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... topic: 2679 Scruff video- diamond-crossing on transition curve posted: 3 May 2015 01:29 from: Martin Wynne I have revised and extended the Scruff video which I made for Andrew Duncan showing how to create an irregular diamond-crossing at the intersection of transition curves. There is a new section showing how to use partial templates to get a more accurate match to the underlying transition, and I have added a few more notes. When you next restart Templot, you should find it in the watch a video list: 2_272027_490000000.png If it's not there, click the help> obtain video list menu item and try again. For those who can't play the FBR videos, it is also available online from FlashBack Connect here: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=ib65pLfUkgNxFBDqAZSNyA2 That's an MP4 online video, so the text is a bit fuzzy. It is much clearer in the FBR version. regards, Martin. posted: 4 May 2015 01:13 from: Andrew Duncan Hello Martin Thanks again for helping me out with ...
... thus gauge narrowing posted: 4 Sep 2015 09:19 from: polybear Thanks John- good point. The rail slots on the 15.2mm/16.2mm Roller Gauges previously supplied by me were nominally 1.7mm deep. I've only used them for soldered track construction though, so cannot comment as to the rail cant on glued track construction. HTH Brian posted: 7 Sep 2015 15:51 from: madscientist while I am disappointed that what might have been public information at one time is now commercial, I am thankful that Brian provided a few hints my own view is that such information should be clearly in the public domain, simply to ensure that such information is not lost to the users. I dont think it would have an effect on any commercial producers of gauges, one way or the other I intend to machine my own and in doing so I will draw up an Autocad dimensioned drawing, I will post that here, if no one objects. dave Last edited on 7 Sep 2015 21:13 by madscientist posted: 7 Sep 2015 15:56 ...
... about 42ft x 24ft. If you have a track plan longer or wider than this, you can use the multiple output runs functions to restart a fresh run where the last one finished, so that the pages join together correctly. You can use the ident prefix setting on the print pages dialog to identify pages from each run. Make sure you have enough ink and paper. Most users with large plans, such as a garden railway, move the page origin to a suitable location on the plan, and print just the few pages needed from there. cheers, Martin. posted: 8 Oct 2020 14:49 from: ikcdab Hi Martin, many thanks, that makes sense. Ian posted: 8 Oct 2020 18:23 from: Phil O Ian, Don't forget its possible to omit pages with no template on, this may save the odd sheet or two. Phil. posted: 8 Oct 2020 18:33 from: ikcdab Hi Phil, yes thanks. What I try and do is to adjust the page origin to minimise pages ...
484. Confused beginner
... topic: 2744 Confused beginner posted: 15 Sep 2015 11:36 from: rynd2it Hello, I'm just getting started with Templot which is clearly a very powerful tool indeed, probably more than I need. I'm trying to create a track plan of Faringdon (GWR) as close to full size as I can. I've scanned in the background having shortened it a bit to fit and started laying track. I've run into a few areas where I need clarification (it must be me, not the tool) and I'd appreciate some input. a) I read that the recommended starting point is to lay plain track and then add turnouts to it and not build the plan from small pieces. However after adding some plain track to the turnout road, I can't now bend the end of it to start the next curve. So should I shorten the straight track to the point of beginning the curve and then add a curved piece or is there a way to curve (or bend) around a midpoint (or other location)? b) ...
... , all in one go at any time. This way you could make up useful shapes, such as a bracket signal post with several arms. Copy to the copyboard and save a useful .sk9 file from there for re-use. If you need to get back to the original items, select the combined item and then click the edit> split items menu item. regards, Martin. posted: 5 May 2015 13:45 from: Martin Wynne p.s. Phil, For the next program update I have added a few more basic shape items on the sketchboard: square, triangle, arc, ring, segment, are new: 2_011318_400000001.png These provide a bit more flexibility in creating symbols and custom combined items. For example the ring will be useful for goods line signal arms on signal box diagrams. Also I have improved the working of the editor dialog for the formatted text blocks. I'm currently working on some code to make the outline of the freehand lines and patches editable after adding them. Martin. posted: 5 May 2015 14: ...
... across from the Dutch equivalent of the UK OS Maps, the larger the scale the better for getting things right. If you look at my other thread running on here Martin has copied a map from the NLS (National Library of Scotland) to a .bgs file that can then be copied to Templot and set to whatever scale and gauge you want. I've just been tinkering with the above plan over the last day or so and have got the basics laid out, it's a case of a bit of timber shoving and a few re-alignments. I'll post a box file of it on here later to show you the rough copy. Most of it has been done using the "make mirror on peg" function, "adjust to length", "curve" and "size" for turnouts. In my case the original Frank Dyer plan(drawn in about 1978) would not transfer directly to templot as Frank used "train set" geometry for the pointwork and some would end up very short radius points. I think when I built ...
487. Diamond Crossing
... of Templot's way of working. Rob posted: 19 May 2015 17:04 from: Alan Whitaker Alan Whitaker wrote: Hi Just watched the video, lost after 2 mins, I kind a need a diamond a bit like it starts but at the end it don't show how to curve the rails to look like the start of the video. Alan Hi been making SMP points since the 70s but Templot is something I don't know if I will grasp, won't stop trying to master it,Have been using now for a few weeks, so may get it in the end, I am trying to make a diamond as in the file, I have a turnout I want to change but don't know to change it 's position and it's hand, it changes the whole track not just the turnout. Attachment: attach_2127_2689_Alan_Template_1.b ox 245 posted: 19 May 2015 17:37 from: Martin Wynne Hi Alan, Welcome to Templot Club. To make the diamond-crossing, 1. click on the blue background template: 2_191225_460000000.png 2. The menu on ...
... Sep 2020 18:05 from: Phil O On the ESR there's at least one check rail left on a turnout that has been turned into plain line and is still using the original turnout timbers. I believe that it's likely to disappear as the road it's part of is due for relaying very shortly, it's been like that since the late 60's. Cheers Phil. posted: 17 Sep 2020 21:18 from: DerekStuart Hello Phil Even for a light railway, that's quite an impressive length of time. Whitby had a few like that from 1963 to 1987, although they spurred off a run around loop rather than a main track. Maybe it's just me, but I find it's those sort of details interesting- both on the real thing and model form, although they are rarely modelled. Derek posted: 30 Sep 2020 20:43 from: DerekStuart Hello Martin Following on from the other thread about Whitby, I thought you'd like to see the wide angle photo I was shown, which confirms your prediction. It's not mine so I will ...
... confess I have just about given up with it- constant nag pop-ups, strangulation of internet access and dozens of false positives- including in code I have written myself! I suppose, something MIGHT have slipped into Templot, but I know where I am betting! Best wishes, Howard Last edited on 7 Oct 2015 12:46 by JFS posted: 7 Oct 2015 13:42 from: Martin Wynne Hi David, I have just now downloaded the file, and it is identical to the one I uploaded a few hours ago. I have also scanned it and found nothing wrong. Surely Avast gives you an option to bypass or ignore its objections? If not I would change to an anti-virus program which does. The download is much larger than previously because I have included 3 different embedded versions of the Templot Companion for testing. You can find them at help> experimental Companion formats> menu item. Note that there is as yet no more actual content than on the web site, it is the format I'm testing, ...
... understand why people with Windows 7 or above are still paying for software that not only is totally unnecessary, but clobbers their machine and may even compromise it. That software now only serves one purpose- to make money out of the gullible. posted: 12 Sep 2020 05:29 from: Andrew Barrowman I HATE THIRD PARTY AV SOFTWARE. IT EXPLOITS VIRUSES AND IS, BY DEFINITION, A VIRUS ITSELF. Sorry for shouting. posted: 12 Sep 2020 19:47 from: Trevor Walling Hello, I think quite a few retailers/manufacturers bundle extra software just to impress the uninformed buyer and make it seem like they are getting more for their money sadly. posted: 12 Sep 2020 21:45 from: Nigel Brown I must be the exception here I use AVG and have done for a long time, no problems, and it seems to be particularly good at flagging dodgy web sites. Don't think I've had a virus or anything else for over a decade. One of the reasons I don't move to Windows defender is that the documentation ...
... multiple overlapped picture shapes. There are other options on the background shapes dialog to lock scaling to the grid -- i.e. to the bottom left corner, or to the spacing-ring instead.) regards, Martin. posted: 22 Aug 2015 13:29 from: Hayfield Martin Thank you very much and when you know how its quite easy, should be out painting the soffits and will do now but here is a quick download, the bridge end is not quite decided on as we have had to make a few compromises. This is a rough and I will need to tidy it up a bit, but that's later We plan to make a half size card mock up, just to have an idea of what goes where and has it a balanced look. At the Stanmore end we plan to make a representation of the narrow gauge railway used by the contractors building the housing The club has had to move premises and are planning to make a quickie layout based about the 30's LMS period. (I hope they will let the odd ...
... 17 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I prefer option 1- the silent interactive one, especially if the information is as important and well presented as the example you selected. There is a lot of important information in that one that goes beyond purely how to drive Templot. I have several A4 folders with clear pages into which you can insert printed pages( from the companion) which I find invaluable and serve a similar purpose to the extra information in this type of video. Sometimes I don't actually use Templot for a few months by which time some of the required knowledge is gone from my grey cells. The live sessions were interesting to see and a worthwhile experiment though. If your presentation skills matched your handsome good looks it may have been a closer call( sorry- my old mum always taught me to say things as I saw them) although it still leaves the question of the important information that is in option 1. Having said the above it does depend on who is watching and what the particular subject is. Rob posted: ...
... "keep" in my own version and still is in most of the program code. For example the storage box was the "keeps box". I was persuaded to change it by Brian Lewis, then of C&L, who said it sounded childish. But I have always regretted changing it -- too late now, that was 20 years ago. *recently all deleted by Yahoo. cheers, Martin. posted: 29 Sep 2020 16:54 from: DerekStuart Jerry, Here's my advice. Put a few pieces of track down, press every combination of buttons and menus and see what it does. When you want it to do that again, you know what to do. I have been using Templot for several years now and even then I get stuck on something or find some new feature or new way of doing things. What stumped me (and I think most) at first is the growing expectation of everything being set out with "Microsoft style" menus. Good luck. Derek posted: 29 Sep 2020 17 ...
... chaired turnout, how would you implement 00-SF. posted: 7 Jun 2015 12:44 from: Hayfield madscientist wrote: Yes. But exacto scale fast track and rail at about £7 a metre is very pricey compared with smp or C&l, both of which are very acceptable visually By the way, on an all plastic chaired turnout, how would you implement 00-SF. I said it was a bit dearer, I for one think the cost is justified and on a small layout just a few pounds extra This may sound stupid but building to 00sf gauge on plastic sleepers is exactly as I would build on Ply, and the same methods I use to build to EM, P4 or 00 gauges, which is using the appropriate track gauges, 00sf needs no special build methods that are not used in other gauges Possible with the exception of using a weaker solvent than Butanone with plastic to plastic that I would with plastic to ply posted: 7 Jun 2015 19:26 from: Rob Manchester Hi, Does anybody know ...
... like this and Templot used to work perfectly happily on this PC. Geoff posted: 6 Aug 2015 13:46 from: Martin Wynne Hi Geoff, Templot needs to connect briefly to the internet during start-up. The most likely reason for the problem is your anti-virus/firewall settings. Try allowing Templot through your firewall, or temporarily disabling your anti-virus. Is it Norton? Are you using AOL as your ISP? There have been over 4000 downloads of the current Templot program update, and very few reports of any problems. See these old topics: topic 2551 topic 2463 Lots of programs nowadays connect to the internet to check for updates, access online help, etc. Do they work ok on your system? regards, Martin. posted: 6 Aug 2015 21:36 from: GeoffJones Martin wrote: The most likely reason for the problem is your anti-virus/firewall settings. Try allowing Templot through your firewall, or temporarily disabling your anti-virus. This was my first thought. I use Firefox ...
... Y turnouts parallel to each other with diamond crossings on the ends of them crossing over each other and on a curve also, just to make it more interesting. My question is- can I import some the plan from 3rd planit into templot as this will mean I do not have to work out all my dimensions again. I am lead to believe that templot data can be inported into 3rd planit which will allow me to see if my plan works or not. I like the flexibility that templot provides and I know a few people who have used it to great success and I look forward to using it to solve my problems. Many thanks in advance Trevor posted: 29 Jul 2015 18:38 from: Martin Wynne Hi Trevor, Welcome to Templot Club. It is not possible to import 3rd PlanIt data directly as actual track objects in Templot. What you can do is to import your track plan from 3PI as a background in Templot which you can then use as a guide for your Templot track design. There are 2 ways to do ...
... timbers should not be too close end-to-end. In that case either a single long timber is used instead, or two shorter timbers are halved and splice together to create a long timber. Such spliced joints have old fishplates bolted across them -- a nice modelling touch. 6. sometimes timbers must be moved from the ideal position to allow for point-rodding runs, signal wires, etc., and must sometimes be shortened at one end to clear catch pits, drains, etc. Here are a few links covering this subject on here: topic 2628 topic 2460 topic 1610 There are many more timbering topics if you do a search. 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> Timber Shoving. From where to where? 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 ...
... SHAPE-FILES\ folder (if it is not too large -- upload size limit 6.5 MB) (The BGS file contains the size and position info, but not the actual image.) regards, Martin. posted: 17 Mar 2015 08:57 from: JFS Hello Trevor, Just a question:- are you sure that 50mm track centre spacing is adequate on curves of only 24" radius? I don't know much about about 00-SF but when I built something to that standard for a friend a few years ago, I was shocked at how much end slop there was when the stock went round curves (talking front bogied steam locos). We got away with it- but only just and I was sweating about having to washer-out all the side play for a while. Mind you, they were "ready to run", and yours are probably not. Best wishes, Howard posted: 17 Mar 2015 11:40 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: Just a question:- are you sure that ...
499. FAO. Martin Wynne
... topic: 2709 FAO. Martin Wynne posted: 12 Jun 2015 14:09 from: Phil O Hi Martin I tried to send you a PM on a non Templot subject a few weeks ago and I have just received an auto reply to that email asking me to join here. As the subject is a little delicate. I do not wish to post the contents on here. Last edited on 12 Jun 2015 14:35 by Martin Wynne posted: 12 Jun 2015 14:48 from: Martin Wynne Hi Phil, This morning my "pending" email folder contained over three dozen emails. I just can't handle this any more. I auto-responded to all of them and deleted them. Any more received will go the same way. If it can't be posted on here, I'm afraid I don't want to know. There is a very clear note under my name on the left. It has been there for a long time. See also paragraph 11 at: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?terms_of_use.htm My ...
... tired to keep dealing with the endless user support that would throw up. I used a similar system for the old Camtasia executable AVI videos, but web security has tightened up a lot since then. The only practical way is to include the executable player as part of the Templot installation as we are doing. It then inherits the permissions from Templot, and the FBR video files are non-executable and can be distributed separately easily. However, the latest Templot videos are the recorded extracts from the live session I did a few weeks ago. Those don't have any significant interactive content. So they could be downloaded or streamed as ordinary MP4 files on any device. But without interactive content I don't know how to link them back to the relevant pages of the Companion, to replace the detailed text explanations as in the interactive videos. I'm in two minds about the best way forward. What I do know is that supporting Templot is a major pain compared with the enjoyment I get from working on the program code and developing new features. cheers, ...
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