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... Toplight maybe? In the meanwhile I'll endeavour to keep my rails just off the vertical. Kind regards Andrew Andrew, Thank you. I did find a small leak in the roof but nothing in the railway stuff I didn't already know about. Rob posted: 22 Jan 2019 13:17 from: Martin Wynne Hi Rob, Going off-topic, the broken quoting in your posts is caused by a bug in recent Firefox updates. You can prevent it by using Shift+ Return at the end of the first line, instead of just Return. Just for the first line, plain Return is ok after that. cheers, Martin. posted: 22 Jan 2019 13:26 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Thanks for that. Yes I noticed there was an issue. Nothing to do with trains but this is a view from one of my favorite places here. The camera has 3 positions so you have to wait a while to see the snow on the hills. Hoping to be there in person tomorrow Rob posted: 22 Jan 2019 ...
... . Any pre-existing settings for the control template are lost. copying a template to the control means that the stored specification is copied from the storage box to the current control template settings, but no changes are made to the storage box. Any pre-existing settings for the control template are lost. make the control means that Templot first does store& background for the current control template settings, and then does delete to the control on the selected background template. This is just a convenient shortcut for the user, instead of performing these two operations separately. There are a lot of functions called make... which work similarly by performing a store& background before modifying the current control template settings. Last Saturday for the first time I attempted a live-screen broadcast of Templot being used, and you can see me using these functions to assemble a track plan in this clip: http://flashbackconnect.com/Movie.aspx?id=30h3au1S5O6j0LbfPFi7sw2 As a presentation it leaves a lot to be desired, but I think it may make the ...
323. Child forms
... that. It is all working fine. Perhaps I didn't explain properly that after removing Windows.SetParent and replacing it with // Windows.SetParent(data_child_form.Handle,pad_form.Handle); // 292... if data_child_form.Parent<>nil then data_child_form.Parent.RemoveContr ol(data_child_form); pad_form.InsertControl(data_child_form); in all the applicable places, everything works fine as-is, and as in Delphi. Focus remains always with the parent. There are I think 4 places needed as above+ 1 place (in math_unit) for switch_select_form.InsertControl(data_child_form); instead. But you don't need to upload those changes yourself because I have done it in your files. I will get on with making the same change for all the other child forms. Just need time for some T2 stuff before doing much else (release notes for 225b). cheers, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> TemplotMEC nuts and bolts> Child forms about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- ...
... 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 only option, which is broadly similar to the effect of diagram mode: 2_011306_330000000.png cheers, Martin. posted: 2 Apr 2019 09:42 from: rynd2it Thanks Martin, that works but I ran into some issues with line thickness, once I changed the track colour the line went really thin and nothing in the options seems to fix it- see below. It's not a ...
... . Here's some stuff I have posted on RMweb a few times:____ The knuckles should be radiused, the knuckle gap being wider than the crossing flangeway gap. Here's a diagram which may help when setting the wing rail knuckles: 2_220535_490000000.png The blue infill shows the theoretical ideal with a sharp bend at K exactly matching the angle of the vee and in line with it. In practice on the prototype it is not possible to make such a sharp bend because of the 1:20 inclination of the rails. Instead, a short curve is used, as shown by the green line, making the knuckle gap wider than the flangeway gap. It works fine, and can help if replicated on the model. Some companies made this curve quite gentle and obvious as shown -- the NER for example. On the GWR the curve matches the crossing angle in feet, so for example a 1:7 crossing has the knuckle bend curved at 7ft radius. But it's important to get the flangeway gap correct alongside the nose of the vee ...
326. BGS file format
... A single file including the picture shapes and maps, making it much easier to share with other users and attach to posts here. For MECBOX with around 500 settings for every template, I used the old Windows INI format, which is natively supported in both Delphi and Lazarus. It's easy to use, tried and tested, but slow. That doesn't really matter for one-time transfer use. Also it doesn't easily support embedded image files, which we need for the background shapes. So for BGS3 I have used XML instead. Like INI it is text-based and readable, and editable in a text editor, although I wouldn't recommend doing that. Fortunately we already have Nils's open-source XML engine used for the sketchboard SK9 files: http://sourceforge.net/projects/simdesign/files/trunk/nativexml/ So I was able to use that more or less as-is, and much to my relief I found that it compiled in Lazarus with only a few minor tweaks. Here is an example of what a BGS3 ...
... to keep it a sensible size for use with the changing V-crossing angle. If you right-click while the F5 mouse action is active you can click lock switch to override this and prevent the switch changing. The menu item is disabled when the F5 mouse action is not active. All of which is completely out of date and irrelevant, because you should no longer be using the F5 mouse action to adjust the middle V-crossings of tandem turnouts. It is now much easier to use the F9 mouse action instead, which doesn't affect the switch. Furthermore, you may not have a switch to lock. For the middle V-crossing in a tandem turnout it is now usually much more convenient to use a partial irregular half-diamond or a gaunt turnout template, neither of which have a switch. All of which illustrates how out-of-date the tandem video is. I have more than once been on the point of deleting it, but hesitated because I simply don't have anything ready with which to replace it. ...
... It looks that your knuckle bend is a bit too sharp (red line below): The knuckles should be radiused, the knuckle gap being wider than the crossing flangeway gap. Here's a diagram which may help when setting the wing rail knuckles: 2_220535_490000000.png The blue infill shows the theoretical ideal with a sharp bend at K exactly matching the angle of the vee and in line with it. In practice on the prototype it is not possible to make such a sharp bend because of the 1:20 inclination of the rails. Instead, a short curve is used, as shown by the green line, making the knuckle gap wider than the flangeway gap. It works fine, and can help if replicated on the model. Some companies made this curve quite gentle and obvious as shown -- the NER for example. On the GWR the curve matches the crossing angle in feet, so for example a 1:7 crossing has the knuckle bend curved at 7ft radius. But it's important to get the flangeway gap correct alongside the nose of the vee ...
... . I will await comments before doing the next part. Thanks. Online at: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=eBhzi_rOhOiVu934ox6mDQ2 (To move backwards through the video, CLICK on the timeline at the bottom. Do not DRAG the slider, otherwise you will cancel the interactive pausing. Why are there always so many niggles with online video?) Or also attached below in FBR format (for better image quality) to open in the Templot video player. (For the latter you can use the space bar instead of mouse clicks if you prefer.) (The FBR file size is so much reduced in this format -- it's only 840KB -- that I'm not sure it is worth bothering with an SK5 loader.) cheers, Martin. Attachment: attach_2811_3405_diamonds_across_t urnout_part1.fbr 177 posted: 4 Apr 2019 21:40 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I think that is pretty good and can imagine the savings in time and effort for you. I can imagine it would confuse people who were not familiar with the basics of Templot ...
330. Straight Switches
... to hinge the same length as their name- obviously that doesn't apply to Table 7 in BRT3 (1964) ., and it's got a small bit of a curve as well. The one Caledonian turnout drawing I have has a 12ft straight switch with the toe to heel length of 12 feet and it is all straight. I've already customised the 12ft straight switch in Templot to use the Caledonian sleepering layout but I used the rail data as supplied. I'll re-design the rails and use a 1:30 angle (instead of 1:32) which gives 3.81mm heel offset which, less the rail width of 2.2mm, gives a gap of 1.61mm which equates to a natz over 2" full size. I'm now going to have to go and redo sixteen turnouts with their interlaced sleepering. Hopefully the revised switch won't alter the body of the turnouts too much requiring me to do a pile of timber shoving again. Jim. posted: 5 Nov 2015 20:43 from: Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: The one Caledonian turnout drawing I ...
331. Printing track plan
... can then print quickly by clicking this menu item: 2_051112_520000003.png If you print only track centre-lines, you may find that they are too faint. You can click this 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- ...
332. Y-turnouts
... the angle by mouse action. In the next program update (if I can find room for yet more buttons). regards, Martin. posted: 28 Oct 2015 16:57 from: allan roy Hi Martin, Thanks for the info. I'll have a go. Regards Allan posted: 28 Oct 2015 18:06 from: Martin Wynne Hello again Allan, My apologies. I forgot to mention that now in Templot2 a convenient way to represent a symmetrical Y-turnout is to use an irregular half-diamond template instead of a turnout template. This one hasn't needed any timber shoving: 2_281255_030000000.png The V-crossing angle (curviform) is 1:6. I set the K-crossing angle to 1:24, so that this is approximately equivalent to an A-6 or 9ft-6 Y-turnout. I rotated it by half the K-crossing angle (i.e. enter n-48 in the rotation dialog). And then adjusted the curving (F6) until the FP mark at the V-crossing was ...
... 12:27 from: Martin Wynne tarik wrote: Out of interest, can the track template be resized to fit a certain baseboard size or is it the background shape that determines how big the baseboard needs to be? Hi Tarik, If you model a real location such as Ipswich, the size of baseboard needed is determined by the size of Ipswich, and the model scale you are using. If you want to build it on a smaller baseboard you would need to use a smaller scale, such as using N gauge instead of 00. If you want to stay with 00 on a smaller baseboard you need to find somewhere smaller than Ipswich as a basis for your layout. Or invent a fictional layout which fits your available space. Many modellers use a real place such as Ipswich only as a source of ideas for their layout, but they don't try to copy it exactly because most places would require far too much space. If you want to model Ipswich full-size, but don't have room for it yourself, you might suggest to ...
334. Convert Group
... the details I had a bit of time yesterday, so I thought I'd make a start to correcting the turnout road exit lengths when I noticed some of the timbers looked incorrect. Thanks for pointing out the real reason! Although I could just print the plan at 4/7ths size, now I have a bit more room that 4mm will give me, I can add some of the features of the original that I omitted for the 7mm version. I'll await the update before doing any further work (I harvested some Onions instead yesterday evening) BTW, here's a screenshot of the 7mm version: 499_090345_410000000.png All the best Richard Last edited on 9 Jul 2019 08:45 by richard_t posted: 10 Jul 2019 01:53 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, Update version 223b is now on the server. Your existing version should offer to update automatically. The conversion bugs should be fixed -- let me know if not. cheers, Martin. posted: 10 Jul 2019 09:01 from: richard_t Thanks Martin. I've converted the plan again ...
335. Checkrail on curves
... purpose in P4: http://www.finescale.org.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=346_347_348&product_id=3938 3. to help sliding chairs onto rail, try doing it in a bowl of hot soapy water if you don't mind the mess. The soapy water lubricates the process and the heat softens the chair a little. If it is steel rail be sure to dry it off thoroughly afterwards to prevent rusting. 4. in Templot, to create check-railed plain track, use a turnout template instead of a plain track template: a. extend some approach track on the turnout. b. extend the check rail working end(s) back into the approach track. c. shorten the overall template length (F4) to contain only the approach track: 2_241653_380000000.png 2_241654_000000000.png d. use two of these back-to-back to create the full check rail length. regards, Martin. posted: 24 Nov 2014 22:27 from: Matt M. Hi Derek, Checkrails on curved track- 10 chains The ...
... no way to drag it or re-size it. Starting it slightly smaller allows it to be dragged and re-sized if needed for a more comfortable fit to your monitors. And under Wine it is sometimes necessary to drag the trackpad out of the way to access a modal dialog hidden beneath it. There is an option at program> main program panel> trackpad position... menu item to change the restored-down position. I will look at that to include the option to restore down when maximized, instead of the above settings. It would also need a keyboard shortcut in case the menu is not accessible. All that being said, there is a small bug in current versions which means that once you have selected to use multiple monitors for the trackpad, there is no way to remove the option from your saved preferences without losing all of them. To solve your problem therefore you would need to abandon preferences, then restart Templot, choose match primary monitor only for the trackpad, and then start saving preferences again. Unfortunately ...
... within their transition zones. You can update the extent of the transition zone to match the template length by clicking the geometry> transition curve> normalize transition menu item: 2_012048_390000000.png More explanation of transition curves on this page: http://templot.com/companion/transition_curves.php p.s. your storage box contains 190 templates of which 155 are unused. You can remove them all if no longer wanted by clicking the box> delete unused templates menu item on the storage box. Unused templates are created when you wipe them from the trackpad instead of deleting them. It is useful when you think you might want them again later, for example when making trial changes "just to see if...". cheers, Martin. posted: 2 Aug 2019 07:31 from: Tom Allen i would never have figured that one out, truly a great program. I've been using "wipe" to clear grouped items not thinking where they would end up. posted: 2 Aug 2019 08:35 from: Tom Allen Are there any other problem areas ...
338. 3-way Handling
... starting turnout, and then create the tandem in it's final position. You can however move and align a tandem as a unit, by grouping its component templates and then using the notch-linking functions. The prefix tag allows for easy grouping. To add a branch track, return curve, crossover, etc., to a tandem, first click on one of the two underlying turnout templates, as required. If it's difficult to click the right one, hold down the SHIFT key and then click on the name labels instead of the track, until you get the right one. 1. Delete it the control template. 2. Make the branch track or whatever. 3. Now immediately click the tools> make 3-way tandem turnout> reset derived partial template menu item. Before you do anything else. This is important, otherwise some parts of the template and/or subsequent templates will be missing, as you found. But if extending exit track on the the existing partial template, for example with F4 or adding approach track ...
... sk81 file Attachment: attach_2019_2599_high_road_14_12_1 6_2053_57.sk81 373 posted: 20 Dec 2014 23:37 from: dce21b How would i convert these to n scale? posted: 20 Dec 2014 23:41 from: dce21b Nevermind I guess I just have to change the guage to n scale right? posted: 20 Dec 2014 23:48 from: Martin Wynne dce21b wrote: Nevermind I guess I just have to change the guage to n scale right? Hi Daniel, No, that will mint new templates, restoring some default UK settings. Instead, to convert them to N-NMRA, click the convert group button on the gauge/scale dialog. That's at gauge> other gauges... menu item. The conversion may do some funny tricks, such as the wrong check rail (guard rail) end gaps for machined flares, but it's all easily fixed. regards, Martin. posted: 22 Dec 2014 22:06 from: dce21b Ok, I have used the US templates and redid the layout... what you guys think? Please ...
... middle and the bottoms of the sleepers dont line up- which I am used to seeing- looks very odd Also the checkrails are obviously totally wrong too All very frustrating as this is obviously a very clever piece of software that is showing all too well that I am not very clever at all posted: 26 Jan 2015 10:13 from: TPP Ok let me try those pictures again... undefined undefined posted: 26 Jan 2015 10:14 from: TPP I suppose I could go for 00 and Hornby Setrack instead Attachment: attach_2041_2594_s_09_1in6_timberi ng.jpg 425 Last edited on 26 Jan 2015 10:18 by TPP posted: 26 Jan 2015 10:19 from: TPP Second image here Attachment: attach_2043_2594_s_09_1in6.jpg 294 posted: 26 Jan 2015 10:22 from: TPP emplate generated at 10:21:23 on 26/01/2015 using Templot v:2.11.bscale= 7.0 mm/ft scale ratio= 1:43.54track gauge= 9.0 flangeway gap= 0.85template: straightrail head and foot (flatbottom): rails vertical------ ...
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