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... fairly flat, so the wheels don't bump when they first meet the switch rail. It seems to work fine for me. posted: 9 Dec 2015 11:15 from: Martin Wynne Here is some stuff which I wrote recently on the Scalefour forum, see this topic (3 pages): http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f =5 &t =4408 If you are having trouble filing blades, here's a Templot idea for a filing aid which might help. For "B" blades, print a straight template for a strange-size turnout having a 12ft straight switch and 1:32 crossing angle. The turnout road will then be straight. You need to print only this part of it. Make it up on some scrap copper-clad with the stock rails only (blue rails). Make sure the set bend is accurate and correctly positioned by measuring the stock gauge at 2 in the diagram. There are no curved sections: 2_090803_310000000.png The yellow rail is the blade being worked on. Mark it all ...
... 01:06 from: Martin Wynne ikcdab wrote: I have a great new track plan in templot that i have worked many hours on. Now to start building the layout...is it possible to add powerfeeds and track isolation breaks in templot? Then when I lay my track on the templates, i already have power feeds etc already shown? Many thanks again Hi Ian, There is no specific provision for those, but several ways you might improvise such marks. It could get quite tedious compared with simply marking up the printed templates with a felt-tip pen. Firstly of course, isolation breaks could be shown as actual breaks in the rail, by splitting out partial templates in the usual way. That would be very tedious to do on every template. You could use the background shapes to mark up the templates. They are quite quick to add with a click. For example you could use the target mark shapes to represent dropper wire positions, and draw lines across the rails to represent isolation breaks. A recent program update added the ...
363. Key legend
... Having watched the introductory video of how to lay templates over a drawing, I could really use a keyboard legend of what does what with out having to go through the video over and over trying to spot what's happening. It really needs some narration rather than music too. Is the a list of commands somewhere? A printable keyboard overlay would be fantastic. posted: 1 Mar 2020 23:39 from: Rob Manchester Matthew, There is a printable chart of key functions. In Templot go to the Help menu and select Print F key chart. Rob posted: 2 Mar 2020 00:55 from: Martin Wynne Hi Matthew, Welcome to Templot Club. All the mouse actions and their keyboard shortcuts, if any, are shown on the action> sub-menus: 2_020155_560000000.png As Rob said, there is a chart of the F key functions which can be printed out, help> print F key chart menu item: function_keys_icbw.gif It's not an overlay, but it is the same size as a standard Windows keyboard, so can be folded and ...
... on the town/yard side, so it all fits together 632_010055_580000000.png This has taken a couple of days but I am happy with it. I even followed Martins turntable videos to do the turntable. But I digress.... The whole point of this thread was to ask for advice. What would be the best way to start with my Y turnouts within the knowledge that I am a Templot minnow. Or, should I just forget the whole idea and just use the rails to build the turnouts once it is printed. Any suggestions welcome. I am also attaching the box file for the layout in case anyone wants to have a nosy at at this minnows work... Cheers Bruce Attachment: attach_769_1093_RFW4-town.box 182 posted: 1 Apr 2010 09:36 from: Martin Wynne BruceNordstrand wrote: What would be the best way to start with my Y turnouts within the knowledge that I am a Templot minnow. Or, should I just forget the whole idea and just use the rails to build the turnouts once it is printed. ...
365. Posting messages
... or whichever) dictionary. Oh yeah- forgot that bit! It was ages ago when I installed Firefox! The really funny thing is that it underlines "Firefox"! I chuckled at that as well Any other Firefox goodies that I don't know about? Lots and lots and lots :-) Add-ons I have installed are: FasterFox- does that page really take ages to load? Google Toolbar- not the invasive IE version. New Tab Button- gives you the button that IE7 has but not Firefox! Print/Print Preview- changes the functionality of the Print button. Tab Catalog- if you have multiple tabs open, this gives a single page overview. VideoDownloader- grabs Youtube etc. videos as a file http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ lists thousands more. Basically, if you think "Why doesn't it...?" there is probably an add-on to do it. Have fun (I think even this non-web-forum person is getting the hang of this ...
366. Season's Greetings
... However, after a few days, heavy overnight rain (it went milder) swept it all away. Hope it stays away until Christmas day; haven't got the turkey in yet! Merry Christmas to all. Nigel posted: 17 Dec 2017 23:03 from: Phil O Seasons Greetings to Martin and all you Temploteers. Phil posted: 18 Dec 2017 20:07 from: madscientist I've asked santa for More automated templot" wizards" User programmable buttons... An alarm every time I create a duplicate template A print out of the peg positions description A.... Then my kids kicked me, told me to stop snoring, said" in your dreams", and SWMBO told me to clear the spare room out. Oh well Happy Christmas to you all, and may 2018 bring fruitful track building posted: 18 Dec 2017 22:00 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: I've asked santa for A print out of the peg positions description Hi Dave, The original 20-year-old page is here: http: ...
... release versions. At present however I am fully stretched working on the next pug version, which itself is approaching 3 years since 091c was released. I will answer your question about loops shortly. regards, Martin. posted: 28 Oct 2010 23:15 from: Bill Fay Martin Wynne wrote: But I'm more and more convinced that only a minority of users do in fact read the docs. A good few don't even read the order confirmation letter which I send them. Some do Martin. When I first started I printed off the Templot Companion and a few Tutorials. Despite the cost of ink and paper I found it invaluable in helping me get started and I still frequently refer to the Companion. Also if I print off a help page I now insert into the Companion- very useful. I am sure I am not alone in feeling a need to digest written information whilst learning. Actually I found the Companion very readable compared with the usual computer programme manuals! Bill posted: 29 Oct 2010 14:16 from: Glen Suckling Bill ...
... topic: 1633 Quick Intro: Nit picking posted: 17 Sep 2011 14:24 from: Glen Suckling Hi Martin This is really insignificant but I thought that I would mention it anyway. The quick intro has two pages in its panel. However, when printing, page one actually prints as two pages. The printout therefore consists of three pages numbered 1, [unnumbered] and 2. Glen posted: 17 Sep 2011 15:20 from: Martin Wynne Hi Glen, Thanks. Your printer is simply overlapping to a new page because it won't all fit on one page. This depends on the text size and the paper sheet size. You can change the text size by clicking the change text size link at the bottom of each page. If you set about 80%, the first page will probably fit on a single sheet. Or alternatively use a larger paper size. At present the printed text size is probably a bit too big. I will get all this fine-tuned when there is a bit more Quick Intro content ...
... posted: 4 Jul 2015 16:31 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin It's clear that many users, perhaps most, prefer to watch a video rather than read lengthy text-based explanations on web pages. Is that really true? I hate it when I google how to do something only to find that to get the answer I have to wade through a 10 minute video instead of being able to read through something at my own speed. I know that on yours we can easily pause video, but you still can't print a video out and keep it in a file! I wonder what other people think? I think now that by far the best set of instructions and tutorials is this very forum! How about making any documentation no more than a "Getting started" set of instructions with all the basics covered, sufficient to create, say, a simple GWR terminus station using all the default settings? I think just about everything more than that is covered in the forums somewhere, and it would take a hell of a load off ...
... topic: 1050 British Railways and BPC Photographs posted: 19 Feb 2010 16:11 from: richard_t Hello I have the book: Liverpool& Manchester Part 2 that has a couple of what look like useful photographs of the trackwork into Manchester Central, and although the book is printed well, I can't make out all of the details. They are credited as BPC. Does anyone know who this is and perhaps where I can get in contact for better copies of the photographs. Another book, Manchester Railway Termini has a photograph credited to British Rail- same story. Who now holds these and where I can get in contact? TIA Richard posted: 19 Feb 2010 18:09 from: Martin Wynne richard_t wrote: I have the book: Liverpool& Manchester Part 2 that has a couple of what look like useful photographs of the trackwork into Manchester Central, and although the book is printed well, I can't make out all of the details. They are credited as BPC. Does anyone know who this is and perhaps where I can get ...
... : 19 Sep 2017 23:34 from: Tony W OK Kelly, I think this is about it. Regards Tony. Attachment: attach_2505_3046_kelly_shepperton _mod_2017_09_19_2330_02.box 130 posted: 20 Sep 2017 16:08 from: d827kelly Thanks Tony. Looks good. posted: 3 Oct 2017 18:38 from: d827kelly Can someone double check I've not made any mess ups with the slight junction change (for the oil terminal). I've shoved the timbers there, to what seems to look ok. I'd appreciate a double check before I start printing templates onto card. Thanks. Attachment: attach_2513_3046_kelly_shepperton _mod_2017_10_03_1835_34.box 155 posted: 3 Oct 2017 22:58 from: Tony W Hi Kelly. I have checked your latest version. There seem to be a couple of misalignments between the approach track of the oil siding turnout and the sections of track either side of it. Sorting these out results in the turnout radius becoming a bit sharp through the switch. I have changed it to a C- 10 with a curviform crossing to optimise the situation so hope the result is acceptable ...
... ago and may well have increased. I'll know soon since I've just sent another order off. Before we had our plastic chairs, we had whitemetal chairs which worked very well. But latterly we found it impossible to find a caster who would produce the chairs in thousands- Bob Wills had done the casting originally- so that's when we got Len Newman to do our plastic ones. If you can find a caster, I suspect that whitemetal casting is probably the least expensive way of producing metal chairs. There is also 3D printing of metal parts and that might be another way to use but I don't know what the costs of this printing might be. Jim. posted: 20 Sep 2018 20:41 from: Rob Manchester Hi Jim, Thanks for your thoughts. I like to make all my layout track using seperate chairs except for fiddle yards and such like. Using flexitrack between custom P&C work never looks right when I try it. The issue of cost becomes more relevant then because you need around 200 chairs to make a yard ...
... . It's not like business software which you use every day. You might go 3 months without using Templot, and then need it to produce some templates. After that time it's very easy to forget how things work, which settings you have changed, and which messages you have dismissed. Hi Martin, That's exactly it which is why I plead once more for a startup file or, at the minimum, a file to save all the printer options I select. I always manage to forget one or two until after pressing PRINT and then need to do the whole thing over. Not life threatening but VERY annoying. Templot is an incredible program but without (1) the option of turning off ALL the warning messages with one click, (2) some means of saving one's startup settings (workaround- let Templot reload itself then delete all the templates) and (3) some way to save the many wonderful print options, prospective purchasers may be put off. Best Regards Peter posted: 18 Mar 2008 23:35 from: richard_t with ...
... to each template. regards, Martin. posted: 24 Aug 2010 20:44 from: richard_t Thanks. I want to go around the plan adding check rails to those under 10 chains. I guess I'll visit each template in turn. posted: 24 Aug 2010 20:58 from: Martin Wynne richard_t wrote: I want to go around the plan adding check rails to those under 10 chains. I guess I'll visit each template in turn. Hi Richard, Try this. On the storage box -- box> print info> print all texts menu item. Print to a PDF generator. Open the PDF file in your Reader and repeat search (F3) for "minimum radius". 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> Setting new minimum radius about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time ...
... topic: 2714 Moving The Background Grid posted: 27 Jun 2015 16:45 from: leswaters It has been a while but I have a new question which I hope has not been asked recently. My apologies if it is a dumb one. I have spent some time drawing a large O gauge layout on Templot which I enjoyed doing very much. However, I am planning on printing this out very soon and a thought has occurred to me. I have built some 1600 X 1600mm baseboards but I do not want a baseboard join where a turnout is supposed to be. I have adjusted the grid spacing to 1600 X 1600mm and there will be some conflict with baseboard joins. I would like to move the grid around to get the best fit before I print the plan. Is this possible to do or does it mess things up? If it is possible can some kind soul take me through the menu options to complete this task? I am using Templot 2 currently. Thank you in advance for any help. Regards Les posted: ...
376. GWR 45 foot
... : 24 Apr 2020 13:09 from: Martin Wynne rynd2it wrote: first the dimensions in Stuarts file show (e.g.) 25.875 but Templot is changing this to 25.88 Hi David, That's only on the screen, the actual recorded dimension will be whatever you enter. Rounding to 2 decimal places is just to make it easier to read. If you want it to display the full dimension, tick the show full fraction tickbox at the bottom left: 2_240749_350000000.png In practice of course there would be no detectable difference on the printed template between 25.875" and 25.88"- that's a difference of 5 thou in the position of the full-size prototype timber! to terminate the list of spacing the instructions say to enter a 0- I do but it continues to ask for sleeper 19/20/21 etc, I can't seem to terminate the list at 18 sleepers Just keep entering 0 down to the bottom of the dialog, as above. Since Stuart wrote his tutorial I changed the program to avoid excessive computer cpu usage on this dialog. ...
... , they rotate around the current notch position, which you can set beforehand. The notch also allows those who want to work "CAD-style" to exactly position the template boundaries, radial centres, etc., at fixed locations. The other symbols shown in the diagram above are: The "grid origin" is the location where X= zero and Y= zero. It is where the grid origin lines intersect. All dimensions are referenced from this grid origin location. The "page origin" is where the printing of templates begins (the top left corner of the first printed page). It normally coincides with the grid origin, but you can move it to wherever you want. The green dot "template datum" is the internal datum for the control template. This is for expert use only and you can normally ignore it. A black dot shows its vertical position if the grid origin line is not visible in the current view. regards, Martin. posted: 8 Aug 2010 09:56 from: grog_polymer Aaaarrrggggghhh this ...
378. A junction
... ? Is that the only H00-DN layout in captivity? At 32ft x 6ft you have plenty of length, but very tight on width for the end curves. Where will the operating space be for the terminus? Inside the loops or outside with the main lines between the controls and the station? I notice you have a fixed diamond at 1:9.5 which could cause some mis-tracking. At that angle most folks would go for a switch diamond. Are you planning to have the junction pointwork 3-D printed? cheers, Martin. posted: 19 May 2019 18:17 from: Andrew Barrowman Martin Wynne wrote: Thanks for posting that Andy. Any updates? Is that the only H00-DN layout in captivity? At 32ft x 6ft you have plenty of length, but very tight on width for the end curves. Where will the operating space be for the terminus? Inside the loops or outside with the main lines between the controls and the station? I notice you have a fixed diamond at 1:9.5 which ...
379. New - T Gauge
... //talkingtgauge.s2.bizhat.com And main blog at: http://1 -450.blogspot.com including an 'rtr' bashed point. Oh, and please post more plans as jpegs etc, alas some of us have yet to find/make time to do Templot yet! Sam Kennion. Martin Wynne wrote (on the old Yahoo group): It seems that no pointwork is offered. So we shall be building our own. To get a feel for this tiny size, I thought it would be fun to convert a track plan and print it to size. Your layout full-size on two sheets of A4! T-Gauge is 1:480 scale on 3mm gauge -- box file attached below. Before printing, untick timber numbering in the generator and rebuild the background. You might also want to change to thin line thicknesses. (If you want to take T-Gauge seriously, Templot will be happier if you work at say 1:120 scale at print at 25% of full-size. I need to make some changes to ...
... increase in my understanding of scanners and the ability of manufacturers to confuse potential users. Finally my best wishes to all Templotters for 2020. John from 33820 St Ciers sur Gironde Attachment: attach_2968_3588_Brochure_comp.png 110 posted: 26 Dec 2019 13:20 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, Thanks for that. It's all a bit academic because I have found the best results at 3200 DPI, anything above that taking a lot longer with no obvious improvement in quality. There is no point in scanning at a significantly higher resolution than the original print, or the grain in the film. No printed image reaches anywhere near 3200DPI (typical high-quality glossy printing is 600DPI). I notice that the GB brochure you posted is a later date (mentions Windows10) than the US one. The latter refers to "Micro Step Drive Technology", the GB simply says sub-DPI stepping. That's probably down to differing patent/trade mark issues. Micro-stepping of stepper motors is such a common technique that I doubt it would be patentable in the UK ...
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