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21. A user gives up
... world moves on and it is often the good that gets left in the dust- I bought a video 2000 video player because it was clearly the best- anyone interested in 10 kilos of useless plastic? There are many challenges ahead for the small man and none of them of our own making, but more power to your elbow for not giving up Best wishes, Howard posted: 18 Jul 2013 21:36 from: TonyHagon Hello Martin My "three penn'orth" to this thread if I may. I've been in software development and sales for just under 40 years both for a fairly small family run cottage company (after which the computer in 2001-A Space Odyssey was named, three letters, clue- I've Been Married') and in partnership leading a number of government and commercial software projects. I was mainly customer facing and very often when we were bidding to replace existing software the users had absolutely no idea how to use the system they had been delivered, in some cases after several years of trying. The key was that the ...
... mostly) improvement, not redundant fixes of what wasn't broke. I'm making good progress with a new file format for transfers to OT/MEC, I should be able to post a scruff release in a day or two. You will then be able to load Jim's .box files into OT/MEC to test the file viewer Great! I am at the point where I need it before I can go much further. I have figured out Lazarus (a bit), reminded myself of Pascal (a bit), and developing on Win98 (a bit) and have been filling the time reading up on point joggles. Thanks for popping back, I was beginning to wonder if you had fallen off your bike. To be honest, I did- several times. I re-started the work twice, but now sailing along smoothly. Cant wait to get out of first gear! Cheers, graeme posted: 28 Oct 2019 22:56 from: Martin Dobbins Graeme wrote: <snip>Yes indeed! Though I think a view from ...
... the trackpad full screen anyway, but for those with more screen space it would avoid cluttering up the trackpad. Just a thought. Cheers, g Last edited on 20 Nov 2019 08:41 by Graeme posted: 20 Nov 2019 12:31 from: Martin Wynne Hi Graeme, That's a lot of crossing-out on your exam paper! Some things you suggest are already possible, see for example clicking on a background template and then S show in box. The info options, like a lot of Templot, have developed piecemeal over the years and are ripe for rationalisation and improvement. The problem is that there is always more to everything than appears at first sight. There is often a good reason why things are the way they are, even if I can't now remember the reason. At present we have two ways to see the info for a background template (in addition to the info for the current control template): 1. click on a background template and I information on its menu. This is displayed as HTML on a ...
... than 3D printing, Example 7 mm chairs are about twice the price to have them printed against buying an injection moulded item I can see a time when 3D printing will be far cheaper, eventually something that could be done at home cost effectively or bought cheaply. then you can buy a bespoke design exactly to your needs and either have it printed or print at home Example, my wife gets photo's printed online, a certain amount a month for the cost of P&P. or for the price of getting your film developed she buys a small bespoke photo album with text added (not even worth printing at home any more). I can see 3D printing going the same way In my opinion 3D printing at the moment does not have enough competition to force costs down Last edited on 3 Oct 2018 10:08 by Hayfield posted: 3 Oct 2018 13:50 from: madscientist My comments were directed at people using 16,5 mm track gauge whatever level of fidelity they model to. The point is that a very discerning 16.5mm track ...
25. A new trolley
... whence they came...? Andrew posted: 17 Oct 2018 14:30 from: Rob Manchester Andrew, Depends on how strong the coil on the cable is, how far you stretch it and how much the tool weighs. An even better solution( although much more work is involved) is a counterbalanced retractor on each tool so they hang above you and you pull them down to use. May be a bit too much for the dining room Have you made any more progress on the layout? Nice to see developments( makes up for the lack of mine...) Rob posted: 17 Oct 2018 14:36 from: Andrew Duncan Nigel Brown wrote: Alas, chaos theory dictates that anything sensibly organised will get progressively disordered in time Ah chaos... an area which I hate and simultaneously feel very much at home in. Hate it because I can't find anything. Love it because it was only in later life that I realise that "everything in its place and a place for everything" had any merit at ...
... topic: 1505 Development Version Icon posted: 20 May 2011 18:06 from: Alan McMillan Hi all I had an idea when I downloaded the development version. I don't use desktop icons, preferring to have all my regularly used programs in the quick launch menu instead (Windows XP in my case). It struck me that when I installed the TDV I would have two identical hard hat icons for both the normal and development versions of Templot with nothing to indicate which was which. That being the case I decided to modify the standard icon to create a red version for the TDV, attached here in a ZIP file. It should be placed in the C:TEMPLOT_DEV folder after being extracted from the ZIP file to a useful place on your PC. To have it show as the TDV icon, right click on the TDV EXE file and select "Properties", then "Change Icon" and browse to the C:TEMPLOT_DEV folder and double click the red icon. Click OK twice and there you have it, the Templot TDV ...
27. File preview
... project. I have also read "the other guy" and have also met him. He also is a very pleasant, knowledgeable and skillful man. So it was not meant to be derogatory to either of them. However, I realise I shall have to be more careful about my comments if they may lead to any misunderstanding. Now to answer your notes suggestion. I have worked in a documented environment all my working life and always regarded it as primitive and prone to error to keep hand written notes. As computers developed, I also developed better semi-automated ways of keeping documents up to date. I feel I have better things to do with my time when it can be done automatically. Martin has given us version control from the point of view that the .box files are date stamped. I have asked him for two things that would make my life easier, drawing preview and notes on the Templot trackpad. I also realise he is a busy man and as I explained to him I thought they might be easy to implement. ...
... the corner. One question what is Sketchboard? Sketchboard is a new feature coming in the next Templot pug included in Templot2. It's a separate mini drawing package within Templot, customised to use track plans from the trackpad in a colourful full layout design. For control panels, exhibition guides, web sites, signal box diagrams, wiring diagrams, etc. It doesn't compare with a full graphics drawing package, but on the other hand it is interactively linked to your current track plan design on the pad, so that you can develop both together. Sketchboard is based on a desktop publishing component developed by Nils Haeck in the Netherlands. I have kept it as an independent function, so that Templot users who have no interest in such things can ignore it entirely. If you don't click the Sketchboard button you will never see it. It's still work in progress, but here are a couple of preview screenshots: 2_042200_050000000.gif 2_300514_470000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 30 Aug 2010 13:50 from: JFS Hi Martin, I think you are too hard on ...
... creating a control panel for the storage sidings for my layout. I have already re-temploted the track plan several times with progressively shorter turnouts (arriving at A-1 :5s, even considered using half 1:1 diamonds) and wider track spacings to achieve an acceptable result. So I shall be most interested to see how yours pans out. Regards Tony W. Hi Tony Happy to help out as much as I can. I'm going to play around with various turnout sizes, track thicknesses etc and see what develops. Being able to print single pages full size will be a great help. Had I fully understood the implications at the outset, then possibly I would have established all the basic parameters first and then made various calculations to put my diagram in the right spacial area. Nothing to do with the capabilities of Templot or the support of Martin as every track diagram is different and each of our own needs varies considerably. I'm fairly sure I will end up with a track diagram that will look professional and do what I want ...
... first attempt posted: 10 Sep 2008 15:41 from: John Clutterbuck I am slowly getting to grips with Templot. I like the underlying concepts but I feel the user interface is a bit arcane and would benefit from some of the more recent windows technology such as panels for the content (templates, shapes, ruler etc.) and properties. I feel this would be more intuitive for novice users and might allow the command set to be rationalised. However, I also know from long personal experience of GIS/CAD development that such a rework of a software product involves a huge investment of effort during which the core functionality rarely moves forward and may even get broken. Therefore I fully understand if Martin ignores such suggestions. If you ever do consider it I'd be happy to provide my thoughts offline. Anyway I have attached a template containing my first attempts at two turnouts for 7mm scale 2' narrow gauge (O -14). The first turnout is based on a drawing of a Robert Hudson 6' 1 in 6 turnout as published ...
... topic: 1731 Templot Development Version (TDV) posted: 16 Dec 2011 15:26 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, You might like to help me test and develop the next version of Templot (Templot2). You get to use all the new features: create irregular diamond-crossing templates. This makes it much easier to design curved double-junctions, curviform ladder tracks crossing several running lines, and similar formations. use the new sketchboard drawing functions to create colourful layout plans. have native output to PDF files in large page sizes for roll-paper poster printing, and easy export of track plans in the new diagram mode. add platforms alongside your templates. adjust check rails by mouse action. and lots more. 2_200847_520000000.png Not everything is yet finished and fully working, which is where your help with testing comes in. Download the Templot Development Version (TDV) from: topic 1500 Further instructions to get started are on there. Many thanks for your help. Enjoy using TDV. But do please remember that it is unfinished ...
32. Autumnal gloom
... -term survival of this hobby, and I think it would be a waste of time and energy to do so. I think (and this has been my platform all along) those already active within the hobby need to come together in a positive spirit to manage the last few meaningful years of finescale modelling in such as way that we can enjoy it in reasonable comfort and obtain the fulfilment we seek. In ten or fifteen years, max, the lights will go out on railway modelling whatever we do. I started developing Templot 28 years ago in 1979. It was first released 8 years ago in 1999. There is still a long way to go until it is finished (or at least within sight of the finishing post). Progress is now much slower than before because of the time needed to support existing users. I reckon I might get there in another 15 years or so, if the last grey cell is still standing. The question is -- is it worth doing if just as I get it finished there is no ...
... curviform" because that is a term which Templot already uses to denote a crossing in which the radius in the diverging road differs from that in the main road. Even that is strange term -- in earlier versions they were simply called "curved" crossings. That caused no great problem in the UK, but in the USA and elsewhere there is a mind-set that all crossings are dead straight -- which caused confusion with the simple case where a regular crossing is inserted in a curved main. In all the development of Templot, the biggest single headache has always been the choice of words. I tried countless different options for "the control template" before finally settling on that form. Until very recently it was the "current" template -- which invited confusion with the currently selected stored template, and failed to make clear its unique nature representing the generator output. Another constant bone of contention has been "point", which in the UK is used erroneously by a great many modellers to mean a turnout, but in the ...
... soon, my condition will be fulfilled and we need to start talking about making the OT program download available on the Templot web site. That will require an installer, which presumably can be the same as the T2 installer? Also what happens about version numbers for T2 and OT/MEC -- should they advance in sync? Or start from scratch for OT/MEC? cheers, Martin. posted: 29 Oct 2019 23:54 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Interesting to see the help you are receiving with development I would have thought there needs to be some cohesion between T2 and MEC versions of Templot- assuming that any new features are to be rolled out at some point. Pardon me for being a little confused here but if somebody were to write some code that implemented a new feature for MEC( say outside slips or 90 degree Retford style crossings) would that get added to T2 by you as well?...and are you to be a contributor to MEC and update the repository with your new chunks of code ...
... was very little positive feedback, so I transferred my attention to the videos, which have been generally better received. It seems that folks would rather watch than read, although I'm aware that my writing style doesn't help. regards, Martin. posted: 22 Aug 2010 17:08 from: JFS Hello Martin, I would not see a CHM option as a replacement for the web-based material- the videos especially are excellent- and your Templot help looks like a promising start to collating all this, but again its development (a very Good Thing) would be dependent upon your time. And of course, lower priority than irregular diamonds!!! My real offer was not the software (I would have been amazed if you did not have an authoring tool) it was a willingness to invest a bit of my time stuffing a lot of stuff into CHM format. Yes, I well appreciate your concerns about CHM BUT it has many upsides as well and, from our point of view, the ability to very quickly search for plain ...
... cuttings and retaining walls. Period will be late '60's, ECML in the transition from steam to diesel. (Don't worry about the US stock shown in the pics!) Progress so far is here. railway1fa0.jpg railway2vp4.jpg Lower level track is all Tillig for ease of laying with all visible track being SMP flexible plus hand made points using pcb strip and code 75 bullhead rail with 1mm flangeways. I had around 50 points from a previous layout but have now learned how to build my own customised pointwork. I'm very pleased with this development as I had never built a point until a few months ago as I thought I would never have the skills to do so. Following encouragement from other members of RMWeb, I attempted my first a couple of months ago and was amazed when I was able to produce a finished article that worked! Since then, I have been well and truly hooked and have now built curved points, a double slip and two 3 way points so feel comfortable that I could build most combinations if required. I have standardised on B7 ...
... now. First some background. My problem is I am running Templot on a Mac with Win XP installed on Parallels and I have an Apple keyboard. Even if I could remember the keyboard shortcuts, many of them simply don't work on Mac/Parallels. This also means most of the crib sheets are of no use. The only recourse is to just use menu commands and I found this so frustrating I had largely given up on Templot. In recent weeks I came across a little programme called AutoHotKey which I used to develop a script to fix key transposition on my Apple keyboard. One thing led to another and I ended up with a script that provides a GUI control panel for common Templot commands. This is the result. It makes no changes whatsoever to the Templot software. All it does is allow common functions to be invoked from a control panel. Optionally it can skip some of the startup dialogs and remap CntrlZ and CntrlY to undo and redo respectively in line with the standard Windows convention. All other Templot shortcuts and menu functions should ...
... There is no way on earth an EM turnout can be an exact scale model of 4ft-8.5in gauge track, so the slight timbering mismatches can be ignored. p.s. thanks for your email, best wishes with your project. regards, Martin. posted: 30 Apr 2017 20:59 from: dave turner Martin I hope that that was a joke! What could possibly replace Templot? I hope that you have a plan in place to allow its continuation, even in a frozen state, should you 'retire' from developing it further. regards Dave posted: 30 Apr 2017 21:56 from: Martin Wynne dave turner wrote: I hope that that was a joke! What could possibly replace Templot? I hope that you have a plan in place to allow its continuation, even in a frozen state, should you 'retire' from developing it further. Hi Dave, Not a joke, but not a serious intent either, at least for now. There is a plan, but it was set up when Templot was a paid- ...
... topic: 1502 Templot DEVELOPMENT VERSION Crash posted: 18 May 2011 20:49 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I have the DEVELOPMENT VERSION installed as per your instructions, thanks for the release code. It starts up OK but I managed to crash the program within 5 minutes. The crash can be reproduced as follows :- With some templates in the storage box but nothing in control if you click 'clear all templates' the templates all go off the screen to be replaced by a small box saying 'Your storage box is empty <OK>' which flashes rapidly for a few seconds and the program shuts down. The happens regardless of whether you take the save or not save option. When you restart the program the Templatesare all there again plus it adds a template into control. Do the same to 'clear all templates' when there IS a control template and it clears all background templates and just leaves the control which is what I expected. I tried different numbers of templates and changed gauge/scale but it didn't help. Rob posted ...
40. Saving templates
... topic: 1795 Saving templates posted: 20 Jan 2012 18:42 from: sm Now I've finally got the hang of making slips, I've save a couple but every time I try and reload them either from the box file or on Templot start up; I end up with the component parts of the slip rather than the whole thing which I thought I'd saved as a complete template? Is this an ongoing development or user error Rgds, StuartM posted: 20 Jan 2012 19:05 from: Paul Boyd Hi Stuart A slip or any other formation is made up from a number of discrete templates- what you are seeing is correct. To use a set of templates saved in a separate box file in another design you can "add library" from the Storage Box, then store them to the background of the new design. To move them around, you'll need to group them then use the group functions to peg the group onto the notch. Hopefully this will point you in the right direction! Cheers posted: 20 Jan 2012 20 ...
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