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... : 2868 New crop/combine functions for picture shapes posted: 7 Apr 2016 21:26 from: Martin Wynne I mentioned before that I have been working on a new cropping function for the background picture shapes. I have now extended this to include the combining of several picture shapes into a single picture shape. Here for example are 3 separate screen captures from a 1:500 online map. I have aligned them to cover the required area. And over the top of them I have added a rectangle shape, and adjusted it to contain the area of interest: 2_071530_100000003.png After using the new crop/combine function, this is the result. A new picture shape is created within the rectangle containing parts of all 3 original images: 2_071530_100000002.png After which the original picture shapes can be deleted. And I then have a single picture shape which can be moved (shifted), rotated (twisted) and scaled as required. Here I have turned it 90 degrees for easier working on the trackpad: 2_071530_090000001.png If the rectangle is drawn over a single ...
... still not yet made this point convincingly enough, I will drop it, I promise. No more references hereafter) It's odd to be discussing this sort of stuff here. For 40 years I've been deciding this sort of thing myself without reference to anyone else. It takes a bit of getting used to, and it is also quite time-consuming to write it all down like this and wait for responses. Not to mention the idiots like me who seemingly want to disagree about everything! Yes, it must take some adjustment. A curse and a blessing? I am sure you are already seeing the curse of it. I hope you are getting a hint at the blessing side too. Cheers, graeme Last edited on 1 Nov 2019 05:16 by Graeme posted: 4 Nov 2019 02:59 from: Graeme Martin Wynne wrote: The problem is that T3 will not load .box files from T2, and is unlikely ever to do so. So calling this a BOX FILE VIEWER is potentially confusing I think it will have to be ...
... will post a scruff version of TemplotMEC shortly which can import/export the MECBOX files. But first I want to ask for some help. It has proved extremely difficult to test this function, to be sure all possible template settings are properly transferred -- there are over 450 of them for each template, and more if any timbers are shoved. Could you please therefore try exporting and re-importing some MECBOX files? And report any discrepancies you find. Ideally with a mixture of all sorts of exotic custom settings and adjustments to the templates, and lots of shoved timbers. Many thanks. I haven't found any errors yet, but I feel sure there must be a few waiting to be discovered. Here's the scruff templot_2.exe program file. Put in it your C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\ folder to replace the existing one, as before. cheers, Martin. Attachment: attach_2934_3535_templot_2.exe 7 posted: 31 Oct 2019 00:04 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Downloaded the scruff version as you posted just now and placed it into the Templot_dev folder ...
444. Yahoo Posts
... them to no e-mail "cured" the problem. I chose to retain the direct from Templot Club, resetting the Yahoo group to no e-mails, which i think is what it should have been. As to why one option had suddenly changed, I just put it down to one of things one gets when using computers. 8-) John from 33820 St Ciers sur Gironde, France posted: 10 Mar 2016 15:15 from: Charles Orr Hi John, Thanks for that. I've made some adjustments. I'll see what happens. Best regards Charles posted: 10 Mar 2016 15:17 from: Charles Orr That has sorted my problem. Sometimes I think Yahoo just change things without telling anybody. posted: 10 Mar 2016 15:54 from: Martin Wynne Charles Orr wrote: I've suddenly started getting two email posts for each message from the Yahoo email group. Any idea why? Hi Charles, Sorry, I have no idea. I haven't seen the same myself. Unfortunately email from YahooGroups has always been a ...
... I might take a look at that next. Could you post the pdf_unit in reply to this, please Hi Graeme, I will have to look through that before posting it. The PDF engine licence does not allow me to publish any of the licensed stuff. It is essentially a copy of print_unit with the Printer.Canvas changed to PDF.Canvas. It could have been the same unit for both, but there were a few details which needed to be different -- for example there is no calibration function for the PDF, ink intensity adjustment, banner option, support for ink-jet impact printers, etc. The existing PDF engine is: http://www.wpcubed.com/pdf/products/wpdf/ for which I purchased the DCU option. So any open-source replacement needs to offer the same functionality: "With wPDF there is also a native canvas property of the type TCanvas. This also contains the property handle of type HDC. With this handle you can use Windows GDI commands." I spent a long time looking for something, without ...
... base thickness. The result without the correct twist is that the far end of the wing rail tends to kick up, and must be held down in the chairs by means of the keys, spacer blocks and bolts. The head of the rail should be curved to a (slightly) larger radius than the foot to counteract the effects of the inclination- make the curve conical rather than cylindrical. In 7mm scale I use a set of 150mm GW Models rollers to curve rail (even knuckles and check rail flares). Adjusting one end of the top roller to be 2mm higher than the other gives the correct amount of coning to the curve -- you just have to put the rail through the roller the correct way otherwise you make the problem worse; been there, done that! Regards Dave R Last edited on 10 Mar 2016 13:24 by David R posted: 10 Mar 2016 13:57 from: DerekStuart Thanks Dave. I am trying to contact GW about a wheel puller anyway, so I will enquire. As a point ...
... from there. I am a little unsure how to align the v-crossing, because it is on a curve. Would someone care to push me in the right direction? posted: 13 May 2019 16:07 from: Phil O Hi Godfrey, I have edited this post, see the one below. Phil Last edited on 13 May 2019 16:40 by Phil O posted: 13 May 2019 16:38 from: Phil O Hi Godfrey Forget my last post. Insert the turnout in your plain track and adjust to the required 1 in 8 using the F5 function. then 'tools' 'make ladder crossover' then 'make regular crossover'. Make the half diamond joining the turnout the control template without saving the control half diamond control template and then 'tools' 'make single slip- same hand'. Finally make each of the half diamonds the control template and use the F4 function to extend the length main road to match the other track. Cheers Phil Last edited on 13 May 2019 17:13 by Phil O posted: 13 May ...
... , Welcome to Templot Club. I'm not sure what you are asking for. You seem to have achieved the classic trailing slip crossover connection to a yard, all on a nice gentle curve. It's very likely that most such prototypes would be exactly like that. Which part do you want to be straight? The diverging road of a turnout can never be dead straight, you will always have the switch deflection angle from the main road, with the corresponding set in the stock rail. But you can get quite close by adjusting the V-crossing angle and the contraflexure radius in the main road. If you mean you want the road across the diamond to be straight beyond the turnout, that can be done by creating an irregular diamond-crossing. Use tools> make branch track on the turnout, and then change it to straight. You can then do peg/align tools> make diamond-crossing at intersection, and add the slip roads in the usual way. If the outer curve is within a transition zone at that location, ...
... topic: 2977 214a changes- new peg positions TEXITP and TMINP posted: 2 Feb 2017 15:49 from: Martin Wynne For 214a there are now 2 additional peg positions, TEXITP and TMINP. These peg positions are useful if you are using the geometry> turnout-road exit length> adjustable option for the turnout-road exit. For example if you want another switch close behind the crossing. TEXITP is on the turnout-road centre-line, at the current setting for the turnout-road exit length: 2_021003_070000001.png (This corresponds to the CTRL-9 overall length peg position for the main road.) TMINP is on the turnout-road centre-line, at the minimum possible setting for the turnout-road exit length: 2_021003_070000002.png Note that setting this peg position simply moves the fixing peg, it doesn't change the current exit length. The exit length is usually set using the CTRL+ F12 mouse action, but can be set directly if preferred- geometry> template lengths... menu item: 2_021003_060000000.png Setting the ...
... scale) about 45 years ago, and is a proving ground for using plywood for Singleton's baseboards. 1763_250952_340000000.jpg Attachment: attach_2725_3321_O_gauge_starter04 .box 218 Last edited on 25 Aug 2018 20:12 by Richard_Jones posted: 24 Oct 2018 11:58 from: Richard_Jones Baseboard joiners and bolts fitted- I also decided that, as this is meant to be a "quick" project so that I can "play trains", I will use Peco track- actually works out cheaper than buying components and building my own, but will need some adjustment to the templates.... 1763_240654_320000000.jpg posted: 24 Oct 2018 22:03 from: Andrew Duncan Hello Richard Good to see you're making progress. I'll be very interested to see how the Peco track looks. I've always liked the proper bullhead look of it since I was a teenager. Kind regards Andrew posted: 25 Oct 2018 09:19 from: Hayfield Richard Many of those who build their own track use ready to run flexitrack, either for speed or as you have said economics. As for turnouts and ...
... the last few days you will know that there is a new program update 214a available. No need to provide a link- Templot will download it for you. There are several new features in 214a, but for established users the most useful will probably be the new extend/shorten the control template to meet function. I created this mainly to make the make transition function less tedious to use, but I have since found it very handy in other cases too. It is no longer necessary to swap peg ends and carefully adjust manually the new transition template length to the required template boundaries. Templot can now do it for you. The ancient make transition tutorial can now be deleted, and replaced with this new one at: http://templot.com/companion/link_existing.html which explains both functions. For this tutorial I have reverted to a static text tutorial with screenshots, instead of interactive video. It was intended to be quicker to do, but I'm not sure that it was in the end. This new function means that several dozen videos ...
452. Changing Gauges
... -gap ratio remain the same. In practice this means only the proto gauges convert closely: S7- S- P4- Proto87- S2 etc., and even then there may be some tiny differences. For other gauge conversions there are likely to be some slight mismatches, overlaps or gaps between the templates which need tidying up. But usually this is much quicker to do than starting again from scratch. The plain track templates will always convert exactly, so these shouldn't need changing and make a useful guide in re-adjusting the pointwork templates to fit. regards, Martin. posted: 19 Jan 2017 14:38 from: PjKing1 Once again that's great Martin thanks again. Paul Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Baffled beginners> Changing Gauges 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 ...
453. Importing a photo
... somewhere. For example the popular 25" OS maps have a scale of 1:2500. And also that you know the resolution in DPI (dots per inch) at which it was scanned. This information is normally available in your scanning software. Common values are 300 DPI or 600 DPI. Armed with these two pieces of information, Templot can scale (re-size) the map for you, to match your model scale. If you don't know this information, you may need to scale the map manually by adjusting it with the mouse. More about all this at background> add a background image... menu item. regards, Martin. posted: 16 Jan 2017 14:36 from: PjKing1 Thanks Martin I'll give that a try tonight, the image is saved in my photos but it might be easier printing it off and rescanning so I have the DPI values. Thanks again and I'll let you know how I get on. Paul posted: 16 Jan 2017 18:07 from: Tony W Hi Paul. In ...
454. Scissors crossovers
... scissors, with the V-crossings for the diamond in extended crossing entry-straights on the turnouts. To do that, start the first turnout by extending the crossing entry-straight, SHIFT+ F11 mouse action, but keep an eye on the turnout radius. Then after the sequence above, you can create the centre diamond-crossing by doing tools> make branch track on both of the outer turnouts, and then peg/align tools> make diamond-crossing at their intersection. After all of which you can adjust the check rail lengths, and split out the partial templates needed for the final design. regards, Martin. posted: 3 Oct 2016 20:59 from: Ray Martin, Thank you for your quick response. I don't know yet how to attach a .box file but will doubtless sort it soon. Meanwhile I will follow your basic procedure and see how I get on. My regards Ray posted: 3 Oct 2016 21:04 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ray, Click the Browse or Choose button below the box ...
455. Background maps
... topic: 3240 Background maps posted: 17 Mar 2018 13:21 from: Ian Smeeton Hi, First message on the Templot Forum, so please bear with me. I have been trying unsuccessfully to load a map from the NLS website, so that I can lay an existing trackplan over it, and adjust as necessary. Following the destructions, I get (deleted) posted: 17 Mar 2018 13:27 from: Ian Smeeton 2nd go no more successful. posted: 17 Mar 2018 13:41 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, Welcome to Templot Club. Sorry, pasting images into a post won't work. Please click this button to insert an image into your post: 2_170839_040000000.png cheers, Martin. posted: 17 Mar 2018 14:02 from: Ian Smeeton Thanks Martin, Here goes 2762_170901_190000000.png At last. Not sure if it is the age of my computer, or the state of my software, or just me! Regards Ian posted: 17 Mar 2018 16:16 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, Sorry, I ...
456. Tandem
... much appreciate someone confirming or otherwise please. Attachment: attach_2369_2953_Tandem.box 155 Last edited on 20 Dec 2016 14:25 by Raymond posted: 20 Dec 2016 14:42 from: Martin Wynne Raymond wrote: I am not sure if the wings rails for the 3rd Vee will work in this tandem and would much appreciate someone confirming or otherwise please. Hi Raymond, There wasn't proper clearance for the wheel flanges on the adjacent running rail. Easily fixed by changing to a machined flare and shortening the rail a little: 2_200940_000000000.png real> adjust check rails... menu item. There is photo of a tandem with such a wing rail on the Scalefour Soc web site: chairs04.jpg linked from: http://www.scalefour.org/resources/trackdetail/chairs04.jpg http://www.scalefour.org A special slab& bracket "B" chair has been made up for it. 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> Tandem about Templot Club ...
... i.imgur.com/rJBYDAh.png Box file is attached. I am happy to discuss terms and/or the specifics of what I'd like, but it roughly pans out to: Properly aligning the track/timbers so it can be used as templates for laying track (though I think I'm mostly fine with my angles, I have no idea about how to do this 'properly') Maintaining a minimum radius of 24" using B-type 1:6 and 1:7 geometry. Slimming the goods yard down a bit (prob just adjusting the fan a bit, the goods shed should have the covered track on the top side as well, so that may help) Shuffling the track at the 4' mark so the layout can be split into two halves (again, it took me hours and hours to get this from a verbatim copy to the compressed version you see here!) Many thanks! Attachment: attach_2764_3339_caterham_compress ed.box 143 posted: 9 Oct 2018 12:13 from: Raymond Hi William, I'l be happy to look at your plan and work ...
458. Changing scale
... -gap ratio remain the same. In practice this means only the proto gauges convert closely: S7- S- P4- Proto87- S2 etc., and even then there may be some tiny differences. For other gauge conversions there are likely to be some slight mismatches, overlaps or gaps between the templates which need tidying up. But usually this is much quicker to do than starting again from scratch. The plain track templates will always convert exactly, so these shouldn't need changing and make a useful guide in re-adjusting the pointwork templates to fit. If you have changed the scale, and you have used a background map or scan as a guide, note that this will need scaling up or down to match the new model scale. First on the background shapes dialog, on the picture options tab, change the scaling lock option to grid. Then select the picture shape in the list, and on the modify shape tab, click the scale by... button. Enter the required percentage change as: new scale in mm ...
... rails, and to the switch toe (point blades). To shorten a template to the end of the check rails, use the F4 mouse action. The next template can then be snapped directly onto the end of the main road using the SHIFT& JOIN F7 button. For the turnout road, you need to put the fixing peg on the TOLP peg position and snap the next template manually using the notch, or use the peg/align tools> snapping functions onto TOLP. Alternatively, instead of F4 you can adjust the main road and turnout road exit lengths independently, and you would then snap on to the MEXITP and TEXITP peg positions. To shorten the switch to the point blades by omitting the switch front, click the do> blank up to switch toe menu item. To snap on the next template there, use the TP peg position. cheers, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Trax talk> Trainset Point ...
... any baseboard edge. The baseboard edge can follow the tracks, or a baseboard joint can be made exactly at right-angles to the track. The dummy template is saved with the templates in the .box file. For small rectangular areas, such as a control panel, lever frame, etc., a trick you can use is to represent them as a shoved timber, as at D. Create a short template one timber long, turn off the rails, and shove the timber to any size or angle required by adjusting the width, length, and twist angle. (Rectangular structures such as a signal box or goods shed can also be represented this way.) If you prefer to create a detailed baseboard design with all the cross bearers and carpentry details, etc., the way to do that is to use the background picture shapes -- preferably using a metafile image. Most CAD programs can save files in WMF or EMF metafile format. It's an ancient Windows vector file format, largely forgotten, but extremely useful in equally ancient ...
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