to get right, when adding the fishplates. Nowadays the switch front timbers are indeed timbers (12" wide). In pre-group days they were often plain sleepers (10" wide). Templot does include an option for this in the custom switch settings. So that's two more things to get exactly right in the face of conflicting evidence. Anyone got a pic showing a switch front of 2 timbers, one a timber and the other a sleeper? regards, Martin. posted: 23 Oct 2017 19:14 from: Tim Lee Thought it might be useful to load this MR drawing of switch blades and stretcher bars for information. Attachment: attach_2541_2839_DSC_0012.JPG 265 posted: 30 Oct 2017 09:07 from: Tim Lee Does anybody have any drawings or images which ...
... would need to reflect this. Hi Robin, Welcome to Templot Club. Your plan is looking good. You didn't say what is the actual trouble you are having with shoving timbers? You have already shoved some long timbers for the crossover, so you know how the shove timber functions work. The settings for rail lengths and sleeper spacings are at real> plain track options> rail lengths and sleeper spacings... menu item. If none of the pre-set options meet your need, you can set up a custom setting -- there is a tutorial example on doing that here: http://templot.com/martweb/pdf_files/gwr_track_panels.pdf To get the rail lengths and sleeper spacings to flow correctly across template boundaries, use the roll rails functions. More about that on this page: http://templot.com/martweb/pug_info_2.htm Scroll down to "new roll rails functions" and click the "info" icon. Ask again if this isn't answering your question. regards, Martin. posted: 3 Mar 2016 20:46 ...
... around the various parts... could you possibly advise or direct me to where it is? Hi Rich, The special chairs (i.e. any other than ordinary chairs) will fit the rails in only one position, so you must have some timber under those positions. For example the "A" chair fits one position only under the crossing nose: 2_181643_360000000.png 2_181643_590000000.png You can change the actual position of the "A" chair relative to the vee nose to match your prototype at real> V-crossing options> customize V-crossing> blunt nose... menu item. Check rails have special left and right-hand end chairs for the flared ends, but generally check rails can be extended or shortened as necessary so that those chairs come over a timber. If you change from square-on to equalized timbering, Templot moves the check rails accordingly. I have written a lot in the past, but I'm too tired tonight to find it all, sorry. Here are some links: message 2272 topic 2628- message 18087 ...
... printing settings, with an option to restore all settings, so that I can simply re-load a file without having to go through several mouse clicks each time? Hi Simon, I'm working on a new more user-friendly Print Settings dialog at this moment, in connection with the new PDF output option. Or at least I would be, if I wasn't so busy with emails and user support. I haven't actually managed to do any coding for several days now, and Andy is still waiting for the n.g. customizing video which I promised. But a new Pug should appear eventually. Also for small scale layout design purposes Templot will have a new simplified and colourful "diagram mode" option. See: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p =303906#p303906 One of the reasons we have remained for so long with a menu structure for most settings is to maintain full compatibility with Windows 95, 98 and ME. Dialogs and property sheets demand far more system resources (and programming effort). The only way ...
... dimensions. But note that by default, Templot draws the templates with a proper full-width blunt nose: 2_160721_340000000.png This means that if you make a sharp vee, and align the rails correctly to such a template, the vee nose will be overhanging the "A" timber in fresh air between the timbers, aligned to the FP intersection mark. Which again looks awful. If you want to use sharper vees, you need to print new templates after adjusting the blunt nose width at real> V-crossing options> customize V-crossing> blunt nose... menu item -- click the? info button on the dialog to read more about this. Templot will then adjust the timbering to ensure that the nose is still supported on a timber. In the process the turnout will shorten slightly. This will leave small gaps between existing templates on an existing track plan, but it won't affect the alignments. 2_232021_190000000.png Here on these overlaid 1:8 crossings you can see how a sharp nose (width=0) is aligned to ...
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