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461. Turnout types
... , the presence of an entry straight shortens the closure space between the heel of the switch and the front of the V-crossing. Using the SHIFT+ F11 mouse action, you can adjust the length of the entry straight and watch the turnout getting shorter as the entry straight gets longer. This adjustment is sometimes useful if you need to shorten a turnout a fraction without changing any other settings. As you shorten the turnout, you can also watch Templot adjusting the number of timbers filling the closure space. Templot uses as few timbers as is possible without exceeding the maximum fill spacing which you have set at real> timbering> timbering data... menu item: 2_281421_480000001.png Sometimes if the calculated spacing is close to the limit, only a small change in that setting is needed to increase or reduce the number of timbers. You can see the actual spacing achieved, using the shove timber functions. Here in this example I first selected timber T4 (by clicking on its number ), and clicked the set zero button. I then selected timber ...
462. slip crossovers
... trained as a Land Rover mechanic when I was at college and I can fix most car problems( of a mechanical nature). Combi boilers, washing machines and anything that needs a socket set and the rest of the tools is easy. Trying to remember the hot keys or shortcuts for a computer program that I last used several weeks ago is a different matter Still at least I don't have to remember Shift+ F10 for shoving timbers now you have reminded me about the "," key- at least not for a few weeks. I did learn many years ago about Insert, Home and End! Any tweaks you can do easily would be welcome. Must get back to refurbing the new milling machine I bought last week. Our friends from China don't seem to have learnt that gib strips are supposed to be straight and match the size of the dovetails or that you can't tighten a bolt into a tapped hole unless the hole has been deburred first. Must wash my shirt that is now covered in rancid smelling anti rust coating too. Thanks ...
... preview screen, it may be easier to see the problem. regards, Martin. posted: 25 Feb 2015 18:43 from: Tony Vaughan Not quite sure what I had done but have now managed to print out the trackplan. Just going to spend some time with some sellotape and test fit in my shed. thanks again for the prompt replies. Templot is a great bit of software, but like all they take some time in learning and re-learning (especially when you havent tried to use it for a few years). Its good to know it has the support you give it. Martin Wynne wrote: Tony Vaughan wrote: For my track plan using the output button, I now get a message box saying "overlap for pdf" Hi Tony, If your trackplan is only 24 pages long (are you sure?), you probably have something on the trackpad a long way away which you have forgotten about. Press the PAGE UP key to see the full extent of the trackpad contents, and move or delete the ...
464. LNWR Set yes or no?
... straight track with. Regarding turnouts, I have followed your postings about the importance of the "set" in the curved rail. I have the LNWR track drawings for 1909 and I can see no reference to a set though there are very detailed drawings of both straight cut and under-cut points. Am I therefore right in assuming that the LNWR may not have employed a set and used under-cuts instead where deemed necessary? Photos of LNWR track are hard to find but I have not seen any set in the few I looked at last night. I totally agree that the set would improve my running in P4 but I am just checking whether it would have been prototypical for my layout. Regards Peter posted: 12 Mar 2015 13:39 from: Martin Wynne Hi Peter, There is always a set or a joggle because without one it is impossible to set the track gauge correctly through the switch. The blade tips would have to be so thin and fragile that they wouldn't last 5 minutes in service. You never say never, ...
... /templot If you go there now you should get to a copy of the Templot Companion, although not all links have yet been converted. But please use the existing site for the time being. The web site is the easy bit. The real headache is going to be what to do with this Templot Club forum. The PHP code and MySQL database is all as old as Templot -- it was originally written by Aycan Gulez about 20 years ago. When Jim took it over he renamed it UltraBB and made a few improvements, and David Williams created the image gallery for it. But the core code is still much the same. Nothing has changed for at least 5 years -- the world has moved on from web forums to prefer social media on mobile devices. Jim says he hasn't sold a new copy of UltraBB for several years now. Naturally he makes sure it still works on his servers. But the prospect of moving a 20-year-old database to a different server running later versions of PHP and MySQL fills me ...
... can hopefully push on a little further this weekend. Cheers Mike posted: 16 May 2020 16:09 from: Martin Wynne Mike Kynaston wrote: Hi Martin,Just wondered if you'd been able to get any further? If you haven't had time, please don't worry, but if your willing to share the .box file that would be great and I can hopefully push on a little further this weekend. Hi Mike, Sorry about the delay in replying. I haven't got a usable .box file -- I just tried a few overlaid templates to see what might fit. I will try to get a bit of usable .box file done and upload it later. Thanks for the second pic -- much clearer for the trackwork. What confused me about the map and 6ft ways, until the light bulb came on, is that the map shows the platform canopy, not the platform edge. Hence it overlaps one of the rails. That's expected on modern maps, where everything is done from aerial photography. It's surprising in 1907, but how else ...
... terminology. A turnout (switch) is supported by timbers and plain rail by sleepers (ties). Chairs hold bullhead rail, which are bolted or screwed to the sleepers or timbers, base plates do the same for flat bottom rail. How come you can't use wood? do you not have timber (lumber) preservative in the US, over here we used to have proper creosote, but now we have a myriad of not so effective wood preservatives, which applied on a regular basis tends to work for a good few years. Not much help I know. in the plastics world UPVC as used to make double glazed windows and etc. might work if you can get it in a suitable section and something other than white. Cheers Phil. posted: 17 May 2020 23:06 from: alan@york I've come across recycled plastics in a matt black, quite dense structure: used for treads/small planks especially in wet areas. Sorry, no idea of a name/maker. But it is out there, and would ...
... topic: 2822 Glendale Vintage Railway posted: 17 Jan 2016 09:03 from: Richard_Jones A few photos for anyone interested in New Zealand railwaysBest wishes Richardundefined undefined undefined undefined undefined Last edited on 17 Jan 2016 09:09 by Richard_Jones posted: 19 Jan 2016 07:02 from: Richard_Jones Oops, should be Glenbrook, not Glendale! Apologies Richard Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> Glendale Vintage Railway 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 read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property of the respective contributor. You are welcome to use them for your own personal non-commercial purposes, and in your messages on this web site. If you want to publish any ...
... centre diamond is largely immaterial as there are no slip roads. If you can post a copy of your boxfile of that section rather than a picture, it would be more helpful as I could show you what I mean, unless of course you wish to have a go at it yourself first. Regards Tony. posted: 14 May 2016 23:21 from: FraserSmith Hi Tony Thanks for your reply and your kind offer to have a look at the problem. I had some thoughts after I posted and have tried a few new arrangements with less curvature in the four main roads and this one seems to be working. I appear to have saved my attempt just 3 minutes after your posting! Perhaps it's a good job you didn't manage to download the box files before. new_curvey.png Box file for new curvey arrangement The blue link just above gets the box file for this arrangement as did the links on my previous post. There was a slight problem with the central crossing previously in that Templot doesn't make diamonds less than 1:1.5. Not an ...
470. Using backgrounds
... through the project. Unlike the old-maps.co.uk site, it is all free and without watermarks. Also the scanning resolution seems to be better, which is significant when zooming in on them for use in Templot. In addition to the side-by-side option, the scans are being integrated into their seamless geo-referenced system. You can cross-fade from historic to present-day mapping or aerial views, making a wonderful resource for track planning and scaling. See this bit of video which I made a few months ago: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=8Du_Kizucpvgbsfe2rGw4g2 regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Baffled beginners> Using backgrounds 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 read this important note about copyright: Unless ...
... In paint a 90 degree rotation distorts the image. I found out the hard way... So again, hat off to you for your programming skills. If you could only teach Templot to boil a kettle, open lager and build track it'd be perfect. posted: 4 Apr 2016 22:09 from: bainin Re PDF to image file conversions: http://listoffreeware.com/list-of-best-free-pdf-to-jpg-converter-software-for-windows/ may give a few answers. Unfortunately, I have not used any of the programs. I have used the commercial programs Image Printer Pro and Zan Image Printer in the past with some success. Regards, Mike posted: 5 Apr 2016 00:47 from: DerekStuart Thank you Mike. I will have a look and see if either of those commercial programmes have trial options. Thanks Derek posted: 5 Apr 2016 01:04 from: Martin Wynne Hi Derek, Mike, Most of the free PDF reader programs will export the entire PDF ...
472. Make Diamond Problem
... , Paul 105_181742_290000000.png posted: 22 May 2020 11:37 from: Ian Allen Paul, Two curved switched diamond crossings and one fixed diamond crossing, all made using the current version of Templot. There was no need for me to make any adjustments to get everything to align. I found working with copies of the original plain track lengths helped immensely. Ian 1951_220633_530000000.png posted: 22 May 2020 12:34 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, That's impressive -- you obviously like building diamond-crossings. I have made a few changes in the next update, see: topic 3675- message 29796 The background template is now split and its alignments preserved. A 60ft length of exit track is added to the half-diamonds. A fresh control template is thrown out to one side (as for the make simple link function). 2_220720_160000000.png 2_220720_160000001.png 2_220720_160000002.png The background template can include pointwork, providing it's clear of the diamond. In 226c shortly. cheers, Martin. posted: 22 May 2020 13:20 from: Ian Allen Hi Martin, Thanks ...
... printed colour for all the timbers can be set in the output menu: 2_191449_050000000.png At present there is no option to mark individual timbers in a different colour. I suspect that you are not so much asking for a different colour, but for some means to mark individual timbers differently from the others. There has never been any demand for that in UK modelling, although modellers do often scribble notes on the templates. I believe in many other countries a popular construction method is to use soldered copper-clad laminate for just a few of the timbers, with plastic or wood for the remainder. (That wouldn't look good in the UK, at least for bullhead track, because chaired bullhead requires a different timber thickness from soldered construction). There are several clunky ways which you might achieve the desired result in Templot, but none very straightforward or helpful. For example you could duplicate a template, set a marker colour on the lower one, and then omit some timbers on the upper template in the shove timber functions so that the coloured ones from ...
474. New starter
... ?swell_function_ctrl_f10.htm I don't make changes to the shortcuts lightly, but this one was forced by the introduction of the irregular diamonds. 1. Put the notch on the rail intersection for the middle vee in the usual way. I intentionally wrote that way to deter beginners from trying 3-way tandem turnouts until they are well-versed in Templot. Tandem turnouts are not simple -- it really would be better to leave them until later. At the very least please try a single slip first. If you watch the first few minutes of the transition-diamond video you will see how to put the fixing peg on a rail intersection. The video is at help> watch a video> Scruff Video Andrew transition diamond menu item. Note that for the tandem you need the peg on the rail-edge, not the track centre-line -- geometry> peg on line or rail> menu options. (If you are on a Mac computer or a mobile device, you may need to use the MP4 link instead.) Then geometry ...
... similar) to snap groups of templates together? For reasons of mapping (I have access to a railway engineering drawing for a small section and the rest is OS). I have just placed them as close as I can by eye, but there's a contradiction somewhere between the two maps, which wasn't unexpected, but I need to make sure I've eliminated any placement errors first. Thanks in advance. Derek posted: 12 Sep 2020 21:52 from: Rob Manchester Hi Derek, This was covered in a topic a few months ago. See topic 3692 See Martin's 2nd reply on this topic. Rob posted: 12 Sep 2020 21:57 from: DerekStuart Thanks Rob I did search first, but I'm finding that for technical or unusual terms it's hard for search engines to understand your intent. Thanks Derek posted: 12 Sep 2020 22:02 from: Martin Wynne DerekStuart wrote: Is there a way to use the peg/ notch feature (or similar) to snap groups of templates together? Hi Derek, Use the notch-linking ...
476. Straight Switches
... the additional sleeper. I will also have another search through all the pictures I can find of Caledonian pointwork to see if I can dig out more detail. Unfortunately the most promising ones usually have a locomotive parked on them. I do regret not taking details many years ago when I regularly passed a fan of interlaced turnouts in the entrance to Denny Shipyard sidings at Dumbarton. I reckon they were probably original Caledonian since they were in a very poor state of repair and the Type 2 diesel which occasionally worked them kept a good few wagons as spacers in front of it so that it never had to venture onto the pointwork. I do wonder why there is so little information on Scottish pre-Grouping pointwork, especially since interlaced turnouts were being built up to Grouping and there is ample evidence that interlaced turnouts were being maintained and upgraded through LMS and BR days. Maybe that;s the problem in that the information was still treated as current and not disposed off or archived. Although I do remember that there was a widespread clearance in the aftermath of ...
... browsers use a resampling image upscaler to provide a smoother result than a simple stretch of each pixel. Such resampling isn't available in Templot when zooming background shapes on the trackpad, because at the high zoom levels we normally need it would take forever and reduce the screen response to a slow crawl through treacle. But the result isn't very pretty or comfortable to work over: 1. map tiles as loaded: 2_241521_110000000.png It can also be confusing -- see for example how the platform edge has merged with the rail above. A few updates back I added a function to reduce the contrast of map images when working over them, which makes it a lot easier to see what you are doing -- here on the left: 2. low-contrast converted original: 2_241521_120000001.png But it still doesn't match the screenshot captures from smooth browser resampling. So I have found some old resampling code from Anders Melander which could be used in Templot, as a one-time conversion on the background shapes. It's very slow, several seconds per tile, but only ...
... to a thread there. As for Templot forum, one thing does bother me and that is I have had so much help and advice, usually from Martin but some others as well, and yet I don't really feel confident enough to pass advice on to others as so far I have either been wrong or at the very least not advised best practice. It feels like "take take take" all the time- which is one of the reasons I am so loyal to the programme. I have tried to write a few wiki pages to help with background information- badly as it happens, but I shall re-write and carry on. I would just like to put something back after being given so much help. As for being a Yorkshireman, nothing wrong with that. Yorkshire is the fabled land of Eden. Godfrey Earnshaw wrote: DerekStuart wrote: You are a good sport. A higher force sent to punish me? Hmmm... you mean one that tells you after countless hours of designing a location with REA turnouts that ...
... . Is centralised the default setting? I'm not sure if I have changed the default timbering settings by accident. I wasn't aware of changing them. But I had changed some for plain line so possibly could have disturbed the turnout setting. I'm glad you say it's OK Martin. The issue is simple, do I build it as it is having got this far. Will it look right in the situation? It is the turnout to a short stub siding where ash was dumped alongside the track at Kyle shed. Photos are few as the turnout and siding were not original, and were later removed, so don't exist on many photos of the location. I don't know in what situations centralised timbering would be prototypical- perhaps when both roads are used equally? I'm looking for an excuse to build it as it is. There will be plenty of detritus around in any case so it won't be terribly noticeable. But it's still relatively easy to start again and adjust the timbering if centralised is definitely inappropriate here. All best Julian posted: 5 Sep ...
480. Bending jig designs
... vertical rail. If you want to make horizontal bends in inclined rail you need a conical mandrel, the rail must be held firmly at the inclination angle (1 :20), and a lot more force. It may require the rail to be annealed at red heat first. It might be possible to twist the rail from inclined to vertical in front of the bend, make a horizontal bend, and then twist the rail back to inclined beyond the bend. Making two twists and a bend in the space of a few mm, while keeping the running edge in line, would be tricky. The prototype uses rail twists in places -- for example in the vee rails just beyond the splice. Making those twists needs a press tool, so that the rail head remains in a straight line. cheers, Martin. posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:21 from: DerekStuart Hello Martin Thank you. I am of course already aware of those two simple, but effective methods. I use the 'set' method and it works well. ...
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