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321. 7.1/4" gauge
... gauge. I have tried various scales and it never comes out right. I have access to a large roll printer, which would make the setting out of points on this scale easy. Many thanks, Barney Swain. posted: 29 Jun 2009 13:47 from: Martin Wynne Barnabas Swain wrote: How can I enter it as 7.1/4" and not as a scale as my loco is narrow gauge. I have tried various scales and it never comes out right. Hi Barney, You need to create a custom scale/gauge setting. The scale comes first. You didn't say but I would imagine for narrow-gauge on 7.1/4" you are probably modelling at around 1:4 scale, i.e. 3"/ft? There is a video showing how to set up templates for narrow-gauge -- see: topic 376 Enter say 1:4 for the scale and i7.25 (or 184.15mm) for the track gauge. If you can say a bit more about the exact scale, flangeway gaps, sleeper ...
322. Slattocks Junctions
... Wynne Andy G wrote: The only issue I've got with this arrangement is the very short length of plain track between the slip and the toe of the junction. Dick had said that this was avoided if possible. Hi Andy, True, but the way the prototype would avoid that would be to move the slip forward and move the tandem further round the curve. The alternative is to specify over-long switch fronts on the turnout to avoid the short length of plain track. That would be more likely than a complete custom irregular slip design. p.s. By the way, in the double junction the turnouts would ideally be changed to curviform V-crossings, then snake them forward a fraction to align with the diamond. As it stands with contraflexure through the generic crossings, you have a very slight reverse curve in the vee splice rails. regards, Martin. posted: 23 Jul 2009 10:43 from: Andy G Hopefully a final update for a good while, but here is the track plan as it will be implemented. Front ...
... all the rail joint marks are there except for the Vee wing rail joints, these joint marks only return when you restore the timbers. Not really a big deal, but does make it more difficult when you want to adjust the wing rail joints when you have no timbers on the template. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 26 Nov 2011 16:01 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, The position of the wing rail joints is determined by the timber spacing -- real> V-crossing options> customize V-crossing> wing rail front... menu item. This is necessary so that the joints are marked central between the timbers. Admittedly this is rather a back-to-front way of working, normally the timbers are laid out to suit the rail lengths. I will see if the joints can be drawn when no timbers are present. regards, Martin. posted: 26 Nov 2011 16:53 from: Brian Nicholls Martin Wynne wrote: This is necessary so that the joints are marked central between ...
324. Scissors crossover?
... Martin. Attachment: attach_575_872_curved_scissors_joh n_preston.pdf 1026 posted: 11 Nov 2009 21:22 from: DANNY POSTHUMUS I wanted to know if I want to make a straing scissors crossover exactly 17meter and 2.150m track centers with 914mm gauge how do I do this? Danny posted: 12 Nov 2009 19:41 from: Alan Turner DANNY POSTHUMUS wrote: I wanted to know if I want to Only you can answer that. As regards your particular gauge (not one of the standard ones already provided by TEMPLOT) first start by producing your custom gauge and track separation then follow the tutorial. Alan p.s. what you ask can't be done. The track centres are too close and you need at least 21m for the crossover; probably more for decent crossing angles. This may be what it looks like. Attachment: attach_684_872_Crossover.JPG 1219 Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Scissors crossover? about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index ...
325. Viable for T Gauge?
... Hi All, Just joined. I've recently just got myself some T Gauge to keep me occupied over the winter Have tried to make some points freehand but it's very awkward to get the angles correct. Is T a bit too small to design and print scale templates? regards, Alex. posted: 1 Dec 2011 09:53 from: Martin Wynne Alex wrote: Is T a bit too small to design and print scale templates? Hi Alex, Welcome to Templot Club. No problem at all -- just create a custom gauge setting at the desired scale and gauge (1 :480? 3mm?). Here is a B-6 turnout in less than 50mm (2 "). But I'm not sure how you go about building it: 2_010449_280000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 1 Dec 2011 10:09 from: Alex Thanks for the info Martin. It's going to be very fiddly but I'm going to give it a go Any idea when v2 might be available? regards, Alex. posted: 1 Dec 2011 10: ...
326. Printing track plan
... use and the other two on 80 gm for sticking down duties. I did manage to get a quote for £90 for one sheet, so shop around. Regards John posted: 12 Dec 2011 18:29 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, Many thanks for the link -- full details and prices of PDF printing are here: http://www.stylize.co.uk/plan-printing.html Note that in TDV Templot can create large format PDF files directly, there is no need for external PDF generator programs or messing about with custom printing sizes. regards, Martin. posted: 12 Dec 2011 18:32 from: wcampbell23 Len Cattley wrote: Is there anybody that could print my track plan? It is in O Gauge and is only 12ft long by 2ft wide I am will to pay for expenses. Regards Len Cattley Hi Len If you have access to an ordinary printer that takes A4 paper you can get very good results by printing the pages and pasting them together on your baseboard. For my own project I printed just over 50 pages on ...
327. Templot2 tutorials
... , grid and ruler 5. creating a simple track plan 6. printing and exporting a track plan 7. adding background shapes 8. converting a track plan to a full layout diagram on the sketchboard 9. about regular diamonds, K-crossings and slips 10. about irregular diamonds and double-junctions 11. about tandem 3-ways, scissors and using partial templates 12. entering data and keeping a journal on the jotter 13. using scanned picture shapes as a guide plan 14. more advanced track planning 15. customizing templates to prototype data 16. using Templot with CAD, vector data and metafiles posted: 20 Dec 2011 18:01 from: Les G Hi Martin, Looks good Les G posted: 20 Dec 2011 18:22 from: ESJAYTEE speaking as a novice willing to learn, as a set of chapter headings it looks fine explaining the work environment and walking through some basics. Speaking as one who is both a novice at templot and a novice at track could I perhaps ask for a glossary of common terms, names ...
... more usual, you can get much better running and appearance by removing the gauge-widening except where you actually need it. So for example 31.5mm 0-MF with 1.5mm flangeways is gaining acceptance as the best option for 0 gauge using all existing wheels, widened to 32mm only on sharp curves. Likewise 16.2mm 00-SF is becoming popular, widened to 16.5mm only on sharp curves. Unfortunately, if the check rail chairs you wish to use have 1.75mm flangeways, your options are a bit restricted. I suggest using a custom track gauge of 31.75mm, thus creating the same 30.0mm check gauge as for 0-MF, and applying a fixed 0.25mm gauge-widening throughout. You can then use 1.5mm flangeways at the V-crossing and gain the same improved running with full support through crossings as for 0-MF. You can't do that at 32mm gauge with 30.25mm check gauge because the check span might be a bit too wide for some wheels. regards, Martin. posted: 13 Jan 2012 14:52 from: LSWRArt Hi Martin That ...
329. WDLR Turnouts
... external geometrical radius (substitution radius) matches the required radius. There is a video showing how to do this at: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/subs_rad.exe If you are using TDV, use F9 rather than F5 to adjust the V-crossing angle. For narrow-gauge, light railways and industrial you could change to a gaunt turnout and set the gaunt offset to zero. This will cause the switch rails (points) to follow the geometrical radius exactly. However, a proper design requires a custom switch to create the correct planing and heel dimensions for the switch rails. Do you have some data for the switch (points)? regards, Martin. posted: 15 Jan 2012 20:49 from: Bruce A Wilson Martin. I will look at that. I can upload the drawing I have. Where to? posted: 15 Jan 2012 20:51 from: Bruce A Wilson I hope I get this right. Drawing of WDLR turnout Attachment: attach_1313_1789_30mRadiusWDLRTurn out.JPG 220 posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:53 ...
... to do with, it asks a very simple question. Do it... posted: 4 Jul 2012 20:18 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, Thanks for that. This is a trick to get me to pay a hefty registration/white-listing fee, after which the very same file will magically become 100% safe. Notice that they don't say that they have actually found anything wrong with it. The same trick is tried by some US-based ISPs, who won't let your emails to their customers through their spam filters until you have paid them a fee. Nothing doing. Seriously I think you should consider changing to a reputable anti-virus provider. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Jul 2012 20:38 from: JFS I had no issues- even though I use McAffee. I admit that I ditched Norton as a complete con about 8 years ago. Regards, Howard. posted: 4 Jul 2012 23:08 from: Rob Manchester Martin, My AVAST AV software flags up Templot as being potentially ...
... the curving radius in the main road to match (- 928.11mm negative for a Y-turnout) -- geometry> radius and curving... menu item. Then adjust the crossing angle using F5 (or F9 in TDV) until the internal geometrical radius is the same again. The answer is 1 in 3.53. However as Nigel suggested such very short Y-turnouts do look a bit toy-like, and at the very least you should change from the A switch to a 9ft switch, or a shorter custom switch. In practice it's probably better to adopt 1:4 as the shortest turnout for normal use. 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> Y turnout help please 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 ...
332. Finescale Forum
... it fixed and back up in due course. regards, Martin. posted: 20 Mar 2010 17:59 from: Jim Guthrie Martin, I'm now getting the main pages again but I'm not able to access any individual threads. Maybe I'll try later. Jim. posted: 21 Mar 2010 08:03 from: Martin Wynne Hi Jim, It seems their hosting provider is upgrading all hosted boards to the latest version of phpBB3: http://twitter.com/forumhost If they are all down, he has some unhappy customers. The latest news on his front page at: http://www.phpbbhosts.co.uk is over 12 months old, and his support forum is also down. regards, Martin. posted: 21 Mar 2010 08:20 from: Jim Guthrie Martin, There may be something to be said in favour of mailing lists and Usenet. Jim. posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:41 from: Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: There may be something to be said in favour of mailing lists and Usenet. Hi Jim, Maybe ...
333. point & splice rail
... 12 from: shawg is there any way to have point and splice rails at different lengths for example in a 1:7 crossing, point rail 13' 3" and splice rail 13' 9" posted: 17 Feb 2012 15:14 from: Martin Wynne shawg wrote: is there any way to have point and splice rails at different lengths for example in a 1:7 crossing, point rail 13' 3" and splice rail 13' 9" Hi Geoff, Sorry, no. You can represent a custom rail joint on the template using a severely shoved bonus timber (reduce the width to zero). What is the prototype? In the vast majority of cases the splice rail length is set so that both legs of the vee are the same length. For example the usual dimensions of REA bullhead 1:7 crossings from the blunt nose are: Point and Splice assembled= 13'-10" Splice rail only= 13'-1.5" And for original inclined FB: Point and Splice assembled= 14'- ...
... can quickly snap together a track plan from standard templates in a few minutes, or spend days creating a single template matching a specific prototype. Are you trying to match one or more individual templates exactly to the FastTrack jigs? To some commercial ready-made track? Are you trying to match one or more templates to a specific real prototype? Are you creating a track plan? To your design or a track plan copied from a book or magazine? To a track plan matching a real map? A track plan containing customized templates? A complex formation comprised of multiple partial templates? Templates for printing? Templates for export as DXF to CAD/CAM? Templot can do all of these things, but the best way of using it may differ for each. That's why it is difficult to give specific advice, and you may get conflicting replies from different users. Before saying what happened or seemed to happen, please explain clearly what you are trying to do. regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript ...
... the above better match OO-SF? Regards, Greg posted: 5 Aug 2010 12:44 from: Martin Wynne grog_polymer wrote: can you please tell me in what way the above better match 00-SF? Hi Greg, I meant that if you select 00-SF in Templot you get UK-style timbering sizes and spacings by default.* Obviously you can use the 00-SF dimensions with any timbering styles or scales, such as 7mm scale narrow-gauge. But in that case you have to customize the templates in Templot accordingly. *note that if you start with one of the Peco templates and select match original on the gauge/scale dialog before changing to 00-SF, the Peco style timbering will be retained for the 00-SF template. Terry Flynn in Australia has an H0 Fine Scale equivalent of 00-SF which you may want to look at: http://www.angelfire.com/clone/rail/index.html regards, Martin. posted: 5 Aug 2010 12:55 from: grog_polymer Many thanks ...
... before somewhere! posted: 13 Dec 2010 00:43 from: Martin Wynne roythebus wrote: Well, started progress with a bit of track building only to notice the flangeway gaps are rather wide for my standards. I've found the bit in "templates" to change that to 1mm, but how do I do that for all the templates? Or do I have to do each one individually? Hi Roy, You can do them all in one go if you select the new standard from the list (or create a custom standard). For instructions see: message 7566 What gauge and scale are you using? For 1mm flangeways in 00 gauge use either the 00-SF setting (16.2mm track gauge) or the 00-DOGAF setting (16.5mm track gauge). For more about 00-SF see: http://00-sf.webs.com regards, Martin. posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:22 from: roythebus Well, thanks to all and sundry for the help. I've now got the track plan almost finalised and spent a ...
... Persumably there were to allow more direct access to the said cattle dock. (Photos suggested they were hand worked) Just for information, the turntable, coaling stage are from the original LSWR Exeter Queen Street loco shed and the carriage sidings are the original shed roads. (Photos seem to suggest the inspecttion pits were filled in). In 1910, one wall and some outbuildings from the original shed were still standing just below the bottom carriage siding in the plan. All trackwork was constructed from LSWR 45' Track Panels, custom switches for LSWR No 1 and LSWR No 4 switches (1891 geometry), LSWR buffer stop and LSWR 1:7 slips. These were drawn separately in Templot and imported as a track library. Should you view the layout, best to hide the labels! Cheers Phil Attachment: attach_845_1201_Exeter_Queen_Stree t_LSWR_(1910) .box 463 posted: 9 Nov 2010 15:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi Phil, That's very impressive. I did notice in a few places that you don't have a full 6ft way running clearance ...
338. Printers v Plotters
... topic: 1161 Printers v Plotters posted: 7 Jul 2010 10:45 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Recently I had occasion to dust off my ancient Roland Plotter and use it. Purpose was twofold. 1) I had just run out of normal A3 paper and only had plotter paper to hand having used most of my supply for a rather large project. 2) I wanted to test it out, as I have decided to use it for other purposes, namely custom waterslide transfer and pcb production (one-offs mainly) plus it also gives me the possibility for small quantities of chemical etching. How you might ask is this possible? Well, I originally bought the thing, many moons ago to produce artwork for just that but technology overtook the need for hardcopy and I was too busy to go further with it (all pre-dates my business activity). You can get special pens for it which can be used for putting down resist, for pcbs the only problem is board thickness, standard 1.6mm is too thick so ...
... : 2_240423_390000000.png Here is the pad view in 4mm scale. The auto-sizing has worked fine -- the ruler shows 78.67mm (19ft-8in scaled). 2_240426_520000000.png Thanks again. Martin. posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:36 from: Martin Wynne Howard wrote: Why not make the steps a separate item? Then you can have them next to the large box, or straight out of the small box. Hi Howard, The idea of a library of building components is a good one. Users can then create custom buildings as required. For example the signal box part could be stretched to accommodate more levers, and then the unstretched steps could be attached. Items on the sketchboard can be combined and then treated as a single item for positioning and rotation. Combined items can be further combined together to produce more complex graphics. So for a signalling diagram we could perhaps have a library of signal parts -- posts, long and short arms, brackets and gantries etc. Users could then build up each signal symbol on the sketchboard before ...
... be printed off tomorrow and work to start. The next challenge is a compact multi level 014 layout with continuous run, and all in 2' by 4' 6". Cheers S. posted: 9 Nov 2010 15:15 from: Martin Wynne SidSanders wrote: Today I decided to go for it, and got my first complete layout plan, took almost all day, had me swearing and cursing, but I've got it now, and it feels good! Hi Sid, Well done. That looks great with custom n.g. turnouts. Thanks for posting it. There was a request for 0n14 details on the Trax users group recently, so I have taken the liberty of posting a link to this topic: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/traxusers/messages/67?threaded=1 &m =e &var=1 &tidx=1 regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Share and show ...
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